Top 99 Quotes & Sayings by Christian Cage - Page 2

I felt like when I retired, I was still one of the best in the world and competing at the highest level. I think it's best to bow out and have people remember you at your peak.

When you wrestle on television, you're always fighting for time and the enemy is you're never getting enough of it, you're looking, trying to get more.

Coming from a wrestling background with WWE, I know how much the fans love WWE. They come out every time we're there and there are huge crowds and they're always so gracious, and are some of the best fans anywhere in the world.

I think that if you challenge yourself, then you're going to get your best performances, and every time I go out there, I challenge myself to be better than I was last time.

With ECW, I had a lot of time for matches. I could go out there and do a 20-25 minute match, where normally I'd get to do a 7-8 minute match.

I retired when I was 40. I started when I was 19. I never wanted to be a guy who was a shell of his former self and have people say, 'He's not as good as he used to be.'

Tag team wrestling is what put myself, Edge, the Hardys and the Dudleys all on the map. It made us into WWE superstars, and without that, I don't think that my singles career would have gone to the places it went to.

If you're a Maple Leafs fan, you hate the Canadiens. I'm not a Canadiens fan at all.

It's cool to talk to the fans and get some one-on-one time and shake hands, sign autographs, take some pictures and have conversations with people.

One of my earliest memories was watching Ken Patera and Big John Studd cut Andre The Giant's hair. That was the first thing that had a serious effect on me emotionally. I was just moping around the house all day. I couldn't believe they did this to Andre The Giant.

My favorite Wrestlemania moment is Wrestlemania 2000 in Anaheim. Edge and I won the tag titles for the first time, and back then, we didn't know if we'd ever get the chance to win them, and it was our first real high-stakes match.

Without sounding too full of myself, with wrestling I felt like I was one of the best in the world and I competed at a very high level for a long time.

I really enjoyed my time on ECW actually.

The cool thing about this business is taking the knowledge you've gained that people have passed onto you and then you pass it along to the next generation.

Wrestlers are very protective and care about what we do and we're always fighting for credibility.

I think I have a little bit of a chip on my shoulder, but I think that's good.

Wrestling used to be land of the giants and I think MMA has opened he door for smaller, more athletic competitors to climb up the card in wrestling and be top draws and main event.

I needed to bet on myself. And if you're willing to bet on yourself then sometimes it works out and if you believe in yourself and your abilities that will be the case.

It's strange to think that one day you're wrestling, and the next day you're not.

The cool thing about wrestling fans is that they're so passionate.

Obviously, it's unheard of for anybody to come back from this type of injury that Edge had.

The wrestling equivalent to Wayne Gretzky? That's Shawn Michaels.

I always said to myself when I walked into the arena 'today they're going to know how good I am' and that was the attitude I carried with me every single time and just felt like at the end, you can't hold talent down. If you have it, eventually it's going to shine through and you just have to keep pushing.

Every time I step foot through the ropes, I try to entertain and put on the best match possible.

I had worked with The Shield quite a bit, live events and things like that so we had good chemistry in the ring.

Wayne Gretzky is the greatest hockey player of all-time, I don't think there is any debate about that. If you look at the records he holds, they'll never be broken or touched. He wasn't the biggest, wasn't the fastest, and didn't have the hardest shot, but no one saw the game developing the way he saw the game develop.

For me, tag team wrestling will always hold a special place in my heart and I do wish it could have been highlighted more.

Guys like The Revival have this chip on their shoulder and I think that's what you have to do.

TNA has been great as far as allowing me to have more input creatively on my character and the direction of my character and promos.

The 'Edge And Christian Show' is evergreen, I guess.

I did go to TNA when I left WWE briefly in 2005 for three years. When I went there, it was solely to prove to myself, even if it was on a smaller platform that I could carry main event matches, programmes, and promos and be the face of a show. I needed to do that. I needed to gain that confidence and go back and be able to do it.

My biggest fear, the only fear that I have is failing. I hate to fail at anything that I do and that's really my only fear in life, to be a failure.

With The Brood, it was cool because it had the music, it had the different look and at the time reality-based characters were really starting to take the forefront as opposed to the cartoon character stuff that you'd seen in the past. We were already into the Attitude era. It was kind of a gimmick, but it was a cool gimmick. It wasn't corny.

I was obsessed with 'Top Spin' for some reason, and I wanted to be the best in the game. I think at one time on Xbox Live I was ranked about 60th. I just couldn't put that one down.

I've pretty much accomplished everything I've ever wanted to do, except main event WrestleMania, and let's be honest - how many people actually get a chance to do that?

I am in my own hall of fame, that's all that matters.

One day, I was flipping through the channels and I happened to flip the channel onto wrestling. I had never seen it before; I didn't know what it was. I was hooked instantly.

The goal was to have matches that would stand the test of time.

There wasn't a huge focus on tag team wrestling when it was Edge and Christian v The Hardys v The Dudleys, but we forced it. We went out there with something to prove every single time and forced everyone to see that we needed to be on the show every week.