Quotes from CM Punk

I don't think marriage is in the cards for me. I think it's an archaic institution.

When I hear people say that they don't think that I can do something or they don't think I belong somewhere, that's all it takes for me to prove them wrong, and it's motivation.

I think everybody is always selling me short, and then I always prove them wrong.

There's such a wide demographic who watches the WWE. And everybody's into something different.

I jumped to the WWE, and the perceived notion was I became more successful. I got to touch more people's lives and influence more people and perform in front of more people, and that was a great thing.

WWE doesn't do anything to protect the wrestlers; they do things to protect themselves.

When I started wrestling, I never wanted to go to WWE. It was the Japanese life for me.

I love the sport, and I have for a long time. I'd stay up late and watch the Pride New Year's Eve shows. I watch all the UFC pay-per-views. I'm a fan. I love this stuff.

I think the good ones, the interviews and the promos people remember, those are improv.

I don't measure myself against my coaches, I don't measure myself against my teammates. If I'm doing jiu-jitsu for sport, I don't measure myself against the guy I'm rolling with or whatever belt he is or how many stripes he has on his belt. I measure myself every day against the guy I was yesterday.

Whatever your walk in life is, you pick what you want to be, then go ahead and be the best one.

I'm the kind of guy that jumps at an opportunity.

I remember always loving the bad guy Shawn Michaels. Everyone else always hated when he played the bad guy, but there was just something about that character I connected with.

I'm certainly not a baby kissing, hand slapping, rah rah good guy. I definitely think there's more of an edge to my character.

I understand people want to see me get knocked out.

Sometimes things don't go your way, but you get up and keep going.

When someone else is making money off of you and using your body, you need to step off the carousel.

Survivor Series is something that was very surreal to me to be a part of, but now, I just want to do it again.

Contrary to popular belief, I do occasionally get to watch TNA, mostly on fast forward, but Bobby Roode is one of the guys... solid, solid guy.

I think what's captivating about me on the microphone is my honesty.

My life used to be governed by that. I would know what day it was because I would be at 'Monday Night Raw' or 'SmackDown' on Tuesday.

Best of luck in your future endeavors!

I've done things, sometimes foolishly misguided, because I wanted to give back to the fans.

I was rich before I had any money. Being rich has nothing to do with anything monetary.