Jake Roberts Quotes

I wasn't sure what I was getting into when I signed on to work with a wrestler.

The best wrestlers, whether it's a Hulk Hogan or a Rey Mysterio, are the ones who have psychology and can understand this business.

I love wrestling, and I think there was something in me that needed to come out, and I was very fortunate to allow it to come out in the WWE and make a living doing that, and I enjoyed every second of that.

I heard many times that they want the Divas to be girly. They didn't care about the heel girls getting any heat. We just didn't understand. They did everything in their power, it seemed, to take everything to give us a good match, for the heels to get any heat. It was no kicking one week, or no punching the next. No this, no that.

In North America, there aren't too many big places to go, so you find that pretty much all of the best talent in the world ends up filtering through WWE.

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.

It was just so cool to put on my uncle's masks and wrestle with him. I knew that's what I wanted to do. I wanted to be a part of this world.

I was partners with Mil Mascaras and we were champions for about a year. We got over good because we had two different styles. The people respected his style when he was in the ring and when I came in they respected mine.

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

I'm telling you, there have been some great finishers in the world of pro wrestling or sports entertainment. Whatever you want to call it. Man, I enjoyed the Iron Claw back in the day. I believed it was real.

A lot of celebrities who come on WWE, they don't know what to expect. And sometimes our crowd and our fans eat them up.

I'm going to be an ambassador for WWE.

I want to be known as A.J. Styles, the WWE Superstar that he is, and have amazing matches, make memories - I think that's the goal.

There is a difference between being a wrestler and being a pro wrestler.

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.

When WCW first really began to enjoy the success that we enjoyed, it was because of the story lines that we were putting out in front of people.

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!

If you're in the WWE, you're a superstar.

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.

I've said this numerous times: I've been in the ring with Daniel Bryan, and he's the best wrestler in the world, bar none.

Once upon a time if you go back to the early 2000s all the way to 2014 all I cared about in life was being a wrestler, going on the road, performing in front of crowds, getting big, climbing the ladder.

Growing up, we were pretty much focused on becoming WWE superstars.

The WWE is the be-all and end-all of sports entertainment. They just do things right.

Amateur wrestling was never considered a big box office draw because they're really competing but they're not getting a chance to call each other 16 kinds of names before the fight to get you interested.

For many many years, the MMA world shunned on the pro wrestling world. They shunned on us for getting action figures and whatnot.