MOJO RAWLEY

When you take someone's best shot in the mouth, there's nothing more they can give you.

I'm an A-Level player because I have the strength to look upon myself in the mirror and master my reality.

If I'm going to be doing a Zumba class I'm going to be wearing Zubaz.

You're always reinventing yourself and looking for what's new and what you haven't done before.

If my character is over the top talking about partying and chicks and living the dream, then I'm going to go out and want to party more.

When I am a good guy on TV, my character tends to be almost identical to how I am as a real person. However, as a bad guy, I get to be the opposite. I get to be a jerk. I get to talk trash, I get to say all the things that I'm thinking but have to restrain myself from saying out of respect or decency.

This is life right here. This is what happens. You get knocked down. You've got to step back up. How are you going to handle a loss? This is what Mojo Rawley is all about.

That's what Stay Hyped is all about, is 'I can go when others can't, I won't tap out when others will.' It's kind of just living my mantra.

I made it to the NFL and I had an injury, a really bad injury, actually, where I was out for 18 months in football. And the doctor said it was career-ending.

I need to get hit in the face. I need to get dropped hard before I can really circle the wagons and proceed. It breaks you out of being complacent, of being in your comfort zone.

If you're an outsider, you don't know how to get signed by the WWE. It's not like football where you can sign up and segue your way in. You've got to know somebody.

I am not one of these guys that looks to the locker room and points fingers. That has never been my MO.

I was a walk-on at Maryland, I had to earn my scholarship and starter spot, and the things that've come after.

I took opportunities and made it work because I worked harder than everybody else. That's really where 'Stay Hyped' came from, that's my mantra because it's about always being up and being ready to go. That's what I've always had to do.

I feel like I was born to do this. When I signed with the WWE, the newspaper and TV stations in my high-school community of Alexandria, Virginia, were like, 'Oh my gosh, this is so perfect.'

Ever since I was a little kid the only thing I've ever wanted to do was be in the WWE, and not just be on the roster but to be a champion.

The vast majority of my career anywhere I was essentially the only guy who believed in myself.

I'm a very humble guy.

These losses, when they mount up it's hard to keep your cool.

You know, I analyze my faults and my weaknesses very carefully. I'm very hypercritical of myself.

If you're in the WWE, you're a superstar.

Even when I'm having fun, I'm constantly thinking of ways to incorporate it into my WWE persona, as that way I'm serving two purposes at once.

The monster that NXT has grown into is nothing short of unbelievable.

I credit all of my life's successes to my ability to 'Stay Hyped.'

I've always said just give me an opportunity and I'm going to make the most of it.