Quotes from Austin Aries

As for my daily, it usually consists of a smoothie in the morning with banana, spinach and blueberry and veggie protein powder, then some kind of tofu or tempeh scramble with veggies. Later, I may have some type of rice and beans, salad with lentils, sweet potato, nut butter sandwich and another smoothie.

The connector part of the mustache to the beard wasn't always really strong for me. That's kind of how it morphed, and that's kind of how my beard comes in.

I'm interested to work with Lucha Underground and as champion that would put me in the mix to work with them.

As long as I can get Bobby Heenan in my corner, then I'm a happy man because, to me, Bobby Heenan is one of the most underrated performers of all time. He's in my top five of all time performers because I don't think people realize just how good he was.

You always have to keep evolving. You're always trying to improve. If you're at a standstill, you're falling behind.

Every time Samoa Joe and myself have stepped in the ring, we've always created a little bit of magic.

At the end of the day everyone has different goals. Some people, like myself, are trying to keep size on. Some people might come in and have the opposite. So, one size doesn't fit all for nutrition.

The more you control where your food comes from instead of relying on restaurants, fast food joints, convenience stores and other processed sources, the better off you're going to be.

One of the things people always ask me is, isn't it expensive to eat healthy or vegan? It can be, but isn't it expensive to live in a nice house or drive a nice car or wear nice clothes?

I don't like hypocrisy, I don't like double standards, it's probably why i'm vegan.

On the road, I'll always pack a package or two of pre-cooked lentils, nuts, vegan protein bars and powders.

My initial going into vegetarian was learning about eating healthy.

I'm very stubborn and I don't like to lose.

Go fail or succeed on your own merits, be your own man.

Just like music, I consider wrestling to be an art form, and I have a vision of what that art should look like.

Pay-per-views bring conclusion to storylines and what has been going on from television. It is important to give viewers satisfactory pay off over storylines and that is why pay-per-views are important.

Really, since I left Impact Wrestling - some people say controversially - I've been really laying low.

I've been blessed for 17 years to have a job where I make people forget their problems for a little while.