CM Punk

“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 get in my own head, and at the end of the day, I'm my biggest critic, and I'm my worst enemy, too.”

“I think what's captivating about me on the microphone is my honesty.”

“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.”

“When I stopped wrestling, I literally lay in bed for two weeks.”

“Straight edge is everything about a personal decision to not live my life under the influence or not being aware. I pretty much don't like anything that alters my view of reality or my perception or my grasp.”

“I think you could split my fans up just like any other guy's fans. Some of them are cool, and some of them are obnoxious. But it's the variety that makes it great.”

“I don't smoke. I don't drink. I don't use drugs. That may be boring for some people, but that's just me. That's how I live my life.”

“I read 'Y: The Last Man' once a year.”

“I don't think marriage is in the cards for me. I think it's an archaic institution.”

“WWE doesn't do anything to protect the wrestlers; they do things to protect themselves.”

“Being out there in a high-pressure situation with a live audience and a live TV camera on you, it brings something out.”

“There was a long time in my professional life that I was not happy, and there was nothing anyone else could have done to make me happy. There was a big stretch where I was very sick, and I was very hurt. Those charged with taking care of my health and well-being weren't very good at their jobs. Or maybe they were too good at their jobs.”

“One of my best friends in the world is Lars Frederiksen. He plays guitar for a band called Rancid.”

“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've done things, sometimes foolishly misguided, because I wanted to give back to the fans.”

“I don't believe you have to be blood to be family, so I have a lot of family members.”

“I don't measure myself against my coaches, I don't measure myself against my teammates. If I'm doing jiu-jitsu for sport, I don't measure myself against the guy I'm rolling with or whatever belt he is or how many stripes he has on his belt. I measure myself every day against the guy I was yesterday.”

“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.”

“I'm somebody who tries to remain positive and looks forward to setting goals and reaching them. But that's easier said than done.”