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I'm a pretty big gamer.
Mike Mulipola is a fantastic artist.
I've proved I'm a formidable opponent.
My experience at NXT was quite stellar.
I had always been involved in athletics throughout my life.
After I win the Championship, I'll be happy to take on anyone.
For the majority of my career, I worked everywhere but the WWE.
I think when it comes to comics, I've been a lifelong comic book fan.
There has never been a company that has wanted me, which sounds insane.
I think our sport evolves as the talent evolves and the mindset evolves.
It's all about starting momentum, hitting the ground running, and starting out hot.
To kind of be on the forefront of things here in NXT is definitely a big feather in my cap.
As long as you're confident in your skill set and what you can do, you're usually good to go.
When it comes to WrestleMania, obviously you'll take whatever opportunity is put in front of you.
I've seen the struggles and the heartache and the pain that goes along with being in the fight game.
It's funny how many people that I've come across in my time that have gone on to achieve great success.
I realize people feel a complex way about me and how I handle things compared to what I do in the ring.
I've learned a valuable opinion does not tell you what to think, it illuminates what you should consider.
I worked for my family's Polynesian dance troupe for my entire life up until I started wresting full time.
There is a good chance that, at 60, I will be in a wheelchair, but hey, I signed up for that. I know that.
Anytime you're sitting there writing a book about yourself, it's a pretty self-fulfilling prophecy, I guess.
John Cena is a name I will never forget, and in the Royal Rumble, he will be the first man that I eliminate.
I think martial arts, in general, shaped my wrestling style. I think I grew up as a martial artist as a kid.
I've been at the table with some really great poker players. I'm sure Vince McMahon is a hell of a poker player.
It's always a benefit to have the fans kind of salivating at the thought of your debut, of you changing over brands.
As a child, I think everybody imitates their favorite cartoon character in some form or another when they're playing.
If Kurt Angle's leg fell off, he'd hop twice as fast to make up for the loss of mobility, man. There's no quit in him.
Shinsuke - he is by far one of the best competitors in the world. It is no surprise to me that he found his way to WWE.
You've got some very unique individuals in the WWE, and it's a completely different nexus on 'SmackDown' than it is on 'Raw.'
In your career, to walk away champion of the Greatest Royal Rumble would be something people will take with them for a lifetime.
I always tell guys to get paid what you are worth and know what you are worth so that if you are worth it, you will get that number.
Seeing myself as a champion in WWE is something I've seen from the first day I stepped into the Universe and the realm of the company.
I've always been aware of what I've been able to do and my ability to bring interest to a match and make people want to tune in and see.
I've always understood that wherever I've gone, I've helped build and I've helped make those companies bigger and better. NXT is no different.
I'm not worried about my WrestleMania dream. Trust me. I'm showing up at WrestleMania, and when I do, it's going to be a problem for everybody.
Talent is one of the few things that can't be created. It can be enhanced - it can be coached and brought out of people - but you can't deny it.
In reality, you just don't see many Samoan artists. Culturally, it's just not something that's really emphasized much - at least, hand-drawn art.
You may not like the way I deliver the truth - you may take umbrage with the way I handle most of my conflicts - but that's the way I do business.
I've always made my opportunities, I've never been one to wait for them and sit around waiting for something to happen. I've always sought them out.
I believe in simplicity. Where some people in TNA take the high-flying back flip route, I'll replace that with a punch or a nice kick square to the face.
After I made my initial debut at NXT 'TakeOver,' they looked at the interest and merchandise sales and decided I would be better signed full time than not.
No matter what your background or where you are from, the one thing we can all respect is when great athletes and great passion leads to great achievements.
I've thought of the independents as a stable industry for a little over two decades, and that's because I stably worked in it, so I've understood it that way.
I was a judo player as a kid, and I think a lot of the concepts in judo as a kid played over. It influenced my style and has been a center point of what I do.
Myself, there's people saying, 'He'll never find himself in the halls of WWE.' It's a narrative that's fueled more by secondhand fan myth than what people feel.
I would like to see Jay Lethal and Dalton Castle join the company. Both have made their name in Ring of Honor, and their addition can make WWE a very exciting place.
I think, in general, when you talk about great wrestling towns in the history of the world, I think Memphis kind of shoots up there into the top three if not the top two.
If I do foray more into writing comic books, I definitely would hope that my acceptance is based more on my ability to write than my ability to schmooze my way in as a celebrity.
It's a surreal experience when you're working with guys like Scott Steiner, Kevin Nash, and Sting. They were guys that I grew up watching, and I saw the heights that they achieved.
Obviously, when you come to WWE, the level of spectacle and production in what we do is far and above anywhere else I worked, so it's kind of cool to be a part of the big show now.