Bobby Roode Quotes

CM Punk clearly established during his time as a Paul Heyman Guy that he was, as the billing suggested, The Best In The World.

I was thankful that TNA saw the potential in me and put me in a position to fulfill something like winning the World Heavyweight Championship.

Shinsuke - he is by far one of the best competitors in the world. It is no surprise to me that he found his way to WWE.

When I got the name 'The Franchise,' the gimmick, and turned it into what it became, I put my heart and soul into that.

The way I look at it is I had to retire as world champion with my last match at WrestleMania.

Tessa Blanchard is a premium athlete and you can't take that away from her.

That's why John Cena was No. 1 for so many years. Because every time John got in the ring with somebody, he made them better than they were.

John Cena's name is already universal enough. Kudos to him for that.

Chris Jericho was always someone I looked up to. I was a WWE fan growing up, and I remember his debut.

I don't want to go back to WWE and burn out within four or five months, and having another run as TNA world champion would feel just as good.

I was in TNA for over a dozen years. I had a great run there - I had a great career - but obviously, WWE has always been the be-all, end-all of sports entertainment. Until you get there and experience it on a personal level, you just don't know.

Shane Douglas's work in the first 11 months as The Franchise of ECW was so groundbreaking. He made people forget about his on-air persona in WCW and successfully reinvented himself as The Franchise in ECW.

There's very few people that ever have a chance to become World Heavyweight Champion.

Ron Simmons had a lot to do with Rock's success.

I'll tell you upfront, I think Shawn Michaels was probably the most gifted worker the business has ever seen.

I'm Joanna Champion.

Kurt Angle is an Olympic gold medalist, one of the greatest in-ring performers of all-time.

I look at a guy like Chris Jericho. This guy, man, he's one of the hardest workers.

When I came out in '95, even though it was part of the storyline, I was known as the next evolution of Andre, the next giant. I was that young, athletic, trash-talking monster. That was my introduction to the industry, and I was able to build on that.

I'd like to be a tag titleholder, I'd like to be the WWE champion, but more than anything, I want to make guys leaders.

Bill Goldberg can't wrestle.

WWE is my home, and I will always stay with the WWE in some part, whether it's an ambassador, or maybe one day you'll see Nikki Bella as a GM, and no one can touch me.

The Rock has come back; he's been cool with me, and I have nothing against him at all. He's achieved everything in WWE, and of course, he's achieved everything in Hollywood. It's a huge success story.

I want to be World Heavyweight Champion, but unfortunately, that didn't happen.

I never put it to where I say, 'I'm just this big pay-per-view star,' or 'I wanna be the No. 1 pay-per-view star that got all the ratings.' No, I was just like, 'I'm gonna be a world champion. That's what I'm gonna be.'