Matt Sydal Quotes

First and foremost, that was always my passion: I wanted to wrestle, but unfortunately, it took me down a road that I can't do that anymore.

You can't wrestle forever. It's a very physically taxing job. There's no doubt about it. Physically, and more importantly, mentally.

A lot of people will comment, 'All the high flying will catch up to you.' I think any form of wrestling will catch up to you.

That final match I had at WrestleMania with The Rock was my last match.

I hope Seth Rollins becomes the safest, best wrestler in the world. And I wish him all the luck in the world.

When my career took off like a rocket in '97 - me against the nWo and Randy Savage - I wasn't just a top guy, I was the top guy, and then in '98, I blew my back out.

I can't swim at the level I used to. I had to retire because of an injury to my shoulder.

I retired because I had a knee injury, my cartilage was wearing out, it was painful and I couldn't put in the four hours of practice each day that I needed to.

Due to the injuries that I will have for the rest of my life, it is physically impossible for me to consider any career in wrestling.

A lot of wear and tear on my body. I've been blessed not to have too many surgeries.

There will be a time when I won't be able to perform in the ring.

I would love to wrestle at WrestleMania! And who knows, if the time is ever right and the moment calls for it, it would be a dream come true for me.

I've main-evented the most matches in NXT history.

I started wrestling when I was 15 years old, and back when I was world champion, I was wrestling 7 nights a week.

In the WWF, or the WWE as they call it now, the one thing that I was not able to capture was that heavyweight belt. I'm telling you, I want a chance to be able to go after that belt, but only if Brock Lesnar has it, or The Rock has it, or Kurt Angle has it.

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.

The sport is rough. It does wear and tear on the body.

I'd love to become Intercontinental Champion.

I have been a wrestler now for 12 years, and now I am reaching this peak at the top of the mountain - WrestleMania.

I spent a lot of time wrestling at NXT. That was not seen because I was also an announcer. When you're an announcer, they try to protect you and make sure you don't get hurt or injured, or anything that would hinder you from your TV work.

The best wrestler in the world is me.

Anytime you're out there in between those ropes, you always have to worry about fatigue. If you think about it, people get tired just doing cardio. You get tired doing cardio just by yourself. Now imagine running around, picking somebody up, picking you up, trying to pin you, trying to hold you down. It gets very tiring.

I greatly appreciate that people would like to see me have one more match or comeback or, 'Daniel Bryan got cleared, so why can't you?' I will never be cleared. Mine is a completely different injury. He had neck issues, but it wasn't his neck issues that retired him, actually. It was the concussion issues.

There's going to be wear and tear on your body; that's just the nature of the sport, no matter if you're a rookie or if you're 10 years deep in the league.

If you're a wrestler in the WWE, then your goal is to be the headliner, main event of WrestleMania.