Baron Corbin Quotes

When I came to NXT, it was very much a developmental brand.

Nothing turned the NXT Universe upside down like The Undisputed Era's debut.

You want to be an NXT fan.

Now, I don't even consider NXT a developmental system. It's its own brand. So many guys were able to develop a following while in NXT.

I started in NXT when we were still FCW in Tampa.

There's a lot of talent down there in NXT.

Athletics at the highest level is a sport within a sport.

There's no club out there that is really a step up when you play for Bayern Munich. At most, you can join a club that acts at the same level.

If you're looking to be a professional athlete on the top tier of any sport, my best advice is to put everything you have into it. If you're not, somebody else is. It's got to be all or nothing.

If all goes well and my body reacts well, and I feel I have a good high level to compete amongst the best then I'll come back and play.

You want to play in the best stadiums against the best players - your Real Madrid's and Barcelona's - you want to play those teams.

I always wanted to play against the best.

Meeting sports athletes that are the best in the world is a thrill to this day.

Players today are concerned about the money, but the large dollars only go to those players who are the best.

I played professional level sports. When you're playing for money, it's a whole other level.

I'm in the major league now.

People can say what they want about WWE. Paul Levesque, Vince McMahon, Michael Cole - they all gave me another life by bringing me back to call NXT. That's where I should have been in the beginning.

When guys are in NXT - not me, but the guys who are signed to developmental deals that are there - they're setting up the ring. They're tearing it down. They're working every day at the PC. And it's arduous training, man. Those guys go through a lot.

NXT prepares you for literally everything for the main roster. They probably over-prepare you.

I get to watch Shinsuke Nakamura and Bobby Roode and Tye Dillinger and all these huge names in NXT wrestle on TakeOver. Then I got to wrestle alongside them.

We want to play against the best in the world, nevermind Europe.

It's a privilege and an honor to play for the national team, but I think that the training that I was in at Frankfurt was the highest level right underneath.

I think the free agent process is a little bit different because other major pro sports like the NBA or NHL, you're looking at 30 teams. You have 30 options. You don't really have that in this industry. There is one name that stands above all else, and that's WWE. So to really be on top, that's where you have to apply your trade.

I think it's fun to fantasize about the idea of NXT and ROH butting heads and seeing which one will do better, especially with WWE looking at ROH guys to hire.

I wanted to be a part of WWE and part of NXT first, as, if I went to 'Raw' or 'SmackDown' right away, I would always wonder what NXT would have been like.