Jeff Hardy

“Sting was one of my first and biggest influences. One night in North Carolina, when I reached out and touched his shoulder, he had the face paint on, and I didn't know why, but I loved it. I wanted to be just like him, and I was only 11 years old.”

“I still look forward to doing things I've never done before. But the fear beforehand is always worse than the actual moment. Leading up to it, especially before the match, is when the butterflies are at their worst. But in the match, the creatures - my fans - fuel me. They're a huge superpower for me and my survival.”

“Early, when I first started wrestling, I wanted to be a combination of Sting and the Ultimate Warrior: The Ultimate Warrior's craziness and weird personality and Sting's coolness and the way he carried himself to the ring. But then later on, when it came to physicality and athleticism, Shawn Michaels topped the cake.”

“TNA is great about going out of their way to interact with the fans.”

“I don't want to go back to WWE and burn out within four or five months, and having another run as TNA world champion would feel just as good.”

“I would love to end my career as World Champion.”

“I look at tattoos as a commitment to life.”

“It's good to establish moves that fans are always going to recognize and scream for.”

“To me, wrestling is just as cool as it ever was.”

“Overall, I think I'm just lucky, and I hope I continue to be lucky.”

“The Undertaker's beaten me down pretty bad quite a few times.”

“I've learned that I can still be loved if I perform well, and I learned that from the broken brilliance of Matt Hardy.”

“When you commit to a WWE contract, you're committing to some serious time away from home.”

“I was obsessed with it, and then I learned more about professional wrestling and how the beauty that does exist in it is truly an art form.”

“I'm not a big practice guy at all.”

“Once I established myself doing crazy things and being extreme, people want to see it all the time.”

“I really hate my hair when it's not braided because it's so big when it dries. When it's wet, it looks cool, but when it dries, it gets all in my mouth during a match, and I hate it.”

“I compliment people when I see something I really like and tell them, 'That was good. Keep doing what you're doing.' That's as much as advice as you will get out of me.”