Mick Foley

“When people see my show, they may not laugh out loud as they do with some of the classic comedians, but they do enjoy it. I regret that I called it comedy to begin with; I should have called it 'An Evening With' or put it down as spoken word. But the emphasis is always on funny stories.”

“I find that I get most of the same things I loved about performing in the ring when I do my live shows around the world.”

“The idea of standing five feet away from Norah Jones and listening to her sing Neil Young's 'Down By The River' was just phenomenal. I compare that to what my kids know of at a concert, which is sitting in a stadium and watching a huge screen.”

“I've actually met quite a few of my heroes from the past.”

“Back in 2004, Vince McMahon basically told me to consider WWE to be my playground, and that I could come and play any time I wanted to.”

“I see The Rock running in 2020 and being a two-term president. I think he would be great, and I'm joking when I say I think Stephanie McMahon wouldn't be a fine president of the United States. I think she's got the leadership qualities. I see those two as potential candidates, and I see Kane as a congressional leader.”

“Nakamura, to me, is a main event star.”

“I was told that the fact that I had nothing but good things to say about Judith Regan distinguished me. I enjoyed writing for Judith. I really enjoyed working with Victoria Wilson at Knopf, and Simon & Schuster, they've all been great experiences.”

“I saw James Ellsworth at an independent wrestling show where I was signing autographs, so I took a photo with him and put up a post on Facebook called 'The night I met James Ellsworth.' Just by nature of how popular that post was, how many comments there were and likes and shares, I was like, 'people love this kid.'”

“I love, for example, 'Full Frontal with Sam Bee.' I just love her show.”

“I think doing The Improv is a little more ominous than doing a college campus because it was so different than anything I'd done.”

“As a halfway decent college DJ, I had been exposed to some great progressive stuff and always took pride in unearthing musical gems.”

“I just feel like there's a better mind-to-pen connection for me than a mind-to-keyboard connection.”

“I developed an interest in the history of the Negro leagues to the point where I visited the museum in Kansas City, Mo., twice and made the museum an integral part of my unheralded 2005 coming-of-age baseball novel, 'Scooter.'”

“My greatest personal Survivor Series moment was facing The Rock in 1998 and having Mr. McMahon turn on me. That set into motion one of the best series of matches I've ever had and some of the most important with The Rock. Not only did we have great matches, but then we became teamed up following the rivalry, so that was big.”

“A lot of my loyalty is to the wrestlers - the guys who put their heart and health on the line.”

“I don't advocate any child following in their parent's footsteps when their parent's footsteps are as crooked as mine are.”

“I really have to accept the fact that I'm not a young man anymore, that I've probably taken one lifetime's worth of punishment already, and I really do need to be careful. Certainly I don't want other WWE superstars taking the shots I did. That makes me feel very uncomfortable when I see somebody get hit with an unprotected chair shot.”

“I loved Steve Martin when I was younger, in the '70s.”

“The first few songs of the album 'Little Earthquakes' were unlike anything I'd ever heard.”