There's definitely some stuff that I wear or used to wear, or I used to do in the ring, that I look back, and I'm like, 'Oh, what was I thinking?'
— Cesaro
I think you can learn from pretty much everybody if you just open your eyes.
In the '90s, there was a big wrestling boom in Switzerland with Hulk Hogan, the Ultimate Warrior, and all those guys. It was on television in Switzerland on a German TV station for a year or so. That's when I saw wrestling for the first time. I was in the fifth or sixth grade and was a fan of it right away.
I tend to have great chemistry with whomever I step in the ring with because of the way I train and came up in this business.
To me, if people think about wrestling, they think about elbow drops, body slams, and stringing somebody in the circle.
The Royal Rumble is very difficult because, obviously, there are 30 people, and there are many superstars in it.
I'm extremely competitive, extremely ambitious, and always looking for ways to improve and move up, to do things better.
I think the best things are the ones that happen organically and take a while because nothing really happens overnight if you think about it.
If you look at the Intercontinental Champion, historically, that has always belonged to the best of the best in-ring talent, the best wrestler, whatever you want to call it, that came out night after night, produced night after night - and that will be me.
I think Raw, going forward, needs to be about the Superstars. It needs to be about the performers in the ring and not about how Stephanie McMahon and Mick Foley co-exist.
I can beat anybody on any given day, and I don't compromise.
I'm the first one to always criticize myself, and I'm trying to find ways to get better.
I think, over my career, if you look at it in WWE, Sheamus has always been one of my biggest adversaries and one of the ones I would like to say I had some very memorable bouts with. It's definitely fun to be in the ring with him.
I used to live in Philly, so I was in Baltimore a lot wrestling before I got to WWE, wrestling for different promotions.
I was a big fan of Kurt Angle when I was growing up. Actually, his book is a big part of the reason that I work out so hard.
Rugby and wrestling are sports for real athletes.
You can't just copy someone. There are so many different styles that you can just kind of pick and choose whatever it is you'd like to do.
I think I have faced pretty much everyone that is in the WWE.
I was always a very athletic kid, and I always played as many sports as possible and always tried to do new things.
I was a big fan of wrestling growing up and of WWE.
As long as you work hard, good things will come. I firmly believe that.
Of course, to be WWE world champion is definitely on my list. Anybody who is not reaching for that proverbial brass ring is doing something wrong if they're in the WWE.
I don't mind listening to some yodel music. I don't think I'm particularly good at it, but that's the point, I guess.
When I started, I learned the European style because that's what I wrestled the most.
You have to be a professional in every single thing you do.
I'm the living proof that the WWE Universe wants to see wrestling. They want to see in-ring action.
To me, I don't like to look back; I just like to look forward.
To me, the Cesaro Section is the WWE Universe, and I really appreciate all the support.
I guess I'm just a tough cookie.
I care nothing about American football.
I grew up with WWE and New Japan, but when I started traveling to Germany, I had the chance to train with people like Christian Eckstein and Tony St. Clair. They were two of the cornerstones of the German 'beer tent' wrestling era, when they'd have 30-day tournaments in the same town.
If I had to name a few, I would say people like Sheamus, Kevin Owens, and John Cena are all great guys to be in the ring with.
Being a single has different challenges, and being a tag team has different challenges. I welcome them both.
My dream would be fighting against whoever the WWE World Heavyweight Champion was at WrestleMania.
Hard work doesn't guarantee success, but it does enhance its chances.
Wrestling is about evolving, and you always want to evolve and develop yourself.
There's always a transition if you go to a new territory or a new company or a new country or wherever because there's different styles and different crowds that you perform in front of. Of course, it always takes a little bit of time to find your groove.
My brain can form thoughts that come out through my mouth. The problem is sometimes I stumble the words because I speak five different languages - we know all that - so the thing is, I like to speak the language that everybody speaks all around the world, that the WWE Universe loves... that's the language of wrestling that I do in the ring.
I produce the most exciting matches with pretty much any person on the roster. Pick any guy on the roster, and I can tell you a match I had with them that people can still remember.
We pretty much have barnburners with every team. There's always new teams, there's always great teams, and you always want to be in the ring with the best.
I let my actions do the talking, and that might take a little bit longer for people to see.
I still believe in old school values, I still believe in hard work, I still believe in wrestling, and people have showed that's what they want to see.
Safety is always paramount at WWE.
