I don't ever want to be boring.
I belong in the ring.
I'm an idealist. You do things your way well enough, for long enough, you'll get rewarded.
I don't know if it's a male thing, but a lot of our emotions end up manifesting themselves in the form of anger.
Feeling stupid is a terrible feeling.
I don't think it really serves to make the world a better place, when you're only concerned about yourself.
If you work really hard at something for a really, really long time, you do it well. Eventually, somebody will notice.
I was born in Canada, but both my parents are Syrian - they moved to Canada in the '70s, and I was born in a 100-percent-Arab house.
I'm very much an Arab, although I need to practise my Arabic more.
Sometimes you have to say what's on your mind if it's something that's really important to you.
I don't want to tell fans what to think or what to believe or whatever, but at the same time, some things just hit you very personally.
Selfishly, it feels great for me to do something that might put a smile on someone else's face.
Man, it feels great to do anything that might brighten someone else's day.
Not every magical moment in your career is going to happen on the biggest stage of the year.
I was always a wrestling fan, and being an Arab kid who grew up in Canada, there was no representation for people like me.
I do feel, in a lot of ways, that I'm living proof that anything is possible.
A crowd's a crowd, and to me, it's not so much about the size as much it is the energy we're getting.
The game has changed since the '80s, where you could punch and kick and headlock and do one suplex, and that's a 25 minute match.
I just want to win the world title; I don't want to be a guy that Vince McMahon looks at and says, 'Never. We can't.'
The heel I want to be is real mouthy, which is fine, but I want to be a guy that can be taken seriously to win the world title.
I'm bad at fishing for information.
I have no pokerface.
I hate the word 'annoying!'
I always wanted to be a wrestler when I grew up.
I have always loved wrestling and grew up watching it - my earliest memories include watching Hulk Hogan.
I think fans always felt that I try real hard and I am passionate about what I do.
You have to stand by your beliefs.
