You can't choose who your brother is. You're born, and whoever is in your family is your family. That's your blood. That's the way it is.
— Kevin Owens
When I'm on, people watch; people pay attention.
A big reason why I signed with WWE in the first place was because my son wanted to see me wrestle in WWE, and he wanted to see me wrestle John Cena.
I do whatever entertains me. If it entertains me to throw flowers halfway across the room, then that's what I'll do.
I don't think I'm a loud mouth.
I am not the typical WWE superstar.
I've been a top guy since I walked in - since I beat John Cena in my first match.
I went from beating John Cena in my first match to winning the Intercontinental title to defending it at WrestleMania.
I hope that Ring Of Honor could one day sell out Madison Square Garden when WWE is not in town.
Sami Zayn and I have had a long history. Same goes for Adrian Neville. I might not get the chance to work with them now, but Seth Rollins, Cesaro and Daniel Bryan, all those guys, we all spent a lot of time together wrestling all over the place.
My wife, she's been with me for 10 years. She saw the ups and the downs, and she saw so many people tell me I would never make it to WWE, but she never doubted it.
There are some cities that you go to that bring something out of you. Toronto is one of them.
Jim Cornette and I have never really seen eye-to-eye.
I'm a lot happier on RAW. I actually can't overthink how much better I think I am on RAW than I was on Smackdown. And I don't really know the reason why that is. I feel like I look more at home here, and I feel like I look like I belong here. It's pretty obvious that RAW's the place for me.
No matter how much wrestling you have watched in your life, you know how big Wrestlemania and how momentous it is. My sister-in-law and her boyfriend aren't die hard WWE fans, but they are fans of Wrestlemania just because of how huge the event is.
I look up to Tye Dillinger.
I've been part of so many pay-per-views, and I've been in the ring with John Cena and Dean Ambrose and Randy Orton and Chris Jericho and Roman Reigns... all the top names. And I've been Intercontinental champion twice.
Someone like me who has been a fan of the WWE my whole life, to be a part of SummerSlam every year makes it even more special.
I went into NXT with no expectations. That's what I was told when I was hired - have no expectations, just do the best I could - and that's always what I've done for the last fifteen years. That's what I did, and you know, it's obviously working out pretty good.
My son's a big John Cena fan and obviously a big fan of mine who is very proud of everything I'm accomplishing.
It's not hard for me to stay humble. I think there is always somebody better than me, so that's what keeps me humble. A lot of people could learn how to stay humble.
The first time I was in the ring, I wasn't good at it, and I honestly thought, 'Maybe this isn't for me.' Then I went back the next day and the next day and the next day... because I loved it more than anything.
I don't have many particular beliefs, but I do believe in people who we've lost. I'll speak to Owen Hart; he was a big influence on me as a young wrestler, and when he passed, I felt a great sense of loss. Ever since then, I just talk to Owen Hart before every match, and I ask him to be with me and make sure I don't get hurt.
Chris Jericho was always someone I looked up to. I was a WWE fan growing up, and I remember his debut.
I wasn't in NXT for very long, but what I learned there was very valuable once I got onto the main roster - how to communicate to a larger audience, stuff like that.
I was never a WCW fan growing up, so I was never a Goldberg fan at all - and I've told him that.
All I can say is that Triple H is literally the most dedicated man in sports entertainment. Nobody works as hard as he does.
My parents could have told me, when I was 12 years old and telling them I wanted to be a wrestler, that it was silly and to be serious and find something more secure and safe, but they didn't. They pushed me as hard as they could.
A. J. Styles is an incredible performer; very spectacular.
Everybody wants to get the MITB contract; that usually means at some point they will become champion. That's a big deal; that's what everybody strives for.
I'm not as extreme in real life as I am in the ring or on television.
I wanted to become a wrestler because I saw a tape of Wrestlemania XI. I thought to myself I wanted to be a WWE superstar one day, and now here I am.
I want to be remembered.
I'm a 'no frills' kind of guy.
Cockroaches can't survive me, and neither can Dean Ambrose.
Whether it's the NXT title or the United States title or the Intercontinental title or the World title, if I have that title, then that's the most important one.
I have dreamed of being a champion in WWE, and there's nothing I won't do, no length I won't go to, in order to keep it that way.
I was a wrestling fan long enough, and once in a while, I would get bored. I'd be on board with a superstar and love what he'd do. Then eventually, I would get bored with him. I don't want people to think that way of me, so I'm doing everything I can to make sure it doesn't happen.
The way I look and the shape I am in, I've had so many people tell me, 'You'll never make it because of the way you look.' But that never stopped me - it may even have motivated me a little.
I like having titles. I feel like when I walk out and I don't have a title, it's strange. Even in the independent scene before I got to WWE, I was a champion in most of the companies I wrestled for. Being a champion is just what I do.
Being on Raw every Monday is obviously important, but the pay-per-views are the big shows: that's where everything comes to a head, and I want to be a part of those as often as possible.
I've always believed in myself, quite frankly, and believed in my abilities.
I think if you look at NXT, the one guy who seems like he would belong in a WrestleMania main event is Nakamura because of the aura and the buzz that he gets. He is able to grab the attention of people who don't really know who he is right away with his mannerisms and entrance - by the time he gets to the ring, you are kind of hooked.
My dad's father would take me to WWE shows when I was younger, and my other grandfather, my mom's dad, would watch wrestling with me at the house. They just really enjoyed it. Unfortunately, they both passed away before I signed with WWE.
I have never been a SmackDown guy. I never felt at home at SmackDown.
I just know that I have this Universal championship, and I want to make it worth as much as possible, and that's what I'm focusing on.
I don't know how well it can go when you get thrown off a 20-foot ladder.
I will be driving on the road after a show at night, and it will hit me that I am a WWE superstar, and this is what I dreamed about, and I get to live it.
I have interest in competing in every big event like Money in the Bank or Elimination Chamber or SummerSlam or whatever it is. I want to be part of those shows, I want to be part of that product; that's where I want to be.
I remember sitting in the stands at WrestleMania 30 thinking, 'I have to be a part of this one day.'
