John Layfield Quotes

Johnny Saint is someone who I studied as a kid.

Nobody thought Finn Balor would be in the WWE. Here I am.

I think Sting would be denying his fans a great moment if Sting did not step into WWE competition at least once. I have always been a huge admirer of what Sting brings to the table and his relationship with his audience, and I would be dramatically disappointed if Sting does not wrestle a WWE match.

Eddie Guerrero is my number one. He is the reason I am in the WWE - I wanted to be the female version of him.

Samoa Joe is an opponent that I really wanted to face in the ring. There was a time when you never thought that you will able to see Samoa Joe in a WWE setting but that has changed and this can be considered to be one of my fantasy bookings.

People dream to be in the WWE, but my dream is to be the best in the WWE. They can have the money and fame. My dream is to become known as the greatest wrestler of all time.

I knew Roman Reigns when he used to come into the locker room with his father, holding his father's hand, barely out of diapers. And I don't say that as an ironic statement... I mean it sincerely.

A guy like Benoit, he's really good and a lot like Dynamite. Dynamite, just because he was the original, was the best. But, you know, Benoit now is by far better. Dynamite Kid is nothing now.

I'm the man that made wrestling famous.

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

Curt Hennig was one of best guys I ever wrestled. If I could've come back and wrestled one last match, I wish I could've wrestled Curt. He was my favorite guy to wrestle.

Probably the greatest match in my career, and really put me on the match as a main event guy and paved the way for what I was to become, was Wrestlemania 13, with the one and only, Bret 'The Hitman' Hart.

I wouldn't be in WWE without Michael Cole.

WWE is the biggest entity in professional wrestling and if you want to prove yourself to be one of the greatest or one of the best, then that's the only place you can do it.

John Cena is one of the great WWE talents that I respect most. If I were to end up there, working with someone of his caliber would certainly be a goal and jive with my mission of changing wrestling.

Hulk will always be a part of sports entertainment/professional wrestling history, and there's nothing that's gonna change that. His relationship with the WWE, whether it's official or unofficial, is something that can't really be erased.

I owe a lot to Roddy Piper.

Jake 'The Snake' Roberts, man - brilliant mind.

Bill Goldberg can't wrestle.

In wrestling, if there is a legend, Roddy Piper is a legend, no doubt about it. Nobody was ever like he was.

I just wanted to stay Harley Race in the wrestling world, worldwide, and that is what I did for a long time.

I really think, Charlotte Flair, come on, her legacy is going to be cemented throughout the years. That's just a given!

Before Dad passed, we talked so much about the Goldust character, what it grew into, and how much he was proud of it.

There's a lot of things I wouldn't have today if it wasn't for Curt Hennig. And he taught so many people.

It's very humbling to know that the industry has cast me as the greatest heel in the history of the business.