Quotes from Mick Foley

I tell people the most important move they can make is not in the ring. It's taking the time to get to know Mr. McMahon.

It's much easier to see my son involved in creative than to see my daughter in the ring. But they've both worked really hard. I'm really proud of both of them.

My mother wanted me to be a writer, which I have ended up taking a long road round to.

Everybody has the idea of Santa in their head and in their heart.

Everything that you want Santa to be, he is.

I really enjoy Sarah Silverman's fearlessness.

I don't advocate any child following in their parent's footsteps when their parent's footsteps are as crooked as mine are.

I developed an interest in the history of the Negro leagues to the point where I visited the museum in Kansas City, Mo., twice and made the museum an integral part of my unheralded 2005 coming-of-age baseball novel, 'Scooter.'

At heart, I was always a performer, not a competitor.

I find that I get most of the same things I loved about performing in the ring when I do my live shows around the world.

I leave my editor to put the periods and commas in.

I get to define for myself what being a success is.

Bray Wyatt is one of the most captivating characters to come down the pike in ages.

I loved George Carlin... I used to sit in front of the TV and watch the HBO comedy specials. I loved those comedy specials.

It might surprise people to know that the person who convinced me to write the third memoir - 'The Hardcore Diaries' - was actually Vince McMahon.

If God built me a ladder to heaven, I would climb it and elbow drop the world

I'm glad I had a chance to see great music played up close and live. In a way, that's what I hope my show does. It's almost like an acoustic evening with Mick Foley.

You really can't go wrong. There's no bad New York pizza, as far as I know.

My greatest personal Survivor Series moment was facing The Rock in 1998 and having Mr. McMahon turn on me. That set into motion one of the best series of matches I've ever had and some of the most important with The Rock. Not only did we have great matches, but then we became teamed up following the rivalry, so that was big.

The fans still want to see me, sweat pants and all.

A big book is like a serious relationship; it requires a commitment.

You want the match to be like a roller coaster, so you can't predict it.

I like those really multidimensional characters like Dean Ambrose and Bray Wyatt.

There are guys who thrive completely on the action in the ring and see the promotion as a necessary evil, whereas I think it's so much easier to tell people what a tough guy you are, as opposed to backing it up.