Quotes from R-Truth

Me and Vince are like cool, man. Good relationship with Vince, man, and I've been on a lot of trips with Vince, as far as with overseas, going to visit the military. And even at work, man, ideas, he's open to a lot of people, everybody, pretty much. If you have a good idea, he wants you to go in there and prepare with it.

Sometimes a blessing will come out of mistakes.

I'm a parent, I gotta be a super dad.

I'm a fan of Kobe and LeBron. People always try to make me pick one or the other, but I think they're both great. They both deliver.

I've always felt that God, himself, has chosen me for his purpose, for higher callings whether it's to be an inspiration to somebody else's life, whether it's to change somebody else's life, or whether it's to be that support or light in somebody else's life.

All my music has always been about positive, having ambition, having goals, having dreams, and believing in yourself.

When I'm in the ring I've got a million people watching me weekly, looking for me to present something memorable to them.

My influences, going back through the history of rap, talk about Doug E. Fresh, Kool Moe D, Eric B. & Rakim, Public Enemy.

I originally wanted to be a rapper and musician.

When the opportunity is there, you have to let your creative juices start flowing and reach and grab for it.

When you see who I am, you're getting a real character, a real person. R-Truth, that's me.

Me, I like to go against the grain.

I'm a grown man now, I've got a family, I understand responsibility.

There's certain countries that you can't get in if you've got a criminal background record. There's certain jobs in the States that you can't get because you've got a criminal background record. That follows you the rest of your life... and that's something you have to deal with the rest of your life.

I leave my career totally to the creative staff and Vince McMahon. Whatever they give me to do, I'll go in headfirst and I'll just perfect it and make it happen. I'm ready for whatever they have to throw at me.

That was one of the most hurtful things, to have my mother see me in court and to have my mother see me behind bars.

Hulk Hogan, The Undertaker, Shawn Michales... the list goes on and on of great guys who made WrestleMania what it is.

Hulk Hogan convinced me that WrestleMania was where my goals needed to be at.

There's so many great wrestlers in this sport who could probably work circles around me and it's amazing to see that, but I love being the kind of character who can take you on a roller coaster, make you smile and laugh.

All the things I talk about are true, but some of them I may tweak a little bit. A lot of it is the way I feel about wrestling. When you have a character like mine, you can push the envelope and go far with some of the issues.

I've been wrestling and making music for a long time.

Music is universal, man. I got bitten by the wrestling bug and now I just do them both.

I'm trying to take wrestling to a whole different level.

The South is where wrestling was birthed.