WWE is a team. Out of the billions of people on this planet, the 75-80 men and women on the roster have the opportunity to call themselves WWE superstars. That's a very small percentage of people. They are in a position to be thankful.Collection: Thankful
I think, for me, I really looked at nutrition, talked to some people who knew a lot about nutrition, looked at different meal plans... calorie intake and what I was trying to do. I started slowly. I didn't start as a 'diet.' I started as a lifestyle change.Collection: Diet
I'm an emotional person. Anger and frustration comes out in many ways... I'm not afraid to hug my friends that I love, and I'm not afraid to express my emotions when I'm upset.Collection: Anger
I have a PS2 and Xbox and a GameCube: that way, in case anything comes out that looks cool, I have the system to play it on. I got everything, bro, I ain't no rookie.Collection: Cool
Being able to give someone a hug from the heart, it's healing. It's healing for yourself and healing for others, and we need a lot of that.
I'm kind of a Jack of all trades, master of none.
When I walked down the ramp and stood in the ring, I made other big guys look small.
I've always been a really hard critic of everything I do.
I owe my start in professional wrestling to the red-headed kid from 'The Partridge Family.' I was discovered by Hulk Hogan, Jimmy Hart, and Ric Flair in Chicago when I was introduced to those three gentlemen by Danny Bonaduce.
I think it's a good trade to have to be versatile, to be adaptable, and be dependable, and that's one of the things that has enabled me to have the long career that I've had. It's definitely not because I'm good looking!
You've got to have a mean streak to be a successful, big man.
There is nothing more powerful in the world than the human spirit and the human will.
The Attitude Era was so great because you had the best collection of superstars of any one time period. You had The Rock, Stone Cold, Undertaker, Mick Foley.
I found a great trainer in Miami with Dodd Romero, who's worked with a lot of celebrities and athletes. We built a good program for me for training and for me to work on my nutrition and things like that.
The toughest problem for us as giants is finding someone that we can work with and wrestle.
When I came out in '95, even though it was part of the storyline, I was known as the next evolution of Andre, the next giant. I was that young, athletic, trash-talking monster. That was my introduction to the industry, and I was able to build on that.
I have a lot of respect for Shaq. He's one of the greatest NBA centers of all time.
I used to do an impersonation of Hulk Hogan and Randy Savage in a romantic relationship.
I liked being the monster that was bigger than everybody around me.
There are a lot of projects I want to do with producing and acting outside of wrestling.
I can look at every one of my faults, see they're there, and go out and try to improve on it.
I think competition is the best thing for everyone. Competition is what makes us evolve, from when we were itty bitty little tadpoles in prehistoric times to what we've turned into now. Competition makes us evolve and makes us push ourselves better.
Professionally, John Cena has my respect more than anybody I've ever been around in the ring and out of the ring.
I'd love to wrestle Baron Corbin and Finn Balor.
No man can knock me out. I've been hitting my head with steel chairs in the WWE. I've never been knocked out in my life. And nobody can knock me out.
WrestleMania is one of those events where you want to put the most different, most extravagant, most exotic show you can out there.
It's funny, I used to ask guys who were in shape all the time, like Triple H, 'What do you do?' It was hard to get information out of them, and I understand why now. When you take the time and do the research, it's more about what suits you, not what suits everybody.
I do a lot of gaming.
Miami is always my favorite town to work because it's a short drive home.
Kane's gloves get pretty rank. He grabs you for a chokeslam, and you just want to faint.
Brock Lesnar is a guy who doesn't do a lot of live events, doesn't do a lot of house shows, but every time he steps in the ring, it has a big-fight feel.
There's a lot of trainers in my career, between Terry Taylor and Arn Anderson, who've always told me to keep my damn feet on the ring mat, and there's just that little kid in me - I may be 45, but there's that little kid in me that, if I get a chance to do some flying, I'm gonna do it.
I've wrestled some of the strongest, most athletic guys this business has ever seen. Brock Lesnar, John Cena, Mark Henry, Kane. These guys are phenomenal, phenomenal athletes and powerhouses.
Bam Bam Bigelow was an amazing athlete for his size.
I like to think, personally, that Shaq got scared. He saw the six-pack and realized if he faced me at WrestleMania, he was going to be Fat Shaq.
I wouldn't want to get Shaq's mom mad, I'll tell you that much. If she told me to do something, I would do it in a heartbeat. I wouldn't want her mad at me. That woman is serious.
I'm definitely saying right now that if I had to face Shaq's mom at WrestleMania, I will not show up. I'll be scared. If Shaq shows up, no problem. Shaq's mom shows up, eh, I don't know. I think I might get the flu.
You have to look in the mirror and really have an honest conversation with yourself and find the discipline to not eat things that don't agree with you.
I'm definitely looking to do more animation stuff.
I had a conversation with John Cena, and I told him, 'If only I could be a giant with abs,' and he said, 'Maybe you could be a giant with abs.' That kind of got me thinking that maybe John was onto something, because when it comes to obviously being successful and marketable, John is one of the smartest people I've been around.
Not by any means do I think that I'm The Rock or Mark Wahlberg. I understand that I'm not like them, being a leading guy, but I'm a great comedy sidekick, and, who knows, I can be in the X-Men or something.
Of course I will always be an ambassador for the WWE, so definitely anytime they need me for something, I'm only a phone call away.
Being a WWE superstar is about giving, and I think there's a few guys who get that.
I'm not under any pressure other than to go out and have fun.
I got to meet Hulk Hogan. He took a liking to me because of my size. He saw that I was a good athlete and could move. He told me at the time, he says, 'You got a big dollar sign in your forehead, kid,' and I said, 'Well, please show it to me, because I'm broke.'
Standing toe to toe with another fighter, I could probably do well, but a smart fighter is not going to stand toe to toe with me, and they're going to move to a weakness.
The only time I had an ego is I when wanted to have a reverse Undertaker record at WrestleMania, and they messed it up!
I've always prided myself on doing what really was best for business.
I have fun every day I go to work.
I've never been one of those guys who wants to put up titles and championships and run around and brag.