Bobby Roode Quotes

When I came into WWE after Monday Night Wars, it wasn't my greatest time in the business... but they kept bringing me back.

Professional wrestling, the WWE, and being in the Hall of Fame represent such a large part of Hulk's life, as does his connection to the audience.

I captured Tag Team, Intercontinental, Rookie Of The Year, King Of The Ring, everything but the heavyweight title. I would hope that, somewhere down the road all the differences would be put aside and allow me to come back and at least get a shot at the heavyweight title, and I hope Brock Lesnar has it, cause I'd like to come after him.

That feeling is one of the things that keep me going. On July 6, 1998, I became the WCW heavyweight champion of 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.

I wouldn't be in WWE without Michael Cole.

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

Getting to work with The Undertaker right off the bat was a tremendous opportunity. It was an opportunity to be a career-maker, and fortunately, I was able to take advantage of that.

I think Sting would be denying his fans a great moment if Sting did not step into WWE competition at least once. I have always been a huge admirer of what Sting brings to the table and his relationship with his audience, and I would be dramatically disappointed if Sting does not wrestle a WWE match.

I'll tell you right now, man, if WWE was to call me and say, 'Hey, Book, we want you to do a match with 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin,' I'd do it!

Winning the Intercontinental Title for the first time, in 2010, was a real milestone, as I grew up living off some of those Intercontinental Title matches.

Being a Paul Heyman Guy wouldn't be such a bad thing!

People keep saying EC3 is the heart and soul of TNA: that he's this homegrown star, and he is going to be this big star. But fans don't understand that I'm the true star - I came off Vince McMahon's TV.

I realized my dream and was proud to be a Superstar. I never won a title, but being hired by WWE and being a Superstar, to me, was like winning a championship.

I love Vince McMahon. He came up with the Kurt Angle character. He ran with it, and then I was able to run with it. I thank him for the opportunity he gave me. Vince McMahon was one of my best friends, period.

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 do not see Dean Ambrose leaving WWE to go somewhere else.

I would love to work with Charlotte Flair.

I really don't feel like just going to WWE is the absolute end-all, be-all in wrestling.

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

Many people ask me about WWE and if I'd go to WWE in the future. They ask me if I'm going now. I will not go. I want to make New Japan Pro-Wrestling bigger.

We may never be as big as WWE, but the cool thing about TNA is that we are the alternative. So people who get tired and bored with the WWE - I've been there, I understand - there's an alternative and something else to watch.

I wouldn't go to pro wrestling. It's not really my thing. I'm a fan, but I think every sport could take some notes from the WWE - how they've progressed and stayed relevant for such a long period of time.

You have Superstars, and then you have mega Superstars. Brock Lesnar is a mega Superstar.