John Layfield Quotes

There are good wrestlers, great wrestlers, and special wrestlers.

I didn't do choreographed fighting for a living. I was a professional wrestler for 15 years; there's a big difference.

Ivan Koloff was great. I had a lot of great matches with him.

I think, Randy Orton, he has obviously been around a long time, but I think Randy Orton can be a terrific heel.

I'm a professional wrestler at heart, and I miss it.

I listened to the veteran wrestlers that had tons of experience, like Leo Burke.

I just started watching wrestling in 2008, and I've loved it ever since. I told my mom I wanted to become a wrestler.

I never was in a wrestling ring before I stepped foot into a WWE ring, so I am a product of NXT.

One day, I was flipping through the channels and I happened to flip the channel onto wrestling. I had never seen it before; I didn't know what it was. I was hooked instantly.

Back in the day, when I was getting into the business, you could watch Pro Wrestling Noah. You could watch Ring Of Honor Wrestling, and a lot of people would say, 'the best wrestling in the world is actually at Ring Of Honor.'

I was a big fan of wrestling growing up and of WWE.

WWE is such a universal form of entertainment. I believe that you can watch WWE in mute and still know what is going on.

There's no secret I love professional wrestling. It's not just the money all the time, I love wrestling, and I love fighting.

True wrestling fans love a great wrestling match.

Listen, if anyone knows Aleister Black, it's me.

I prefer ECW's style as far as the actual matches I'm capable of having.

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

When it comes to wrestling, I use that word instead of sports entertainment, I use wrestling all the time, because I am a wrestling fan.

Fit Finlay and guys like that, who can work with you and tailor who you are and what you're doing in the ring, are unbelievable.

I was a huge fan of Rick Rude and Arn Anderson. There's many guys, many performers in the past who turned me into the sports entertainer I am today.

I admire plenty of people, I admire Daniel Bryan, I admire CM Punk, I admire Antonio Cesaro, Wade Barrett, Sheamus; all the fellows that have been out and earned their spot on this roster.

I've wrestled some of the best wrestlers in the world - both male and female.

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

People at WWE would say, 'It doesn't matter if you're the best wrestler,' but I would think about Dean Malenko and Chris Benoit and Rey Mysterio. They weren't necessarily the greatest talkers, but they were great wrestlers. I wanted to be that person.

I wrestled in Detroit many times before getting to WWE.