Everything changes from week to week in WWE, and that's what's cool about it. All it takes is one minute you're smiling and the next minute you can be a savage.
— Tyrus
Watching 'WrestleMania' growing up, it was like a neighborhood party. It was like the Super Bowl on my block, the only difference was, football was only around for 16 weeks while wrestling was every Saturday.
I had a very good babyface run, but establishing a monster heel - which I think I would have excelled at - and a poor WrestleMania track record is a hard pill to swallow.
Actually, the original nickname that I was told - it scared me to death - was Heavy G. I think the last thing you want to be known as is Heavy anything. No offense to Heavy D - rest his soul. Worked for him, wasn't really my bag.
One of my guilty pleasures is George 'The Animal' Steele. I didn't like him, but I couldn't stop watching him when he did the corner post thing. It was the most awkward thing I ever saw.
I was discovered by Tommy Dreamer.
I packed my bags and went back to California and actually put wrestling behind me. I actually thought, well you know what, I thought it was crazy I made it once and to think I'm going to come back or whatever was unrealistic goal. So I went back to bodyguarding and substitute teaching.
I knew Funkasaurus wasn't winning the World Championship, but I knew Brodus Clay could have.
The Attitude Era had the crazy rock & roll girls and stuff.
Anybody that thinks hanging out with Snoop is fun, is cool, you're in for a rude awakening because he is the most down to earth, boring dude ever.
We need term limits desperately in this country.
Good men make good decisions.
You know, anytime you take one group and you blame them for a problem, there is an issue.
Make America Great Again was a political slogan. It was used before, I believe Ronald Reagan used it before. It was about making America great and rallying America. Unfortunately, I would say 10 percent of the population that voted for President Trump has a different view. They have embraced it as ‘Make America White Again.'
I really didn't find myself… I was trying too hard to be too many things so I wasn't really anything.
I wanted, if anything else, Brodus Clay to be remembered as somebody who got you out of your seat and I think that'll be remembered so you've got to come 100% with that.
If you commit to something, you believe it and you have fun with it, people are going to respect that.
Triple H, he's a man's man.
Marine biology was something I was into during high school and the beginning of college.
I carry myself where I speak when spoken to. It's good and bad.
My mother didn't play being disrespectful to women. I was around grandmas and aunts. You learned pretty quick to be respectful!
Wrestling, football, basketball, and baseball were the four things I was obsessed with as a kid.
When I was not a body guard, I was a substitute teacher during the day, I was bounced clubs at night and yeah, I was working.
The situation with the girls - with Cameron and me - it was toxic. It was just so toxic and one night she made a mistake going out to the ring. The pyro went off because she took too long to get to the ring.
I cracked one joke and I was the 'Funkasaurus.'
Snoop Dogg eats terrible. That's another reason I had to leave him. I would have been dead of a heart attack. He literally eats at 7-11. That's where he does his grocery shopping or it's Roscoe's Chicken & Waffles, or it's Denny's delivery. There's not a piece of salad or vegetable within two miles of this dude.
I think no matter who you are or what you do in life, you should set the bar high, that way, when you do obtain those things, you can say, I did this, but if you didn't get it, you can look an see what you needed to do to get there.
Bipartisanship and decency are thrown to the waste side because people want their party to win so badly.
I'm a father. If my son jumped on a boy in a backyard, it would have been the worst mistake he made that day. And he'd have had to apologize to everybody.
Sasha Banks's success has absolutely nothing to do with me.
Do I think that Trump needs to be better on racism? One hundred percent.
Experience wise you've got to give it to the Bella Twins but in terms of just overall effort, athleticism, and just work ethic, the Funkadactyles are there with them.
So that's kind of like how I was, even body guarding with guys I was more of a talker and ran my mouth and smiled and stuff and it kept people off, especially if a guy's is fired up and you're laughing at him or smiling or winking at him it just messes with their mind.
It's hard to be mad, it's a lot of energy.
I'm chomping at the bit for more movie roles as long as it doesn't interfere with my WWE schedule.
I'm a huge fan of the Nature Channel programs.
Rob MacIntyre, who I trained with, was a big reason behind me dropping me a hundred and 50 pounds.
I loved my time in Deep South Wrestling. We trained so hard and I got a crash course into the world of sports entertainment and pro wrestling.
I've pretty much been a wrestling fan my entire life.
I was actually doing very well, traveling the world with Snoop. So I was kind of doing that. I would have dreams at night about wrestling and stuff but I kept it very quiet.
Vince McMahon said to Triple H, ‘Are you sure he's a heel? I don't know. He's funny.' He decided he wanted me to be a babyface and when they came to me they said, ‘You can say no, but here's what we're looking at. Funkasaurus is the fastest way to be back on TV.'
I can always be ruthless and aggressive in the ring, but I don't think I'll ever have the opportunity to be 'The Funkasaurus' again.
John Cena actually showed up to do a song with Snoop in L.A. and he walked in and was like, ‘What the hell are you doing here?' I was like, ‘You didn't know? I got let go. I'm back bodyguarding now. He was like, ‘What? That's crazy!' I was like, ‘It's all good. Good to see you. Appreciate it.'
I set some lofty goals for myself and I think you have to.
I got catfished by WWE constantly. You're 26 - 0, and then you run into the Big Show and then you're 0 - 26.
There are bad dudes. There are also irresponsible women.
I guarantee you, there will be wrestling at Donald Trump's inaugural reception. I guaran-damn-tee it.
It was some great times and some great moments… I'm proud to be a WWE alumni. If it wasn't for my time there, there's no way I'd be excelling at Fox and acting.
I think if I was like Fred Astaire out there or like break dance fighting and doing crazy splits and stuff like that I think people would be like, 'ehhhh, I'm just going to watch him,' but the fact that they're like, 'I can do that,' it's fun and I think they lose themselves.
WrestleMania's the accumulation of a lot of things. All the shareholders come in for all the meetings with the suits and everything.
