Quotes from Goldust

It took me a long time to get my life screwed up, and it's going to take a long time to get it back.

You wouldn't catch me dead in a fanny pack.

If you want to shake a hand, if you want a story, I'll be more than happy to sit down with you and talk with you. It's what I love to do.

Here are the five guys I learned the business from: Barry Windham, Ricky Steamboat, Arn Anderson, Larry Zbyszko, and Bobby Eaton. Those guys taught me how to do everything in the ring. I learned so much from each of them.

As far as children out there that hate their moms and dads, just get over it, because you get one dad and one mom. You know, suck it up. Learn something.

I've had my day in the sunshine with wrestling.

You have Superstars, and then you have mega Superstars. Brock Lesnar is a mega Superstar.

Working heel works different for me, being Dustin Rhodes for so many years and then a giant switch of a character and everything.

We got tables they're going through constantly, chair shots, all this, very dangerous maneuvers where you can possibly break your neck or something like that.

Six-Man Tag Matches are good to have on the show because they're very exciting.

Before Dad passed, we talked so much about the Goldust character, what it grew into, and how much he was proud of it.

Chicago, to me, is the best wrestling crowd on the planet. They are the best. They are loud, they are ruthless, and they will tear you down if you let them.

The fans really have never concerned me.

You can't live in someone else's shoes; you've got to branch out and fill your own shoes.

I've had stuff pulled for me on big shows and stuff like that. You can get frustrated all you want, but the show must go on, and there are reasons for it.

Push yourself to the limits, and you'll be John Cena, you'll be C.M. Punk, instead of complaining about other people that have done so, so much in the business.

I try not to forecast the future and look down the road as far as my wrestling, because it's there. All I have to do is walk in a ring and light up the crowd.

My favorite opponent is probably Randy Orton.

At first, when we had the Golden Truth, it was fun - but it was always in the back of my head that I'm destined for so much more. I can be so much better than this, than the old comedy act that they want me to be.

The backstage stuff is not for everybody. I'm very hands on; I like to train and teach young guys now because there's so many of them. There are certain ways to do things, to get crowd reactions and sell your emotions and sell stories.

I've kept evolving the character. At first, you hated Goldust with a passion, then you laughed with him.

I want to be World Heavyweight Champion, but unfortunately, that didn't happen.

It's no easy job being a World Heavyweight Champion; these guys like Cena, Sheamus, these guys are modeled around that and are champs for a reason.

Dad lived such a hectic, hard life on the road, and I didn't get to spend as much time with him as I would have liked.