Quotes from CM Punk

I'm not superstitious about anything in my life - except for playoff hockey. I get really kind of sketchy and weird about it. I don't like talking about it. I don't like making predictions.

There was a long time in my professional life that I was not happy, and there was nothing anyone else could have done to make me happy. There was a big stretch where I was very sick, and I was very hurt. Those charged with taking care of my health and well-being weren't very good at their jobs. Or maybe they were too good at their jobs.

I read 'Preacher' once a year.

On fight night, you show up. And the question becomes, 'Did you or did you not do the work that is going to prepare you for what is about to occur?' And I just think that's a beautiful thing.

I don't like having debts. I don't like buying anything that I can't buy in cash.

I will kick you in the nuts and you will smile and like it.

I wouldn't expect anybody to look for superawesome crisp technique out of me.

I think drugs and alcohol aren't a wrestling problem, it's a life problem, it's a people problem.

I don't believe you have to be blood to be family, so I have a lot of family members.

I've always had an extremely passionate fan base.

I think the best fighters are the smart guys. They do what they are good at. They're smart about what they do.

Any praise goes to my coaches and my teammates. I have the easy part of waking up and going to the gym. They're the ones that have to break my bad habits and teach me new things. They're literally my everything. In my personal life, it's my wife, and in my professional life, it's my coaches and my teammates.

You'd figure he'd go do something with his life, like maybe he could enlist and actually become a marine!

Inside and outside of the ring, what you see is what you get. I'm CM Punk. I'm not trying to be something I'm not. I'm not trying to lie to the people or be fake. I'm not trying to be some crazy, outlandish character.

I think, fundamentally, the core of everything I do is punk rock.

What I do on international flights is watch crappy, sappy love movies... Sometimes they're so bad, it's laughable. It kills time.

I'm a goal-oriented person, and instead of focusing on the past, I'd rather focus on the future.

I like winning or losing, failing or succeeding on my own merit.

The only thing I've ever bought with the money I've made is my house.

It's easy to quit. It's easy to not get something that you want and just say, 'Well, that didn't work out,' and move on to the next thing.

I did not wake up one day and say, 'I wanna be famous.' I did not wake up and say, 'I wanna be a UFC fighter.' I woke up and said, 'I want to be successful at something I want to do. I want to fight.'

I pride myself on being a jerk, because I'm brutally honest all the time.

Luck? Good luck? GM, the last time I checked, luck is for losers.

It's a good time to be CM Punk right now.