Drew McIntyre

Wrestler

1985-06-06

Quotes by Drew McIntyre

• When you are against a guy like a Bobby Lashley, you have to be smart because he can snap a leg in one second. I treat him with that respect.

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• When it comes to the southern states, I used to actually live in Louisiana for a year.

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• There are superstars that deserve to be at the top and do give everything.

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• Undertaker, right up until his last day, was working full time constantly, even when he was beat up, had fire in his eyes. If he couldn't walk, he was flying around, and he was The Undertaker in every way. That was such an inspiration.

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• I was a big fan of Bret Hart growing up, and Shawn Michaels, the Undertaker, Triple H. I've probably drawn from them when I was younger.

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• I sent away to America for 'The Inside Secrets of Wrestling' that Percy Pringle and Dennis Brent wrote, and Volume 1 told me to keep kayfabe of the book. So I used to keep it in a briefcase, and I'd go to school every day, and everyone would talk about wrestling, and they didn't know what was going on, but I knew what was going on.

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• I have always been a big rock fan and remember dressing up as Guns N' Roses' Axl Rose for my high school Halloween disco when I was 17. My teacher painted tattoos on, and I wore a small leather waistcoat and not much else.

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• When Vince McMahon said I was going to be a future world champion, he didn't say when.

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• On the road to WrestleMania, this is where everyone's giving 110 percent.

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• You want to earn that opportunity to be part of WrestleMania, the biggest show of the year.

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• I started wrestling at 15 and signed with world's biggest company by 21 and then had to rebuild myself again.

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• I will never say anything negative about WWE.

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• I've been lucky that I've got myself through various opportunities and platforms and people believing in me - my wife helping in a lot of different areas - and growing up a lot, I've shown I am ready now to be a top guy, to hold that position for the company and show what it is to represent a giant, publicly traded company like WWE.

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• It would have been very hard to grow if I hadn't stepped outside the WWE bubble and gain a clear perspective on everything.

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• I used to be around John Cena all the time in WWE, and I watched him and the way he worked. John is a guy who has been at the top longer than anyone else in history, and I'm lucky to have the opportunity to train at Cena's gym and go to him for advice.

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• 'WWE' Raw is the No. 1 sports-entertainment show in the world. If it starts to suffer, the rest of the sports-entertainment world starts to suffer.

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• Partying isn't as important to me anymore like it was when I was younger.

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