I read 'Y: The Last Man' once a year.
— CM Punk
Greg Rucka's 'Lazarus' is amazing.
I'm certainly not a baby kissing, hand slapping, rah rah good guy. I definitely think there's more of an edge to my character.
Winning is different based on your perspective, just like success is different based on your perspective.
Any praise goes to my coaches and my teammates. I have the easy part of waking up and going to the gym. They're the ones that have to break my bad habits and teach me new things. They're literally my everything. In my personal life, it's my wife, and in my professional life, it's my coaches and my teammates.
I'm a hopeless romantic.
I think what's captivating about me on the microphone is my honesty.
I don't mind getting punched in the face. It kind of wakes me up and gets me excited.
I know people who are wealthy and they're miserable.
The day of my wedding, I got a FedEx in the mail. It was my termination papers. I was fired... on my wedding day.
I did not wake up one day and say, 'I wanna be famous.' I did not wake up and say, 'I wanna be a UFC fighter.' I woke up and said, 'I want to be successful at something I want to do. I want to fight.'
I'm somebody who constantly wants to challenge himself, evolve, and grow. Because if you don't, you fade. You become stagnant.
I think, at some point in my wrestling career, I took myself way too seriously, and I took the wrestling business way too seriously. It probably helped sour me on the whole process. It probably helped burn me out.
In pro wrestling, it's fake. People always get offended by that word. 'No, we like to say it's pre-determined.' For whatever reason, people get angry at 'fake'; 'pre-determined' eases the blow? It's fake. At the end of the day, it doesn't really mean anything.
I think the best fighters are the smart guys. They do what they are good at. They're smart about what they do.
I've been a fan of Bob Odenkirk since he was on HBO originally with 'Mr. Show.'
I'm the kind of guy that jumps at an opportunity.
I read 'Preacher' once a year.
I'm an excellent judge of character. I can tell people who want something from me or if they're actually buddies.
I don't get why people love to hate John Cena. But as long as he gets a reaction that's positive or negative, he's doing his job.
I'm a polarizing person, so people get caught up in hoping I fail. And just like success, failure is a perspective.
Sometimes things don't go your way, but you get up and keep going.
What I do on international flights is watch crappy, sappy love movies... Sometimes they're so bad, it's laughable. It kills time.
When I hear people say that they don't think that I can do something or they don't think I belong somewhere, that's all it takes for me to prove them wrong, and it's motivation.
I think the good ones, the interviews and the promos people remember, those are improv.
I was rich before I had any money. Being rich has nothing to do with anything monetary.
The Shield was my idea.
Fame is an apparition. Fame is a side effect of success.
I think, fundamentally, the core of everything I do is punk rock.
I'm always amazed that people are shocked when their despicable action causes an equally despicable reaction.
When I stopped wrestling, I literally lay in bed for two weeks.
On fight night, you show up. And the question becomes, 'Did you or did you not do the work that is going to prepare you for what is about to occur?' And I just think that's a beautiful thing.
I believe you only have one chance on this earth, and I'm just trying to live my life and do what makes me happy.
I wouldn't expect anybody to look for superawesome crisp technique out of me.
I'm a huge fan of anything Ed Brubaker does. A lot of his 'Daredevil' stuff. A lot of his creator-owned stuff, too. His 'Criminal stuff,' I'm really into.
I don't believe you have to be blood to be family, so I have a lot of family members.
Of course I'm happy with my time in professional wrestling. I met some great people, I met my wife, and I wouldn't trade it for the world.
When I started wrestling, I never wanted to go to WWE. It was the Japanese life for me.
I don't think marriage is in the cards for me. I think it's an archaic institution.
I do envision myself having kids one day, and I always wanted a little girl.
I think being angry is what keeps me motivated.
One of my best friends in the world is Lars Frederiksen. He plays guitar for a band called Rancid.
I'm not a money guy.
I think anything you do on your own, so to speak, I think, is worth more than something that is maybe looked upon as gifted to you or handed to you.
I'm somebody who tries to remain positive and looks forward to setting goals and reaching them. But that's easier said than done.
My life used to be governed by that. I would know what day it was because I would be at 'Monday Night Raw' or 'SmackDown' on Tuesday.
Passive-aggressive is the worst thing in the world to me!
I'm a goal-oriented person, and instead of focusing on the past, I'd rather focus on the future.
It's easy to quit. It's easy to not get something that you want and just say, 'Well, that didn't work out,' and move on to the next thing.
Obviously, I carved out a pretty successful path and career for myself. But I'm kind of fascinated with, for lack of a better term, Renaissance men. And women. People who do a lot of different things.
