I want to allow myself to display myself to people.
— Baron Corbin
For me, growing up, I'd always been a part of team sports, except for when I was boxing.
Twitter needs to understand that just because they're the loudest, they're not the majority.
I think I was given an opportunity, and I ran with it. I think I've made a lot more of it than anybody thought I was going to, and that's why it's gone so well, but it's opened a lot of doors and a lot of eyes to what I can do.
John Cena - say what you want about the guy, but he is unbelievable in every aspect of WWE: what he does with kids from Make-A-Wish and to how he controls a ring and a crowd in the moment.
I'm not going to shed a tear for not being liked.
I am extremely tough and extremely physical, and that is because my father taught me to be tough, physical, and not to take no for an answer.
I love the physicality of an offensive lineman.
If I walk into a room, and nobody knows who I am, and they've never seen wrestling a day in their life, I want everybody in that room to look at me and go, 'That guy does something. He is somebody important.'
For those of you who don't know who I am, I don't care.
I got to travel to Japan. I never in my life thought I would go to Japan.
Metal fans have a connection. There is something there; just like the wrestling world, they are die hard about wrestling, and it's that passion that makes you enjoy what you do. That is why I go to metal shows; you watch these dudes on stage just shredding and letting loose. You can't help but love it.
We have amazing people that help us backstage, and Arn Anderson is someone I always like to look to. He's a legend in his own right.
Growing up, I idolized Big Boss Man and Bam Bam Bigelow just because they were big guys who could move and were tough. I felt like they both rode motorcycles. And Bam Bam had his head tattooed. Those are the guys who really got me into wrestling.
End of Days is a lot of impact; it makes people open their eyes. It makes a statement.
NXT is the professional level, and it's the best of the best.
I think, ya know, he's called out a few WWE Superstars; I wouldn't mind taking a crack at Conor McGregor, and he's, like, 165 pounds, 185 pounds soaking wet. So, I would like to slam him on his head a few times.
WrestleMania's sort of the end off the year for us, but it's also a beginning because we don't take any time off.
I've always been a dominant and violent person.
If you're not getting better, you're getting worse.
When I won the United States Championship at Hell in a Cell, it was awesome. It was my first championship ever in WWE, so it's a really cool moment for me.
If you look up what I did in Arizona, you'll see that I fought my way through training camp. I didn't have a problem fighting my teammates.
The fact that people don't like me doesn't bother me.
My dad brought me up not to accept second place. I lost a karate tournament once and got a trophy for fourth place. My dad tossed that trophy out the window on the way home.
People in athletics thrive on competition. That's what makes you better.
Cry all you want. It's never going to change where I am.
Wrestling is an opportunity to go to a show, be a part of it, and feel the emotions from anger to frustration to sadness to pain - everything that music can make you feel.
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.
The atmosphere we get with NXT and NXT fans, they're a die-hard group. They care deeply about NXT.
I think 'Raw' is complacent in the fact that 'Raw's' been the flagship of WWE. 'Smackdown' wants to be number one.
You look at me: you see the tattoos, and I ride a motorcycle.
Billy Gunn, Bill DeMott, and Dusty Rhodes all helped me find myself and how to express it to people so they understand.
I was in the top 1 percent of football players. Indie guys are in the bottom 95 percent of wrestlers.
It's two guys in particular. Norman Smiley, he got his hands on me the day I walked in the door - started teaching me the fundamentals and teaching me things that I use - but Billy Gunn, that guy has helped me evolve more than anyone.
I'm putting it all on my shoulders, and I'm going to be successful by my will, and no one else will be responsible for it.
There were definitely some days at training camp that I got in fistfights.
We're always out there to put on the best show possible.
When I left NXT, I was kind of mad that I was never NXT champ, so when I got to the main roster, that was my first goal.
If I have a friend - when I have a match, and you have a match with that person - then most people hold back. I'm not.
I learned to get what I wanted through any means necessary, and sometimes that means you have to get your hands dirty.
When I go to the ring, I'm providing for my family.
Going to that level, a lot of guys get to the NFL, and they don't make a long career out of it. The NFL is very hard. One percent of college athletes make it to the NFL.
What you see of me on TV and all of that, that is me - that's truly how I feel. I'm just multiplying it. It's that arrogance, that confidence, the belief that I'm the best, and there's a true attitude that I don't care what others think.
I grew up going to rock shows, and the lines of rock n' roll cross over with wrestling so much.
I love just getting to experience the different types of fans and getting to perform in front of thousands of people every night; that is icing on the cake for me. That is the fun.
Fit Finlay and guys like that, who can work with you and tailor who you are and what you're doing in the ring, are unbelievable.
There's a fire on 'SmackDown Live' that I don't think 'Raw' has.
I don't get paid by the hour; I go out there and get it done and get out. That's the way I want it to be.
I don't live for anyone other than myself, and I don't have a problem showing people or telling them.
I don't respect anyone who has a background on the independent circuit.
