Doing the same old thing every day, week in and week out, it gets boring. I'm all about new challenges, new opponents.
I think you could split my fans up just like any other guy's fans. Some of them are cool, and some of them are obnoxious. But it's the variety that makes it great.
I read 'Preacher' once a year.
I read 'Y: The Last Man' once a year.
There's only one thing people love more than their heroes, and that's stomping them into the ground.
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'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.
I'm a polarizing person, so people get caught up in hoping I fail. And just like success, failure is a perspective.
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 don't mind getting punched in the face. It kind of wakes me up and gets me excited.
I'm somebody who tries to remain positive and looks forward to setting goals and reaching them. But that's easier said than done.
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'm somebody who constantly wants to challenge himself, evolve, and grow. Because if you don't, you fade. You become stagnant.
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.
The day of my wedding, I got a FedEx in the mail. It was my termination papers. I was fired... on my wedding day.
WWE doesn't do anything to protect the wrestlers; they do things to protect themselves.
Everybody knows how to throw a punch. Not correctly - he or she might not know how to turn the wrist or know what part of the hand to hit with. But humans instinctively know to fight, whether they bite or claw or pull hair. It's an instinct.
