CM Punk Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“I would much rather be hated for who I am, then loved for something that I am not.”
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“I'm not Superman. Eventually, the grind gets to you. If you're away from your friends, you're not traveling with anyone you like, and you're doing stuff that doesn't creatively stimulate you, that's when it becomes a job.”
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“I don’t drink, I don’t smoke, I don’t do drugs. I kick people in the face for a living. So, if that’s something you’re into — if you like watching people get kicked in the face — come see me. I’ll probably be your favorite wrestler”
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“I'm not doing my job if people are like, "What you do is fake." And literally people on the street are confused, generally, for the first time.”
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“I hear you guys all the time talking about Daniel Bryan, trained by Shawn Michaels. One curious thing to me is, how come you guys never mention William Regal? William Regal did the real work with this young man. Shawn Michaels took $3,000 from him, that's all he ever did.”
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“I would never be happy with just coming to TV tapings, not working house shows, and just getting by, staying in the shadows. I'm proud of the fact that I can turn chickenshit to chicken salad.”
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“I don't want to sound egotistical, but I'm egotistical to an extent.”
-- CM PunkSource : Interview with Tom Breihan, www.gq.com. July 13, 2011.
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“I pride myself on being a jerk, because I'm brutally honest all the time.”
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“I don't know if this sounds bad, but I am set. I don't spend my money. I don't buy cars or have an expensive drug habit. The only thing I've ever bought with the money I've made is my house.”
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“I believe Melina is wearing Uggs. Which is exactly how I feel about her.”
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“I think pro wrestling doesn't seem to get a lot of mainstream attention until somebody dies.”
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“I think it's because I'm real. Inside and outside of the ring, what you see is what you get. I'm CM Punk. I'm not trying to be something I'm not. I'm not trying to lie to the people or be fake. I'm not trying to be some crazy, outlandish character. I'm real and they appreciate that. Everything I say, it comes from the heart. It's all real.”
-- CM PunkSource : Interview with Jon Robinson, www.ign.com. December 1, 2006.
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“No matter how much people want to pretend that they're embarrassed by it, that they don't watch it, everybody knows about it. It's truly, I believe, one of the only art forms that America has actually given to the world, besides jazz and comic books.”
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“Please. Thank you. Learn it. Love it. Or be disappointed.”
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“For some reason, talking is easy for me. Practice does make perfect; I've been doing it for a while. Being out there in a high-pressure situation with a live audience and a live TV camera on you, it brings something out. It's very organic.”
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“Wrestling is pretty DIY. I've been doing it for 12 years, completely on my own. It's like being in a band or running a zine - except that I get to kick people in the face.”
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“Whatever your walk in life is, you pick what you want to be, then go ahead and be the best one.”
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“I'm a living, breathing example of someone who does the same exact thing, but drugs and alcohol just aren't a part of who I am.”
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“I'd much rather be a one-hit wonder than a phony.”
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“I think drugs and alcohol aren't a wrestling problem, it's a life problem, it's a people problem.”
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“My dad was an alcoholic and my mother...we didn't have any money and I grew up really poor. I watched them spend all of their money on cartons of cigarettes and stuff like that and I didn't understand how if we were broke and we couldn't afford Christmas presents, why could you smoke all of those cigarettes? It's not like they are making you better...they are killing you. It seemed real idiotic to me.”
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“I was a huge Sub-Zero guy, but the fact that you can download Freddy Krueger is the coolest thing I've heard of in a very long time.”
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“I don't smoke, I don't drink, I don't use drugs. That may be boring for some people, but that's just me. That's how I live my life.”
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“There's a lot of unrest. There are a lot of people who are unhappy. I don't want to say I'm their hero, but a lot of people have said that... It's like this in every job, I think. There's certain people who are afforded privileges and maybe, maybe don't deserve them.”
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“Pro wrestling has always been ingrained into American culture. It was one of the first things that was ever on television, so everybody watched it.”
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“If something sucks, I've always been completely vocal about it, and I've been punished many, many times because of that. But I don't think I'd be in the spot I'm in right now if I wasn't me. I've always just been me.”
-- CM PunkSource : Interview with Tom Breihan, www.gq.com. July 13, 2011.
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“The idea of being on television is to wear your T-shirt so people see it and maybe buy it.”
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“I would love to do both but I think I believe there's a thing as overexposure and I think people will get sick of me real quick. I kind of basically looked at it as my retirement plan now. That's definitely something I can do when I'm not wrestling anymore. And believe it or not - this sounds horrible - but it was really easy for me. I would really love to do both. I'd love to wrestle and do commentary, I think that would be awesome.”
-- CM Punk
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