Quotes from Daniel Bryan

I always think of it in terms of music. You're not always going to be a huge rock star in music, but musicians can play until the day they die. With sports, it's different. You can't always do it until the very end, and that's a hard reality of sports.

Being a bad guy is fun for me.

One of the autobiographies I really liked was Bob Dylan's. It was interesting because he didn't do it in a linear fashion.

I'm a terrible actor. I would suck in films! The only way I would do well is if I was playing myself, which is what I did in my career.

Every year, I say the Seahawks are going to win the Super Bowl. There's no doubt in my mind every single year. And you have to keep in mind this was well before the Seahawks were good. This was, like, 2-14, drafting-Rick-Mirer Seahawks. I would still be saying they were going to win the Super Bowl.

In combat sports, personalities are what draw.

For me, I have to go out and people have to already like me for my promo to be good.

I love sweets. Like, every week of my life, I've had a cheat day.

The best parenting advice I actually got was from Shane McMahon. He was great with me when Brie was pregnant and all that. He said, 'When you have that baby, make sure you take care of Brie first.'

I've lifted weights ever since I was a teenager, but I started going more towards the Olympic weightlifting style, which is clean and jerk.

Sometimes there's cities where it's just hard to find healthy food. You just have to be prepared.

Seeing your baby in pain and seeing them crying and that sort of thing, and you're tired, and you can do nothing about it - that's, like, one of the most demoralizing things I can think of.

I would read a lot about how to be a dad. I had never changed a diaper before we had Birdie.

My diet is very kale-heavy. It's so nutrient-dense. I stay away from fake processed stuff.

I've always thought Shawn Michaels's story is fascinating.

I think whatever you have in your life, my opinion is that if you know that there's something wrong, you try to fix it.

I still think most of my success came from the audience's reaction to me. It's weird when that happens but a lot of it came from what I did inside the ring.

I've always respected and appreciated Punk, but we never really hung out. We came from the same route, but we didn't necessarily hang out in the same circles. I've always had a great appreciation and respect for his hard work.

I loved playing football, but I hated the games because it's a lot of pressure. I just loved putting on the pads and hitting my friends.

I don't do really well in cities, which is crazy given that we're flying in and out of these major cities every week.

I like Everton. If I'm going to cheer for that kind of football team, I'm going to cheer for Everton. But the Seahawks are my passion.

You have to realize that a lot of life is just fortune and the ebbs of flows of what goes on.

I'm pretty much friendly and compassionate to everybody. But not to people in the ring.

William Regal has been the most influential person in my entire career.