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I know a lot of guys say that when they are younger - 'I'm gonna get it, get my money, and get out' - and then end up wrestling until they're 50. But that could end up being me, too. I can tell you I want to get out early and end up eating my own words. All of a sudden, I'm 50, and I'm still walking out there.
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I've always fed off negativity and wanting people to hate me. That attitude really fueled me for my entire career. So being a guy that people like and want to cheer for is the weird part.
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I can't remember a time when wrestling wasn't my thing that I watched. As far back as my memory goes, I was already obsessed with wrestling.
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I like wrestling 30 minutes a night.
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I have no fear of anybody or anything happening to me in WWE because nothing can be as bad as some of the injuries I went through and some of the grotesque things that have happened to my body.
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I hate ladders. I don't mind heights, but I hate getting hit with ladders and falling into ladders. Anything where there are ladders involved or inanimate, unpredictable objects or multiple people gets dangerous.
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I can't imagine, I can't get in the mind of a wrestling fan who wants to break news that spoils a surprise for somebody. Would you want a surprise spoiled?
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I don't look any further than what's right in front of me.
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I hate in-ring promos. I've never done a promo in WWE that I liked.
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The WWE Championship is the greatest championship in the history of this sport. It has the most history of anything.
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What I do in WWE is essentially a lovable bad guy.
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WWE prepares you for so much other stuff in entertainment.
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If you're a wrestling fan, and you watch it on TV, that's great, but there's nothing quite like being there live.
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I'm much more comfortable being hated than being beloved.
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The first time that somebody handed me a sheet of paper with a promo on it, it was like a 'throw up in your mouth' kind of moment. And it's not, like, their fault, you know? It's not the writers' fault. But if was my world, there would be no written promos; there'd be no scripts.
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Ziggler is one of those guys who don't get all of the credit he deserves for being so good consistently for so long.
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You'll find that all WWE performers, when they go on to any television show or set of any kind, we're more prepared that we get credit for. We don't get enough credit.
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I like to fly close to the edge. I like to play with fire.
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I may not be the biggest guy in the world or strongest guy in the world. I don't have those gifts. But I will take more punishment, and I'm willing to withstand more abuse.
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In a situation like the Rumble, I'm looking around constantly and keeping my back against a rope as much as possible so I can see what's going on.
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To be in an Intercontinental title match at WrestleMania, that is the stuff dreams are made of.
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Where a new guy may only know one or two ways to do something, I know all of the moves, and I've forgotten more stuff than the newer guys might even know.
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WWE is like showbiz boot camp.
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I put in the same hours to get good at this as a surgeon who went to college. It's just a much less important job in the realm of society.