At the end of the day, I'm a SmackDown Superstar.
— Matt Hardy
My goal is go out, try and be an entertainer, try to have the best match I can but be smart about it. If people are enjoying it, enjoying what I'm doing, then that's awesome because I'm enjoying what I'm doing, and I'm very passionate about what I'm doing.
My broken brilliance will shine a light in the darkness.
I want to be one of the wrestlers that actually gave back, that actually cared about the industry. That's very important to me.
TNA has had a lot of great periods - Hulk Hogan even came in, but I don't think he was beneficial to TNA. They spent a lot of money on him, but made a lot of mistakes. They should have saved that money for me.
A lot of fans don't accept me because I became a star in the WWE, but that adds credibility and equity to the TNA title.
I've always gotten along pretty well with people.
Personally, I am very glad that Jeremy Borash is here in WWE. He's got a great mind - a very creative person, a good friend of mine - and he just deserves to work here.
A dream match, for me, would be to bring Brock Lesnar and Paul Heyman to the Hardy compound and face them in the Beastly Deletion.
A McDonald's cheeseburger with no mustard is my guilty pleasure.
It is amazing that, whenever a ladder match is announced, people automatically think of the Hardys.
We must all learn how to separate reality from fantasy.
I want to take chances. I want to kind of step out of my comfort zone, whatever that may be.
I'll never forget the reaction the WWE Universe gave me at 'WrestleMania 33' and my return - it was truly one of the greatest moments of my career.
With 'Total Nonstop Deletion,' my main goal is to give people the two hours of the most fun wrestling they have ever seen.
I've accomplished everything I ever wanted to do in my career.
I feel, as I get older and now a father, I try to be a little more conscious of the things I would say and do. I try to be more creative as opposed to using a cheap word, cursing, or something vulgar to get a reaction.
People make mistakes, and either you fall from your mistakes, or you learn from them.
I just want to enjoy every moment and try to be present in the moment of whatever I'm doing at that time.
When everything is stripped away in life, everybody is a human being that has problems, that has issues, has flaws, that isn't perfect. It doesn't make a difference what your sex is, what your sexual preference is, what your race is or what your background is. If you're a good person, you're OK in my book.
The fear that ultimately leads to hate is something we need to change, and I want to do whatever I can to make the world a better place.
I was brought up poor, but I've earned every cent in my bank account.
Love isn't a switch you can turn on and off. You just can't get rid of it, regardless of the circumstances, if you truly love someone.
I'm one of those people who want to give back and see other people do better.
My Destroyed Universe is very similar to that of the 'Guardians of the Galaxy.'
Life is like a wrestling match: a lot of times, things are looking good, and then something happens, and you're fighting from underneath.
Whatever you have as a dream, don't let anyone tell you it can't happen; give it your all.
Many people found 'Mattitude' absolutely delightful. As time went on, it was a constant evolution of change.
There are many hard truths that we must face in life.
I really want to be creative. I want to innovate. I want to be innovative, and I want to do things that are different.
Since the beginning of time, evil has try to capture the magic of the Hardy Compound and the nucleus of its magic, Excalibur.
You know that if you come to WWE and want to maintain a certain level of success, you're going to be busy and gone a lot. It's part of the deal.
Father Time is the enemy none of us can beat.
One thing I have to admit, regardless of what my character thinks, is that EC3 is a very talented individual. He is going to be a cornerstone of Impact Wrestling for a long time.
Wrestling isn't easy. It's like a car crash. I wish they would give guys a few weeks off. I think guys need to take mandatory time off. I know it's tough when they need to promote the key names, but they need to keep guys healthy.
To have the canvas of something like an Impact Wrestling, something that had TV and be able to be a creative input guy and come up with stuff, I would love to, and I would be up for that challenge.
If I'm going somewhere to work, I'm there to work as hard as I can, put out the best product possible, and help any way I can along the way.
TNA has been extraordinary to me, nothing but professional.
People keep saying EC3 is the heart and soul of TNA: that he's this homegrown star, and he is going to be this big star. But fans don't understand that I'm the true star - I came off Vince McMahon's TV.
Your true friends will tell you what they believe is true.
In 2009, I was on top of the world. It was truly the greatest year of my life, both personally and professionally. In 2010, it was the furthest thing from that. It was the most terrible year of my life, both personally and professionally.
I like Batista very much, and we have been friends in the past.
If I don't lift weights, I don't feel healthy.
To know you're truly alive in wrestling, you have to constantly challenge yourself. You constantly have to do things that you're unsure you can do.
House Hardy - myself and Brother Nero - are pioneers. My style of booking during early independent bookings was very similar to what 'Ring of Honor' later became, which is what WWE later became.
'Wrestlemania 34' was a great moment, winning that Andre the Giant Battle Royal, and I got to bring my creation - the Ultimate Deletion - to 'Raw' in the main event slot. Lot of cool stuff I've got to do.
Living in the age of information and technology, everything gets out so easy and so, so quickly.
I am willing to do business and I'm willing to play ball with anyone, for I am very open-minded.
Every night you go out there, you get hurt. It's really the easiest way to say it. People can describe wrestling however they want to, but your body is flesh and bone, and it's not meant to be slammed on wood and steel.
Eric Young is an excellent heel. I think Eric Young is a really, really good heel because he does things intentionally so that you don't want to cheer him, you don't want to get behind him, and you don't want to support him.
