John Layfield Quotes

Ever since I was a child I always wanted to be WWE Champion. I've been in love with sports-entertainment for my entire life, and I always wanted to do that.

I would have to say probably some of my favorite highlights in the ring would have to be with The Rock. Because at that time, me and him were number one guys, both of us on the rise, and just the matches we had were good times.

I got into wrestling to be a WWE superstar - that was my goal.

I was kind of like the Tito Santana of my era.

There were many great moments in WWE, but the most special was to win the 'Royal Rumble' of 40 wrestlers.

I would love to have gotten into it with Harley Race. He was such a good wrestler and rough and tough. We wrestled at the same time but never each other. And wrestling Sting would have been something I would have enjoyed.

I really want to face Roman Reigns again.

I went to WWE to prove something. I had to go through Steve Austin, the Undertaker, Edge; I had to go through all of those guys to prove myself.

The first run or match with The Shield always stands out to me - our matches, our wars.

If you asked me whose spot do I want, I'd say I want John Cena's spot, so to beat him at WrestleMania would be a feather in my cap, for sure.

I am a big dude that can move, so I want to see what kind of magic a guy like Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins can bring against me.

Johnny Gargano is someone I've known for years - we've been EVOLVE Tag Team Champions together; we've wrestled each other many times over the years.

I think I'm going to be successful in WWE.

I could say, you know, if I could work with Seth Rollins at some point in time, that would be a lot of fun.

With Undertaker and I, we only had one singles match leading up to WrestleMania XXIV, and we realized we had something. We knew going into WrestleMania it was going to be cool. And it was.

I'm a big fan of Lance Archer, Jeff Cobb, Luke Harper.

We went through this month camp, learning how to bump and hit the ropes. I just fell in love with WWE and sports entertainment. It was the perfect world of the merge in sports, action, acting, and entertainment. I felt like I finally found my place.

I've been in a lot of different factions my whole career, and all the guys who made up those factions are different performers. For example, if you look at the Undisputed Era as a whole, I'm very different than Roderick Strong, who's very different from Kyle O'Reilly, who's very different from Bobby Fish.

I was a big fan of Bret Hart growing up, and Shawn Michaels, the Undertaker, Triple H. I've probably drawn from them when I was younger.

I've never been in the ring with The Undertaker.

I would have always liked to have worked with Randy Orton because of the Diamond Cutter and the RKO.

Kevin Owens? He couldn't rock with me. It just wouldn't happen.

Fans can look forward to watching me take on the biggest and best names in the sport.

I want to be a Roman Reigns; I want to be a John Cena.

My dad excelled at so many sports in his life. Everything from professional football to being a world-class shot putter, but nothing meant as much to my dad as what he accomplished in the ring as a WWE Superstar.