Quotes from Kofi Kingston

You never quite know what's in store for the Royal Rumble, and I think that's the beauty of it.

Ronda Rousey, arguably... I mean, she might've been the one that actually started the whole 'Divas Revolution' by being so awesome in UFC.

It's awesome, I tell everyone that the U.K. is one of my favourite places to go.

I'm just so proud to be champion and to have the support of my peers and my fans.

It's so important to have representation for all races on TV. All people, from all walks of life. So when other people look at the television screen they can see and identify with that person doing great things.

My dad is actually from Ghana in West Africa, and I was actually born in Ghana, too, and came to the United States when I was two years old. It's always football over there, soccer, but becoming a Massachusetts native, you can't help but get sucked into all the sports.

My goal is to be the best champion possible and to do that I have to go against the best.

People always say, 'Oh, there haven't been many black champions,' but on the other hand, there are a whole lot of white people that never won a belt either.

I always want to go up against the best competition, I want to have as many championship matches as possible.

I'm lucky and blessed to have so many tag-team championships.

I get inspired from all different kinds of places - cartoons, comic books, movies and things like that.

I collect swords, but I'm not really a swordsman.

The crowd and the energy is incredible. I love going to Saudi Arabia because the energy is just awesome.

There are guys who are way taller than me, weigh a lot more than me, are stronger than me, not faster than me but all other aspects people get recognized and looked at and opportunities based on how they look. I've been fighting that battle my entire lifetime.

When I was training before I was even signed, I was listening to the Damian Marley CD 'Welcome to Jamrock,' and I got the idea one day in promo class to cut a promo in a Jamaican accent and everybody in the class went wild. That was the character I played from that point on and it kind of stuck until it didn't.

One of the matches that is pretty dear to my heart is when I took on Chris Jericho at Night of Champions in 2008.

I always want people to experience the feelings I am experiencing. Anything I can do to get you to feel, that's an honor and a duty that I take very seriously.

I'm living, breathing proof that you can be anything you want to be.

Bray Wyatt is like seven feet tall and seven feet wide.

Never in my wildest dreams did I set the goal to be the longest-reigning tag-team champion.

With Punk, I consider him to be like a brother to me. He's one of the guys who took me under his wing when I first came. So we've been able to maintain a good relationship. And there are very few people in the business that you can call true friends, so I consider Punk to be that and more. So yes, 'road wife' is the term we used to sum that all up.

My goal is always about getting better.

Being that beacon of hope; not just people in Ghana, but any kind of people that have gone through the struggle, I take a lot of light of being that beacon of hope and inspiration for anybody that wants to achieve anything.

I am living proof that if you work hard enough, you will be able to achieve anything and I take a lot of pride in what I have achieved.