Quotes from Matt Hardy

To have the canvas of something like an Impact Wrestling, something that had TV and be able to be a creative input guy and come up with stuff, I would love to, and I would be up for that challenge.

One of the fun things about wrestling is that you can do a move and leave your stamp on the business forever.

If the fans have an opinion, the wrestling universe has to listen.

I try to keep up with everything - all wrestling across the board. I want to know what the competition is doing, what the up-n-comers are doing.

I do all that I can to surprise people and make things unpredictable because that is what makes wrestling fun.

I love wrestling. That's not going to change.

I think the wrestling world needs TNA. I think the wrestlers need TNA. I think the fans need TNA.

To know you're truly alive in wrestling, you have to constantly challenge yourself. You constantly have to do things that you're unsure you can do.

Wrestling isn't easy. It's like a car crash. I wish they would give guys a few weeks off. I think guys need to take mandatory time off. I know it's tough when they need to promote the key names, but they need to keep guys healthy.

I really want to be creative. I want to innovate. I want to be innovative, and I want to do things that are different.

Eric Young is an excellent heel. I think Eric Young is a really, really good heel because he does things intentionally so that you don't want to cheer him, you don't want to get behind him, and you don't want to support him.

I got a lot of great years on WWE TV and I made a lot of money throughout the business. So, if I don't do anything else, I'm good. I can kind of do what I want to, which is a very nice feeling to have.

It's real easy to be in the WWE and let your passion or your pain or the schedule put you in a bad place.

I'll never forget the reaction the WWE Universe gave me at 'WrestleMania 33' and my return - it was truly one of the greatest moments of my career.

A lot of fans don't accept me because I became a star in the WWE, but that adds credibility and equity to the TNA title.

If it wasn't for the Internet, I might never have left WWE. Then again, if it wasn't for the Internet, I probably wouldn't have been brought back.

You know that if you come to WWE and want to maintain a certain level of success, you're going to be busy and gone a lot. It's part of the deal.

House Hardy - myself and Brother Nero - are pioneers. My style of booking during early independent bookings was very similar to what 'Ring of Honor' later became, which is what WWE later became.

Personally, I am very glad that Jeremy Borash is here in WWE. He's got a great mind - a very creative person, a good friend of mine - and he just deserves to work here.

Once we went off into the singles world, I noticed there is something very unique about Brother Nero. People are drawn to him, and he has intangibles and charisma that cannot be emulated or duplicated.

When Jeff and I were first starting out and trying to make a name for ourselves, we were doing indy shows, and would take whatever we could get just to have as much in-ring time as we could.

I wouldn't have been so successful if I didn't have such a tremendous groundswell in support from my fans.

Everything we do in the 'Woken' universe is so fantastical that wrestling fans, especially younger kids, who only know Matt Hardy from tag team matches or Team Xtreme or whatnot, they need to learn what I am before we can start expanding.

Every night you go out there, you get hurt. It's really the easiest way to say it. People can describe wrestling however they want to, but your body is flesh and bone, and it's not meant to be slammed on wood and steel.