Quotes from Mark Henry

I was kind of sheltered. I grew up in Silsbee, Texas, a town of 3,000 people.

I like structure, and I like discipline and people doing the right thing.

Oh my God, if you're talking terrible theme songs, you have to mention Matt Hardy. I can't understand what they're even saying. There's a point in Matt Hardy's song where it sounds like they say 'I want to meet the cheese.' I'm always like, 'Meet the cheese?' Just goofy stuff.

My brother and I loved to body-slam each other when we were kids. We tore up a lot of furniture.

I have a good sense of humor. I'm not Martin Lawrence by any means. I'm a little too country to be Chris Rock. But I fancy myself as being somebody with a good sense of humor.

John Cena has granted more wishes than anybody in history. He goes the extra mile.

I believe in freedom of speech. I believe people have the right to say whatever they want to say. As long as they're ready to own what they say. Because there's a price to pay when you say something that's against the grain that is not correct.

Oh, man. I think if anybody deserves to be inducted into the Hall of Pain, it's Donald Trump.

I hate drugs. I drank a beer once and threw up.

I was an unusually big kid for my age and did not know how to express myself after being targeted as the odd one out. I thus landed myself in trouble for reacting aggressively. But with time, I succeeded as an athlete and people started respecting me.

People think our business is this completely fictional world of big guys in tight clothes with no brains. That's not the way it is; this is a psychology-driven business. You have to take people on an emotional ride without using words.

I like to play around a lot. I would always flirt with the girls in the office and everybody just hanging around, sweet talk.

The only thing better than winning a gold medal is going to Heaven.

It may be the swansong of my wrestling career, but definitely not the end of Mark Henry!

I've had five surgeries that could have ended most people's careers. But because of the fact that I'm resilient and have a lot of pride, I refused to let myself go out except on my terms. An injury is not going to take me out.

Learn how to humble yourself, and be able to take advice and not feel like you know everything.

To know that you will be in the International Sports Hall of Fame and that people for hundreds of years will know who you are and what you did, it means everything.

At one point in my life, I thought getting old was a bad thing. Then I realized that the prestige, the respect, and the honor that people hold you at for being able to do anything for 20 years is well worth it.

Oh, I was a big Tony Atlas fan. I think I tried to throw my first dropkick because of Tony - and almost broke my shoulder.

I want people, when they remember me, to think of the Hall of Pain, when I was catching guys, 275 pounds. Picking up Big Show, close to 500 pounds, over my head and driving him through a table.

I didn't know my own strength. I wasn't a bully or anything, but I'd be out playing and end up hurting someone. So I had to sit out or play with older kids.

I had the pleasure of learning how to wrestle long matches and use psychology.

Back in the old days, guys used to wreck hotel rooms and trash rental cars and all that dumb stuff. When I came into wrestling, they were like, 'We're out of cars. You're one of those wrestlers. No, we're not renting a car to you.' It was like that. We had to re-create, re-establish the trust.

It was an unbelievable experience to be in the ring with Jerry Lawler, one of the biggest wrestlers of all time.