Quotes from Sheamus

To get in the ring with guys I haven't been in the ring with before - some fresh match-ups and exciting match-ups. That's really what I'm looking for.

You look back at the Attitude Era and the level of entertainment we put in the ring now. The Attitude Era doesn't even come close. I'm not afraid to say that, either.

I never had a concussion playing rugby.

Tagging with Cesaro, I've just had fun. I don't think about promos; I don't think about backstage scenes. I just go out there and be me.

You can never be happy; you can never be satisfied with what you have. You always need to have that want to achieve more, and I definitely want that success.

I've walked out in front of Madison Square Garden to 20,000 people, which is amazing, as I can remember working in the O2 arena in Dublin as security for wrestling events.

The thing about me and Cesaro is that we both have strong individual personalities.

You watch some of the stuff Cesaro does in the ring; with his size, the way he moves around the ring, the moves he hits, the way he picks up guys twice his size. It's just a different level.

With the Celtic Warrior thing, I wanted to convey a positive sense of Ireland.

When I look back at my career, I was always trying to be this particular 'Celtic Warrior' character.

If you go back to the '80s, I didn't really know much about the characters. I knew what they did in the ring. I knew Hogan went off and spouted lots of crazy promos, and Ultimate Warrior did the same. They really were just characters.

I'd love to become Intercontinental Champion.

I didn't want to be one of these superstars that just come and then just disappear.

I do have six anchors put in my labrum; I tore it in half, so it was pretty major surgery.

I have a PlayStation 3, and I love the 'God of War' games because the fellow's got probably as white skin as I have.

You know the way it is: sometimes Americans think of us as their backward little cousin. It's the whole shamrock, potatoes, famine, leprechaun thing, all that drunken paddies rubbish.

My ma is from County Clare, so she's a Munster fan, so she keeps sending me Munster jerseys all the time, trying to convert me to Munster.

I like that I can stand out from the crowd.

The New York crowd is definitely one to voice their opinion. They can be very loud and boisterous.

I was determined to make my name in the wrestling world no matter what sacrifices I had to make.

I eat a huge breakfast every morning. I do a lot of work at the gym, a lot of power-lifting, a lot of cardio, and I study wrestling tapes.

When you start out somewhere, you've got to get your feet wet. You got to find your place.

The wheel goes round and round and comes back, and opportunities are given again. You just have to remember that.

It's always good to change and keep things fresh, whether it's a hairstyle or wardrobe.