I'm glad I had a chance to see great music played up close and live. In a way, that's what I hope my show does. It's almost like an acoustic evening with Mick Foley.
I get to define for myself what being a success is.
Probably better than anybody, I realized that I could have easily been one of those guys who was not seen as being a WWE-type guy.
A lot of my loyalty is to the wrestlers - the guys who put their heart and health on the line.
There was a time when Vader and I had a main event Pay-Per-View match, back in 1993 at Halloween Havoc, and I firmly thought that it was going to be the biggest match of my career and that everything after would just be going downhill.
The first few songs of the album 'Little Earthquakes' were unlike anything I'd ever heard.
In 1999, I had my back against the wall, and WWE had a ghostwriter working on an autobiography for me. He was halfway through, and it was awful, just boring. I took over as a way of trying to fix things, as I thought I could probably do a better job.
My mother wanted me to be a writer, which I have ended up taking a long road round to.
I don't advocate any child following in their parent's footsteps when their parent's footsteps are as crooked as mine are.
I'm not a dabbler.
I've actually met quite a few of my heroes from the past.
It's funny: wrestlers and comics bond over remembering their best shows and their absolute worst shows.
It might surprise people to know that the person who convinced me to write the third memoir - 'The Hardcore Diaries' - was actually Vince McMahon.
I can still remember the first time I heard Tori Amos. It was the fall of 1993, and I was in the back of a colossal '79 Lincoln Coupe Mark V, embarking on some otherwise forgettable road trip somewhere in the Deep South.
I did like Test, and he was a guy I kept in touch with for years after we stopped working together.
I would leave my wife for Whataburger.
I always had an appreciation for diverse musical styles.
My goal in wrestling was always to take people on a journey to get a reaction and make people feel like they had seen something special. Thankfully, I get reminded of that every day.
I was given a chance to try announcing, and it was a job that, in the end, I did not care for very much.
You can't satisfy everybody. If you do, you're probably doing something wrong.
I lived in Alabama for a while during the dying days of the Continental Wrestling Federation. I lived in Montgomery and traveled all over Alabama.
I cannot look back and say I did everything I wanted to do in TNA.
I find that I get most of the same things I loved about performing in the ring when I do my live shows around the world.
Everybody in wrestling is looking at the information coming in on concussions. Everyone from the NFL to the WWE to TNA to the youth soccer groups around the country are realizing that there are dangers that weren't previously known.
I'd like to see Dolph Ziggler get involved in a really intense, personal feud that will bring out another side of his personality. Because the personality is there, and the wrestling is there, so I'd like someone to come along and bring out his ugly side.
I think what limited my role when I was WWE commissioner in 2000 was my reluctance to get back in the ring every now and then.
President-elect Trump wasn't my choice, but I'm going to be like Dave Chappelle, and I'm going to give him a chance - but I think there are people out there with legitimate worries.
A joke bombing on stage doesn't bother me, especially if it's intended to bomb.
Bray Wyatt is one of the most captivating characters to come down the pike in ages.
Even though 'SmackDown' has been kind of like the Internet darling, I believe that if they had three hours instead of two, they would find out that it's tough to be a darling when you've got that massive three-hour anchor around your neck.
For me, announcing wasn't the ideal working condition.
There are guys who thrive completely on the action in the ring and see the promotion as a necessary evil, whereas I think it's so much easier to tell people what a tough guy you are, as opposed to backing it up.
I remember the first time I smelled B.O. was at a cross-country meet. But it wasn't unpleasant, in a strange way. That's what you got when you worked hard.
I think people know by now that I do my own writing.
If you're in my shoes, and your goal is to leave people with the biggest possible smile on their face, then doing the meet-and-greet afterwards makes sense.
I always felt like the wrestling business was better off with two viable mainstream promotions.
Mother Nature and Father Time have not been happy with me.
I love, for example, 'Full Frontal with Sam Bee.' I just love her show.
I saw James Ellsworth at an independent wrestling show where I was signing autographs, so I took a photo with him and put up a post on Facebook called 'The night I met James Ellsworth.' Just by nature of how popular that post was, how many comments there were and likes and shares, I was like, 'people love this kid.'
I think you can always learn lessons by the guys who came before you.
I loved George Carlin... I used to sit in front of the TV and watch the HBO comedy specials. I loved those comedy specials.
On the 'SmackDown' side, A.J. Styles really has been phenomenal.
The truth is, pro wrestling is such an incredibly vast, incredibly surreal world. There's no telling how many words could be written about the subject - especially when the subject involves WWE.
You have to believe in yourself. But you know what? There's a fine line between believing in yourself and being delusional. And I'm sure there were a lot of people who thought I was being delusional when they saw me attempting to become a big shot in the world of pro wrestling. Luckily, it worked out: it doesn't work out for that many people.
Sooner or later, The Rock's going to get tired of that empty space on his mantle where an Oscar should be, and that's when I'll get the phone call for the buddy movie that finally makes his career.
I do some things just to entertain myself, and I figure that part of the audience will be entertained as well.
I really have to accept the fact that I'm not a young man anymore, that I've probably taken one lifetime's worth of punishment already, and I really do need to be careful. Certainly I don't want other WWE superstars taking the shots I did. That makes me feel very uncomfortable when I see somebody get hit with an unprotected chair shot.
Be safe and be realistic. They're both equally important.
It's much easier to see my son involved in creative than to see my daughter in the ring. But they've both worked really hard. I'm really proud of both of them.
