ROB VAN DAM

You have to believe in yourself and have to believe you are a little bit crazy to be the best.

The energy from the fans in Boston is always something we can count on for support.

Some guys are on the road and can't wait to get home; others are at home and can't wait to get on the road. I'm definitely the one who wants to be home.

When I started out, there were many different companies... you could leave and go to a different territory, and there were so many different styles. What we have now is WWE has survived the test of time, and all the other companies have fallen off the face of the earth.

I don't enjoy the road life or WWE's really hectic schedule.

I've had hundreds and hundreds of concussions, but I don't think that I have any permanent damage. A lot of my peers do.

I've been wrestling for many years; I've accomplished a lot - but I take pride in being genuine, honest, and down-to-earth. Those are the qualities I really respect about myself, so I'm really pleased when I see that the energy that I want to exude is well received.

Acting is fun. I especially like the action sequences. That's what I do best.

I've always been tough my whole life. I'm able to take a lot of punishment, and that might be an even greater asset than my offense. I'm the guy that can take your best shot, and I'm not going to go down.

I've always been trying to do as little as possible, and I'm getting better at it all the time.

A lot of celebrities are afraid of being out of sight, out of mind. I'm the complete opposite.

The 18-year-old me wouldn't understand the 43-year-old me because then I wanted to travel and see the world. But I love being home.

I don't remember a Rob Van Dam versus Mick Foley hardcore match. There should have been one.

I've been Intercontinental Champion lots of times, Television Champion. One of my favorites has been the Hardcore Championship because it reflected my favorite style, and I feel that the X Division belt does that, too.

I really want to pop the crowd. I want to show off. That is the one thing that I've always loved about my career is I just want to show off. I always hated the storylines.

I prefer ECW's style as far as the actual matches I'm capable of having.

If somebody is willing to take some advice, then I have some, and that's just life in general. A lot of people don't want to hear anything.

I was a very intelligent kid. I used my intelligence to support my passions. When it came to comic books, I became enthralled in the whole universe. I had to know all the facts and timelines. The whole fictional universe was real to me.

I'm a strong believer in modern medicine. I think it has its use in society. I think it adds longevity to our life expectancy.

Even when I'm not wrestling, I still appreciate all my fans. I take all the compliments to heart.

I came into ECW in Philadelphia in 1996 and left in 2001 - a much bigger, worldwide star than I arrived - and I thank ECW for that.

I stand behind what I say and what I do.

Professional wrestling was almost like a secret society when I started, like a Mafia, and it would destroy the Sheik to see how much that has changed.

Paul Heyman has always been the only guy from the office that ever really had my best interest and really understood me. The other agents and promoters seemed confused why the fans liked me so much, because I was so non-typical for their idea of a wrestler, so they just tried to capitalize on it without owning it.

In any business that you pursue, if you belong at the top, and you're perceived as having that caliber, and you do qualify, then it's something that you want to hold on to.