Paul Heyman Quotes

Being a Paul Heyman Guy wouldn't be such a bad thing!

Shinsuke - he is by far one of the best competitors in the world. It is no surprise to me that he found his way to WWE.

Chris Jericho was always someone I looked up to. I was a WWE fan growing up, and I remember his debut.

CM Punk was a great wrestler, and he has so many fans and made a lot of people happy with what he did over the years.

I'll tell you right now, man, if WWE was to call me and say, 'Hey, Book, we want you to do a match with 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin,' I'd do it!

Undertaker, for almost as long as many of us have been watching WWE, he's been part of it.

Austin Aries is a guy that has been the longest-reigning 'X Division' champion, has proven himself all over the world before he even got to TNA, and is well-respected in the industry, so I think he's a guy to look out for and I look forward to working with.

When I got the name 'The Franchise,' the gimmick, and turned it into what it became, I put my heart and soul into that.

Who am I to say CM Punk is a joke?

The way I look at it is I had to retire as world champion with my last match at WrestleMania.

That's why John Cena was No. 1 for so many years. Because every time John got in the ring with somebody, he made them better than they were.

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 was in TNA for over a dozen years. I had a great run there - I had a great career - but obviously, WWE has always been the be-all, end-all of sports entertainment. Until you get there and experience it on a personal level, you just don't know.

There's very few people that ever have a chance to become World Heavyweight Champion.

Ron Simmons had a lot to do with Rock's success.

I'll tell you upfront, I think Shawn Michaels was probably the most gifted worker the business has ever seen.

I'll be the first Australian to compete in the WWE.

WWE was looking for an opponent for The Undertaker. They needed someone for an upcoming pay-per-view. I was supposed to be just one and done.

I look at a guy like Chris Jericho. This guy, man, he's one of the hardest workers.

I'm starting to think they know that WWE stands for Walk With Elias more than any other abbreviation.

When I came into WWE after Monday Night Wars, it wasn't my greatest time in the business... but they kept bringing me back.

I'd like to be a tag titleholder, I'd like to be the WWE champion, but more than anything, I want to make guys leaders.

I've said this numerous times: I've been in the ring with Daniel Bryan, and he's the best wrestler in the world, bar none.

Bill Goldberg can't wrestle.

I want to be World Heavyweight Champion, but unfortunately, that didn't happen.