Quotes from Montel Vontavious Porter

I'm a huge footy fan, I catch matches all the time.

I will say this: love Vince McMahon or hate Vince McMahon, no matter what you feel about him, he has always treated me well.

Don't let anyone tell you what you cannot do. My whole life I had people tell me 'you'll never do that' or 'you'll never be that.' Things people said I'd never be able to do, I'm doing. I try and stress that to kids. A lot of inner-city kids have an overwhelming sense of hopelessness. I have to explain that there is hope.

If you look at a lot of kids from the inner city, there's this overwhelming sense of hopelessness and despair, and I dealt with that first hand.

I do know if you lace up a pair of boots, Kurt Angle is someone you want to get in the ring with.

Historically all of the greats, Stone Cold Steve Austin, that's Steve with the volume turned way up to his personality, Dwayne Johnson is The Rock, he just turns his volume on his personality way up.

The Lashley that you see on the screen is Lashley when he's his own personality turned way up. MVP is me, with my volume, my personality volume on 11. If you look, that's the reason that we work so well.

I enjoyed being single and selfish and only having myself to worry about.

Crime does pay, it pays well. But what they don't tell you is you have to pay it all back with interest.

I don't want to see a kid get hurt trying to imitate me or trying to do something he or she has seen one of my peers do.

When I go to Canada, there's all kinds of legal paperwork that has to be done. There's a special permit.

When society wouldn't give me an opportunity to earn a minimum wage because I was a convicted felon, Vince McMahon gave me an opportunity to earn more money than both of my parents had made in their lives combined and become an international star.

You can't go to a wrestling show without seeing a Bullet Club T-shirt.

There's a lot to be said for men of color to be presented successfully. That's something beautiful - when you're a kid to see somebody that looks like you presented that way.

On a personal note, I used to work for years out on South Beach, running security in nightclubs and doing bodyguard work.

To borrow a very popular phrase, I'm a Paul Heyman guy.

When you go to work, you do what your bosses tell you to do. If your bosses tell you to do something a certain way, you do it. If you get to a point where you don't want to do it anymore, you either: do what they tell you to do or leave, which was part of the reason why I decided to go to New Japan.

Generally speaking, I'm lazy. I really don't like to do anything but sit around and chill out and watch TV, but if it's something I like, if it's something I'm into, then no one can outwork me.

As WWE superstars we have the unique ability to encourage young people who may be following the wrong path to change their lives for the better.

One of the things we pride ourselves on as WWE Superstars is connecting with the audience.

I have the all-seeing eye of Horus on the back of my arm, which is a symbol of protection; it watches my back.

I'm the black sheep in a family of cops. I understand how difficult the job is.

Tables are for putting things on, not putting MVP through, and if I can avoid a steel cage match and ladders and chairs, I will.

Bobby Lashley is on the road every week, he's in the gym everyday. Sometimes I literally argue with Bobby about taking time off, I say dude, you need recovery and Bobby says 'I do active recovery.'