JEFF HARDY

For special wrestlers, there's somewhere else to go - as long as you're not brainwashed by that WWE mentality. There's other worlds out there; it's OK to switch around.

I've rung my bells so many times, especially back in the day when chair shots to the head were legal. My goodness, I took so many of those.

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

I got the dragon on my leg when I was still living with my dad. He's not a fan of tattoos, so I had to get it behind his back; he kind of freaked out when he saw it.

Edge is such a great guy.

Thank God for TNA: we've had the creative freedom to do what we want to do.

I can't wrestle a match without getting my ankles taped because they feel like they'll shatter on me.

The Great Khali always serves up a good beatdown if you can't get out from under that heavy hand.

I've got my hardcore fans, and I thank them so much for being there for me and not giving up on me.

I take a lot of risks in the ring.

Early, when I first started wrestling, I wanted to be a combination of Sting and the Ultimate Warrior: The Ultimate Warrior's craziness and weird personality and Sting's coolness and the way he carried himself to the ring. But then later on, when it came to physicality and athleticism, Shawn Michaels topped the cake.

Overall, I think I'm just lucky, and I hope I continue to be lucky.

We may never be as big as WWE, but the cool thing about TNA is that we are the alternative. So people who get tired and bored with the WWE - I've been there, I understand - there's an alternative and something else to watch.

I'm still a fan at heart.

I don't want to go back to WWE and burn out within four or five months, and having another run as TNA world champion would feel just as good.

I never view myself as a leader.

It's good to establish moves that fans are always going to recognize and scream for.

I'm not a big practice guy at all.

To me, wrestling is just as cool as it ever was.

When I was a kid, I wrestled my high school amateur wrestling in junior year.

I would love to end my career as World Champion.

Shawn Michaels was the guy to study and watch.

I'll do anything. That has proven problematic - you may remember my broken leg in a dirt bike accident - but that is also the ingredient that has allowed me to elevate myself in pro wrestling.

I'm good at professional wrestling, and I always will be good, but what's always been different about me is that I can't completely focus on professional wrestling.

If Meekmahan ever came to the Hardy compound, I would tell Meekmahan, face-to-face, 'You'll fade away and classify yourself as obsolete! Obsolete!'