Quotes from Dolph Ziggler

All of those Shield guys, who came in protected, have done nothing but deliver, in my opinion, and I am a harsh critic of everyone.

I am never the favourite, but I live for that.

Go to work every day, be the first one in and the last one to leave, and you'll know that you've done everything in your power to make your life better.

Sting can call out whoever he wants; he's a legend in this business.

Of course, legends can call out whoever they want and do as they please, but they can't just show up and get handed matches.

I have a lot of downtime in airports and on flights.

I'm from Cleveland, Ohio. And I'll tell you a real quick thing: we didn't have a pro hockey team when I was growing up, so I adopted the Red Wings as my hockey team just so I could, you know, be amused and enjoy playoff hockey every single year. I really get into it. Detroit is my team.

For the longest time, I was in random cold matches for 30 minutes and tore the house down for no reason, and everyone complained, 'Why isn't he in some kind of a story?'

There is a glass ceiling for everybody until you find a way to get that connection that Cena has.

On a good day, I'm a bitter, angry, chip-on-my-shoulder type of guy.

You want to be the best, and you hear a lot of good things about yourself, and then you find out that you're going to debut as a caddy - it's a little gut-wrenching, and it hurt.

It's not always about wins and losses, but winning two Survivor Series matches is something I will never forget.

I, being the ham that I am, always want people looking at me.

I wouldn't advocate anything to anybody - everybody's different. Some people can put on those toe shoes and think they're having a better work out than those in tennis shoes. Everybody can advocate their own way of doing something.

I do circuit training - different workouts without stopping. I like having that stamina, where I've never been too tired to put on a match or go above and beyond.

I don't eat anything before, but I can still go kill it at the gym and be in and out in 45 minutes or an hour, even doing workouts in the sauna to get the blood and sweat flowing.

Winning the Intercontinental Title for the first time, in 2010, was a real milestone, as I grew up living off some of those Intercontinental Title matches.

I feel that I am better than Roman Reigns, but you know what? He hasn't wrestled as long as I have.

I'm a huge fan of comedy. I write material whenever I can.

When I was 5 years old, Hulk Hogan was the world to a lot of little kids.

Even though I only get a few days off, I do not stop, whether it's getting some stage time at an open mic or flying to L.A. to watch a ton of stand-up shows.

That's always the goal. If you don't want to be the best or have the company on your back with everyone relying on you, then you shouldn't be here.

We are on the road 250-280 days a year at least, and it's something that, if I have a wife and kids at home, I don't know if I could do it.

Theoretically, the road to WrestleMania is like an election year. The Royal Rumble usually has 30 people in it, which narrows down to 4 and then finally two. Only one of them can go on to the main event.