Quotes About Professionalism

I once said that I never wanted to be a good guy or the 'baby face,' as we call it in the wrestling business. But you know, it is what it is, and I'll be whatever they want me to be. At the end of the day, we work for the WWE fans.

I've been in WWE for 22 years and reached a point in my career where, within the locker room, I'm one of the people that guys come to if something needs to be discussed. I'm also one of the people that the WWE executives, if there is a problem in the locker room, I'm one people that is consulted about that.

WWE has no issues with my stand-up. I do not miss work for any reason and will continue to work around my schedule because I'm a professional and do not allow complacency or laziness.

I've been in WWE for 22 years, and that's a long time, and I still think I perform at a high level.

Do not try doing the things that we do one TV in WWE. We're the entertainers, we're the professionals.

Just like I have my critics, Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson has critics, and I was one of the biggest 'Hey man, you're never here' guys around, but not anymore. He's completely committed to WWE.

When you're in WWE, it's a part of that contract signing, that grind. You're on-call 24-7. That's why you become the star that you are.

There's definitely no hard feelings with WWE. I'm very thankful to them for the opportunity that was given to me.

When you commit to a WWE contract, you're committing to some serious time away from home.

It's the WWE; it's Vince McMahon's show. He lays out what he wants from you. It's not always going to be what I want.

I might be the only guy in WWE who isn't acting ever.

It's not a male-dominated anything... It's WWE, and it's for anybody.

Fortunately, in the WWE, the security staff is very dedicated and very professional. They know what they're doing.

To be someplace for ten years or to work anywhere for ten years is a tough deal. But to work in the WWE for that long, knowing how their dressing room is run with this top heavy, condescending 'do this and nothing else' attitude, it gets tiresome.

I've tried to make it a thing where they, somebody in WWE, needs me or wants me there. And if I do my job well, it becomes a thing, and I just try to make it a reality, I guess. And I'm just trying not to get released.

Being born into the business, I had the connections. A lot of guys aspire to be professional wrestlers, but you need to get trained the right way. And then, once you're trained, you need to get to that next level, and really, the WWE is the only place to do it.

When I was with WWE before, I was a big guy throwing people around - power moves. Then after that, when I left WWE, I was like, 'I still enjoy professional wrestling,' but some of the smaller guys look up at me and say, 'I don't wanna wrestle him. I don't wanna get thrown around by that guy.'

I have a lot of respect for the folks over at WWE, and I have a ton of respect for what they've accomplished within the industry.

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.

People who've never played a sport in their life come to WWE and can kick butt. On the other hand, people who've played football or some other professional sport can come here and get in the ring and not do what we do. It's a different tango.

If you look back at my six-year run in the WWE, I never cursed on TV once, never cursed once.

It was not very difficult for me to adjust in WWE because of my previous experience. Stylistically, this company is quite different from other promotions, but adapting to it is part of the job.

I think that a lot of people forget they're in WWE and get complacent.

To me, Roman Reigns was WWE's version of Superman, and he was our locker room leader on 'Raw.'