Daniel Bryan

I think one of the things that really endeared me to people was that people got to view more aspects of my personality than most because of the different things that I did within WWE. ”

I always think of it in terms of music. You're not always going to be a huge rock star in music, but musicians can play until the day they die. With sports, it's different. You can't always do it until the very end, and that's a hard reality of sports. ”

Being a bad guy is fun for me. ”

I think of Bret Hart as somebody who held the Intercontinental championship like it was the World Heavyweight championship. Every title match he was in felt important, like it was the most important thing on the show. The way he carried himself and the matches he had, it was just everything I thought a champion should be. ”

I went from being a guy who was sparingly being used on television to being the World Heavyweight Champion and the focus of a lot of the storylines on Smackdown. ”

Seeing your baby in pain and seeing them crying and that sort of thing, and you're tired, and you can do nothing about it - that's, like, one of the most demoralizing things I can think of. ”

Smaller wrestlers are built for more exciting matches. ”

I'm definitely an underdog. ”

I wasn't a great athlete. ”

I loved playing football, but I hated the games because it's a lot of pressure. I just loved putting on the pads and hitting my friends. ”