A biography for CM Punkhasn’t been written yet.
“I'm going to be that gnarly guy that gets in somebody's face and makes it ugly. I'm a bit of a grinder.”
“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.”
“There's a lot of guys in pro wrestling that just kind of have this MMA fantasy, and they never act on it. I'm acting on it. I don't want to be one of those guys who sits there and goes, 'I could have done that or I should have done that.'”
“I was rich before I had any money. Being rich has nothing to do with anything monetary.”
“I read 'Preacher' once a year.”
“I love the sport, and I have for a long time. I'd stay up late and watch the Pride New Year's Eve shows. I watch all the UFC pay-per-views. I'm a fan. I love this stuff.”
“I grew up a wrestling fan, so to be doing what my 'heroes' were doing when I was a kid, it's fun. I have fun out there.”
“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.”
“I think smartphones need to send an electrical shock to a user when they get their your/you're mixed up.”
“Greg Rucka's 'Lazarus' is amazing.”
“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 jumped to the WWE, and the perceived notion was I became more successful. I got to touch more people's lives and influence more people and perform in front of more people, and that was a great thing.”
“I have a special place in my heart for the Straight Edge Society. Never reached its full potential.”
“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.”
“When I started wrestling, I never wanted to go to WWE. It was the Japanese life for me.”
“I'm an excellent judge of character. I can tell people who want something from me or if they're actually buddies.”
“Sometimes things don't go your way, but you get up and keep going.”
“I hate teaming up with people. Absolutely hate it.”
“Doing the same old thing every day, week in and week out, it gets boring. I'm all about new challenges, new opponents.”
“I'm somebody who constantly wants to challenge himself, evolve, and grow. Because if you don't, you fade. You become stagnant.”