Cody Rhodes Quotes

For me, to get any match is fine. For me to be thrown right into the mix and be named No. 1 Contender for the World Heavyweight Championship is a blessing.

There's a lot of ways to win a belt, but taking it from a champion is very important to me.

If I were ever in a position to appear more for ROH, I would accept nothing less than to be recognized as the best - which would mean having to challenge the top dogs/champions.

That feeling is one of the things that keep me going. On July 6, 1998, I became the WCW heavyweight champion of the world!

I should hold the IWGP title always.

Being a world champion again is just a step closer toward my goal. I want to be a pay-per-view star.

I am very, very proud of being United States Champion and defending it.

If I were to doubt myself, I wouldn't even have a chance to be competing for the NXT Women's Championship.

I went from being a guy who was sparingly being used on television to being the World Heavyweight Champion and the focus of a lot of the storylines on Smackdown.

Getting the title shot was huge.

I've been a top guy since I walked in - since I beat John Cena in my first match.

I captured what I said I was going to capture, the Cruiserweight Championship, and I did it in front of my friends and my family.

You get older, and you want to be a professional athlete; you want to win on the biggest stage.

I want to earn a top-contender status in the UFC, so I have to fight the best.

Every time I win, I prove something: I'm the best guy in the world at what I do.

I can take over boxing with a win over Pacquiao.

I did good in the Premier League.

It's never been about an opponent. I don't care who it is. Just throw them in front of me and let me do what I have to do. Let me earn the belt.

I really believe that I can be the No 1, but for that to happen, I probably need to win a couple of grand slams, and they are not going to fall from the sky.

I just want to ball. I just want a chance to win a championship. I just want to win. I wake up every day smiling. Why? Because I've got my people around me. I really don't give a damn what anybody thinks about me or what I say or what I do.

It means a lot to defend my title.

One of my goals is to become a WWE Hall of Famer.

I went from beating John Cena in my first match to winning the Intercontinental title to defending it at WrestleMania.

Who else is willing to fight Woodley at six weeks' notice? Nobody. That's why it's come to me. But I will dethrone the champion and start a new era. I'll be an active champion, so they can all get in line.

I want to go somewhere I have a chance to win a Super Bowl.