CM Punk Quotes

Lio Rush, this little guy is a perfect heel manager, updated for modern times.

I was that 16-year-old who loved WWE, and I wanted to be a pro wrestler, but I didn't understand why I had to be the bad guy. I wanted to be like Jeff Hardy - I wanted to be like Rey Mysterio - but I was told I had to be the guy who screamed terrible things about America and attack people from behind.

What I do in WWE is essentially a lovable bad guy.

I'm the bad guy in WWE, which I find hilarious.

First of all, I was a wrestling fan when I was young. Even when I figured out what wrestling was, I was still a fan.

I kind of watch a guy like Aleister Black go around, and he does whatever he wants. He Black Masses whoever he wants. He beats up security guards; he threatens general managers. Tommaso Ciampa does whatever he wants.

I think The Miz can be a terrific heel. Miz enjoys being a heel, and I think he's actually very good at it. People look at him and want to hate him. That's what you want.

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

At the end of the day, all I can be is me. I'm not John Cena. In my 30 years, I've never been John Cena. I don't even think about becoming him. I just want to be - I want to be Roman Reigns. I want to do things my way. I think that's why I'm in the deep water with Vince McMahon and 'The Authority'.

Broken Matt Hardy was born in Impact Wrestling and I think he had great memories.

I watched professional wrestling at a very early age.

When I was a little kid, I'd always go to WWE shows and I was a huge fan of Razor Ramon.

Goldust is a singular character. I don't need to be put with anybody.

When I started out in wrestling, you have to start somewhere and you either start being the good guy or the bad guy. There is several cliches that follow that.

For me, I prefer to be the heel.

There's so many documentaries out there right now and everything's exposing wrestling.

Vince McMahon said alright, we're going to call you the Blue Blazer.

I became a wrestling fan in college. So, I was more of a wrestling fan as an adult than when I was a little kid.

It was acting, and WWE is the longest-running weekly episodic program in television. Sure, there are story lines that are better than others.

The nice thing about 'Farscape' is that you got to be the good guy and still do the bad guy things.

You have to think about the WWE as soap operas.

I wasn't a wrestling fan growing up; I knew who Hulk Hogan was and stuff but I didn't watch it. I started watching wrestling about three years before I got involved with WCW.

I've always loved the showmanship of professional wrestling. While I love making movies, I love that platform, too.

I would say I'm more fascinated by Big Daddy V than I am necessarily a huge fan of Big Daddy V. He simply threw on the double-strapped unitard... and now he's some sort of fearsome, fighting, wrecking machine.

I know my way around the WWE. I know at least a little bit about everything and our business model, and I feel comfortable there, although I still learn every day.