You lose with potential. You win with performance.
I know lots of people who climb very high in the rankings without winning a single title.
That generic outlook of what a 'WWE champion' should be is a joke to me. The casual fan walks in and expects to see a guy in short trunks with abs and a shaven body. I do not believe in that.
I'm aware people will think I've had an easy way into a dream career. My view is, if anyone has opportunities, they'll take them. My surname opens doors, but those doors will slam firmly if I'm no good.
I was only interested in scoring goals. I wasn't interested in anything else.
I want to be recognized for my performance as an athlete and not because of who I am.
I feel that, in the WWE, everyone is given the same opportunities to succeed based on merit, and I think the crowd likes who they like. There are people that like us, and there are people that won't like us.
I always give weightage to performance more than the length of my character. That has always been my criteria for signing a film.
People expect star kids to be perfect - horse-riding, fighting.
All you've ever seen in the UFC was the greatest athletes in the world. Never, ever did we do a freakshow and we won't.
