WILLIAM REGAL

I always tell people this - when you start wrestling, don't forget that part you liked as a child. If you can keep a bit of that in your act, you can keep a bigger audience.

It's wonderful to see a young lady headbutt somebody and kick somebody's face.

If you take yourself too seriously, you've got no chance in this job. You cannot take yourself seriously.

At the end of the day, who at my age can say that they fought somebody that fought Muhammad Ali?

You find a lot out about people when they're blowing up, as we say, gasping for air, and if they can still hold conversations and be polite.

When I wasn't wrestling, I was always at the circus or at a show watching all these people - 'how do they make their stuff work for their audience?' That used to fascinate me as a child.

I've always just took notice of what's going on in the wrestling business and who the younger fellas are, and younger ladies, that are interested in this.

I get great satisfaction nowadays when people come up and say 'I used to hate you when I was little' or 'you used to make me mad' - well that was the desired effect.

NXT is the part of the WWE that is about competition. It's not sports entertainment, it's the pro wrestling side and that's what we do.

There's nothing wrong with having a bit of fun as long as I continue to do my duties as General Manager.

When I get in the ring, I get to work very aggressively and solid, whereas with the Lord thing there were a lot of facials and stuff like that.

We value the independent wrestling scene, and it's our goal to strengthen it.

The only place to get better is to work in front of a crowd every night, that's when you'll find what really works and what doesn't.

I know everything that's out there that's worth knowing about.

I have a huge man-crush on Aiden English.

WWE has always been committed to promoting wrestling talent in India.

Very few people get into that category of being a good grafter.

We all just want NXT to be the best product we can do. I don't care about what's going on anywhere else, we just get on with what we do, which is competitive pro wrestling and that's what NXT is.

I'd go to war for John Cena.

I'm making a fresh start. That's another reason for the name change from Lord Steven Regal to William Regal here in the WWF.

Anything that we do in NXT is a joy to be a part of to be honest.

Above anything else - above family or job - the main thing is staying sober. That's because without being sober, I don't have a family.

I hadn't slept in 20 years. I would sleep a couple hours a night, and I went from specialist to specialist and they could never find out why.

I have only put my reputation on the line three times with people, Cesaro being one of them.

I'm not lying in any way, British fans are the best in the world.