John Layfield Quotes

I wrestled Roddy quite a few times when he was first coming up in the business. I would go to Canada and wrestle up in that area, and you would be involved with him, too. Piper's a good guy.

I wrestled in Detroit many times before getting to WWE.

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

I've had the opportunity to wrestle Daniel Bryan through several phases of his career, except for his time in WWE. What I remember is that he was great the first time I wrestled him, and he kept getting better every match afterward.

I always wanted to be the worst wrestler on the shows I was on so I could just learn from the guys above me, and that's a great way to be in your first few years of wrestling.

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

Roderick Strong - we've had some of my favorite battles.

I used to live in Philly, so I was in Baltimore a lot wrestling before I got to WWE, wrestling for different promotions.

Me and Kyle O'Reilly have wrestled all around the world. We've done good work.

I always go back to my days in NXT and look at my feud with Samoa Joe. That was one of the best periods of growth for me.

I wrestled my guys growing up. I've wrestled with Hulk Hogan. I've wrestled against Shawn Michaels. I've wrestled against Ric Flair.

I've wrestled Kyle O'Reilly all over the world. I know how good he is, our fans know how good he is. A lot of people feel he is the next guy in line to be world champion.

I don't think people realize how good Fit Finlay was. He was the best heel and probably the best worker I'd ever seen.

It's been an amazing journey that I've had with WWE.

There's a level of exposure that 'Smackdown' and 'Raw' get that other brands like 'NXT,' 'NXT UK,' and '205 Live' do not get. But at the same time, I feel like I would not be who I am without '205 Live.'

Bayley helped me a lot in my career, especially in NXT. I had some of my best NXT matches with her, and she definitely helped me develop as a talent, because you're just as good as the person you're in there with.

I did a year and a half of independent wrestling before I got into the WWE. It was nothing really. I didn't make the towns. I don't even say I was an indy wrestler.

I've been doing this close to 19 years now, and I always dreamed of being in the WWE.

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

For me, the pinnacle of everything was to be on 'Monday Night Raw.'

WWE and I have a long history, and I remember some very fun days back in the day.

From the beginning of my career, when I first started on the independent circuit, when I went to Global Wrestling Federation in Dallas and then to WCW, all the way through it seems like titles have been around my waist for some reason, and I always give credit to the fans.

I still recall the first time I laid eyes on Ric. Dusty Rhodes and Dick Murdoch were wrestling, at the time, in Minnesota, and they took a liking to this kid who'd been hanging around the matches. That kid was Ric Flair, and they brought him to my ranch in Amarillo, Texas.

When I began in Ring of Honor, I was very fortunate to get on shows and get looked at and get the experience. I was working with a ton of guys who had more experience than me at the time, like AJ Styles and Christopher Daniels.

I truly love professional wrestling. I don't want to do anything else.