Samoa Joe

“When it came to eliciting a reaction from an audience, especially at the time, I think Ric Flair is the guy who is constantly up there. Especially when you talk about speaking with passion and being able to convey a ton of emotion with his words and his body language.”

“When guys are in NXT - not me, but the guys who are signed to developmental deals that are there - they're setting up the ring. They're tearing it down. They're working every day at the PC. And it's arduous training, man. Those guys go through a lot.”

“Shinsuke - he is by far one of the best competitors in the world. It is no surprise to me that he found his way to WWE.”

“The biggest thing here in WWE is that if they see some really valuable qualities in you, they're really going to do their best to maximize them and put you into the scenarios and into the situations where that's going to make the most impact. For me, they've definitely done that.”

“I think, in general, when you talk about great wrestling towns in the history of the world, I think Memphis kind of shoots up there into the top three if not the top two.”

“Mike Mulipola is a fantastic artist.”

“My relationship with Shinsuke - I mean, he's a tremendous guy, we've maintained our friendship for well over a decade, and he's one of those incredible, rare, once-in-a-lifetime athletes whose ability transcends international border, which is something that's not often able to be done.”

“If I do foray more into writing comic books, I definitely would hope that my acceptance is based more on my ability to write than my ability to schmooze my way in as a celebrity.”

“I think martial arts, in general, shaped my wrestling style. I think I grew up as a martial artist as a kid.”

“Myself, there's people saying, 'He'll never find himself in the halls of WWE.' It's a narrative that's fueled more by secondhand fan myth than what people feel.”

“I've thought of the independents as a stable industry for a little over two decades, and that's because I stably worked in it, so I've understood it that way.”

“I was fortunate that I was born in an era where comic books kind of grew up with me.”

“I come in with the highest goals in mind whenever I approach anything.”

“I'm a big believer in the idea that one of the greatest advantages we have here in the United States is freedom of expression and freedom of speech. You should be able to say whatever you want, and I firmly believe that.”

“After I win the Championship, I'll be happy to take on anyone.”

“If you were to ask me would I change anything or could I go back to the past and change anything, I really wouldn't.”

“It's funny how many people that I've come across in my time that have gone on to achieve great success.”

“I think when you are dealing with Brock Lesnar, you have to show up ready to deal with Brock Lesnar. Brock is the type of guy who is not going to give you an inch. If you are going to get anything from him, you have to take it, and he's going to dare you to take it.”

“In your career, to walk away champion of the Greatest Royal Rumble would be something people will take with them for a lifetime.”

“If Kurt Angle's leg fell off, he'd hop twice as fast to make up for the loss of mobility, man. There's no quit in him.”