I'd say the challenge of DHing is going to be learning the routine and to stay loose and stay warm and kind of be ready for it.
When it was time for me to get in the ring, I was ready.
Anytime you think about ring rust and travel and camps back-to-back, it helps not having any bad injuries and being able to train consistently.
I don't turn down fights unless I'm injured. Never have. So it's a part of my makeup.
What you see is what you get. I'm the real deal. That's why I can step into the ring after having many months off and not have any rust. I'm still working out, stretching.
You know me, I play basketball. I just try to take care of that part, make sure I'm ready coming into the workouts. Make sure I'm ready, sharp, things like that.
You have to be sharp, you have to be ready. You have to have guys that can push you in terms of these high-level fights or otherwise you're going to get out to these fights and your opponent has been pushed and they are ready to compete. If you have not been pushed and you're not ready, you can't just turn that switch on that night.
People know that if I'm 100 percent going into the fight, that there's no one out there that can touch me.
I spent the nights before the Jets' two biggest games last year - for the AFL championship and the Super Bowl - with girls. But I don't consider that bad or foolish of me... The night before a game, I prepare myself both mentally and physically for the next day. I think a ballplayer has to be relaxed to play well; and if that involves being with a girl that night, he should do it.
I never left the field saying I could have done more to get ready and that gives me peace of mind.
Regardless of where you're pitching, regardless of what goes on before or after your game, you still have to be ready.
I'm emotionally and physically ready for anything.
The longer you stay out of this sport, the less sharp you are, and I've been aware of that; that's why I've stayed and haven't wanted to retire and come back - because you skip a beat.
You prepare. You study. You've got to be ready for anything.
I believe that if we have lived our lives fully and well, and have accomplished, at least in part, the things we were put here to do, we will be prepared - mentally, physically and spiritually - for our separation from this world.
As far as what it takes to play football, I've got all it requires.
To be honest, the cool thing about Cena is he's just in his gear all the time. He doesn't have to get dressed. He comes off his bus, and he's it. All he has to do is pull up his kneepads. You know who is kind of a new Cena is Ambrose. Ambrose can show up in his gear like he just changes his boots.
I do know when my body is ready or when it's going to perform best for me.
About three months after I had Kelly, I went and played in Canada. I felt great, I was ready to go and I was very energetic. But as soon as I started playing, I thought 'no, too soon.' I went back home and slept for two days.
I think in the bullpen you can tell during your warmups, if you have a good feel for it. But anything can happen once you get into a game. Sometimes you just wind up throwing it better than ever before one day without knowing why.
The difference between acting badly or brilliantly is not based on your ability, but on the state of your mind and/or body in any given moment.
My preparation is always mediation and deep breathing. And the rubbing of my hands together just gets my energy going.
You have to first of all feel good with yourself before doing something which requires being fast or driving a racing car.
It's more frustrating. My expectation probably wasn't that I'd play [during the playoffs], but I was just trying to make sure that if there was any chance that it was possible to come back that I was ready and that I'd done everything I could to be ready. It's frustrating, disappointing. But can't really control any of that.
I never miss yoga before a show.
