Shane Douglas Quotes

It's a really cool time to be a wrestling fan.

There was a time that I really loved pro wrestling, but I'm not a pro wrestling junkie, per se.

I'm still the biggest wrestling fan there is; I'm the biggest mark in the land. I just took it further and started doing it!

I loved Jimmy Snuka as a fan.

When something special happens in wrestling, it's that much more special to me and for me to go, 'That was awesome,' because I'm as bitter as there is, so if you can get me to go, 'Woah, that was cool,' a couple of times, it's a special show.

I love every minute of being inside that squared circle.

One thing that is very exciting and unpredictable about professional wrestling is that anything can happen.

Crowd involvement plays a huge part in the performance of a professional wrestler. The only thing I do not want to hear when I am in the ring is the sound of indifference.

I've main-evented WrestleMania a handful of times, but it never gets old. It's the same with nerves.

I was a big fan of the more Mexican-based wrestlers when I started watching WCW, and I saw guys like Silver King, Eddie Guerrero, and Rey Mysterio. And where I come from, we have this European heritage with World of Sport with guys like Johnny Saint, Johnny Kidd, 'Rollerball' Mark Rocco, Robbie Brookside.

When I'm in the ring, I can hear the reactions and know the people are enjoying themselves.

I am the Rock's greatest fan.

The Hardys were a huge influence on me becoming a wrestler. Not so much the moves themselves, but the concepts behind the moves: trying to be innovative and just being exciting.

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.

The moment I found out I was teaming with Sheamus was the moment the fans did.

To me, nothing is more fun than being in that ring. That ring is just my heart; it's my passion.

In professional wrestling, the fans are tremendous.

I think the WWE Universe have really accepted me, because they know I'm one of them.

I would consider myself a casual fan growing up because obviously wrestling was such a huge part of pop culture, and still is. I was a fan as much as it was a part of pop culture.

I'm a huge fan of Don Leo Jonathan. I love that era of wrestling.

I didn't grow up watching wrestling, and it's something that I fell for and took to.

I do all that I can to surprise people and make things unpredictable because that is what makes wrestling fun.

Everything is WrestleMania to me.

Who can deny that it was a pleasure to watch Rob Van Dam interact with the audience and tear the house down for 30 minutes a night.

Once you catch that fever of wrestling, you really can't get it out.