Quotes from Drew McIntyre

To win the Royal Rumble, you don't want to go over the top rope, obviously. But game-play-wise, hopefully you draw a later number.

I never get nervous before a show, but I get nervous when we come to Scotland.

The fans in Scotland are great, but in New York, the fans are also great: they are mental.

Partying isn't as important to me anymore like it was when I was younger.

I sent away to America for 'The Inside Secrets of Wrestling' that Percy Pringle and Dennis Brent wrote, and Volume 1 told me to keep kayfabe of the book. So I used to keep it in a briefcase, and I'd go to school every day, and everyone would talk about wrestling, and they didn't know what was going on, but I knew what was going on.

The Shield is fantastic. They're everything they say they are.

I've been so lucky with people giving me an opportunity to showcase the real Drew.

Roderick Strong - we've had some of my favorite battles.

It was very clear I wasn't giving my all in the past - not even close.

Being a Paul Heyman Guy wouldn't be such a bad thing!

Why would I ever be bitter and negative and focus on the past?

There are a lot of people very sure of themselves that need to be brought back down to Earth. As good as they think they are, they're really not.

I was always impressed by the Road Warriors and Legion of Doom. They were just so large and bigger than life in every possible way.

Everything I do has a purpose for my goal, which is to create a buzz.

There are superstars that deserve to be at the top and do give everything.

I tell people that the best thing that can ever happen to you is getting fired, and you can either sink or swim, and I swam like hell. The reason why I swam the way I swam was because there was nothing else for me.

I appreciate when people give us some positive feedback, and in the past, when I was younger, I might have allowed it to get to my head and have a bit of an ego.

Oney Lorcan is such a hard-hitting dude, just like me. We go in there, two hard-hitting dudes, and the crowd are going to be taken aback, and that's our goal.

I love tag team wrestling.

Johnny Gargano is someone I've known for years - we've been EVOLVE Tag Team Champions together; we've wrestled each other many times over the years.

For me, the obvious examples of tag teams I was a big fan of, Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard. I would watch them and be blown away by how incredible they were.

I am happy to do anything that comes my way, and I will always do my best in anything that presents itself.

I treat everyone how I would like to be treated, and I try to treat this industry and this job with the respect it deserves.

I have always been a big rock fan and remember dressing up as Guns N' Roses' Axl Rose for my high school Halloween disco when I was 17. My teacher painted tattoos on, and I wore a small leather waistcoat and not much else.