RODDY PIPER

I like choir music. I sincerely do!

You've got to realize, I've been stabbed three times; I'm not too used to this kind of love from people. It has been unbelievable the amount of support I've gotten. I'm getting letters, packages, e-mails, and phone calls from so many people. It's just overwhelming.

I was born in Saskatoon.

It's one thing to talk the talk; it's another thing to walk after getting whacked with a coconut.

I was raised by the last of the Gorgeous George era. You don't let somebody come from some other business, walk in your business, make a fool of ya and go back into his business and laugh at ya. So if you watch Wrestlemania the very first one, I was the general and here was the rule: don't let Mr. T throw a punch; keep it strictly amateur with him.

There was a lot of work that people don't know about that I did to establish my villain persona. There were a lot of miles on the road that went into it, thousands upon thousands of hours of writing on yellow pads while driving in my car with the dome light on.

I was 15 years old when I started wrestling full time, and I know what I had to go through to get here.

I've had Jo-Jo the Dog-Faced Boy as a tag-team partner.

'Piper's Pit' was totally unscripted - everything just happened - thus, innovation was a challenging must to accomplish.

CM Punk is a very talented man, and I'm a big fan of his.

For anyone who's not familiar with 'Piper's Pit,' they need to know one thing - there's absolutely no rules.

Guys like Ole Anderson, Gene Anderson, Mad Dog Vachon, Johnny Valentine. I love them to death. I'll love them forever.

You never let somebody come from outside the business, have their way with the business, and then leave the next day and laugh at you. How the hell does David Arquette become World Champion?

Wrestlers are the best.

Burt Reynolds, the first time I met him, he introduced me at Madison Square Garden at Wrestlemania X.

I was trained by, at the time, the toughest man in the world. Not according to him, either. His name is 'Judo' Gene Lebell, and he trained Bruce Lee, Chuck Norris. He's the godfather of MMA.

They say that wrestlers are actors, and they couldn't be more wrong. The truth is wrestling and acting could not be more opposite. Wrestling is explosion, and acting is implosion.

I hate a bully, and I hate racists.

I've had over seven thousand pro fights.

The WWE gave me a family and a life.

I only had an A game... no matter where I was.

In the morning, I'm juicing two apples, two carrots, two celery, two beets, two ginger. I'm drinking that every morning to try to keep the cancer away.

Real wrestling fans always knew Hogan couldn't wrestle. And he's not exactly an intellectual, either... The path he chose is very simple. He wears spandex in the airport. That's his identification as a man.

I'm a villain at heart. I'm a born villain.

I've got a lot on my shoulders, but I've got the most beautiful family in the world.