Quotes from Johnny Gargano

I've main-evented the most matches in NXT history.

NXT in my head is something I'm trying to help build, get it to its peak. I will do whatever I have to: I will strap NXT to my back and carry it up a cliff if I have to.

I've said many times how big a wrestling fan I am, but all my bias aside as her husband, I'm a huge Candice LeRae fan. I was a huge Candice LeRae fan before we started dating. I was a huge Candice LeRae fan before we got married.

The best part of watching any show is that feeling of being sucked in. If I'm watching 'Breaking Bad,' there is something compelling about Walter White.

I've been lucky to combine my two loves quite frequently: that of Marvel Superheroes and Sports Entertainment.

I'm an NXT Superstar and the current NXT Champion.

NXT is my life. Plain and simple. I've put my heart and soul into this company, and I truly love it and its fans.

If you watch the Cruiserweight Classic, you want different professional wrestling. You want guys who are going to go out there, put their bodies on the line, and show you passion.

It seems like all of my biggest life events happen when I'm actually at home in Cleveland around my family.

Anything nerd-wise, I have probably collected it, and it's displayed in our apartment.

I realized in myself, look, I'm a small guy. I'm never going to be 250 pounds - I'm never going to be 6'5'' - but I can get as jacked and as lean as humanly possible.

I will get in the ring and pour my heart out. I'll do whatever it takes to make sure that when the Cruiserweight Classic is over, the one name on people's minds is Johnny Wrestling.

I hate all of my own matches. I hate all of my own work. I am my worst critic.

For me, I am not a fan of any of my own matches, and it's both a blessing and a curse. Because I'm never satisfied, I'm always looking to improve in every area.

Sometimes you have to fall lower than you've ever been to stand taller than you ever could.

The thing I try to preach the most when anybody asks me for advice - I say just be a good person first and foremost.

The reason Tommaso Ciampa is NXT champion is because of me. I admitted that, and it's my mistake to fix.

I kind of watch a guy like Aleister Black go around, and he does whatever he wants. He Black Masses whoever he wants. He beats up security guards; he threatens general managers. Tommaso Ciampa does whatever he wants.

We're all out to set our best foot forward and to make NXT the best we possibly can, but at the end of the day, we all want to have the best match.

I saw 'Infinity War' in theaters four times.

My mom made me a Shawn Michaels costume when I was a kid. I wore it every day and ran around the house dancing like him.

I'd love for it to go away and for people not to see NXT as a downgrade. I definitely don't think it is.

If you're a good person, and you work hard, I believe ultimately things are meant to happen to good people.

Wins and championships - I want it all. I want there to be no doubt who I am. I want there to be no doubt that I'm a winner.