Top 50 Christian Cage Quotes

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

I’ll always be a wrestling fan.

I really enjoyed my time on ECW actually.

Me, personally, I thrive under pressure.

People seem to want to know stuff that’s going to happen before it happens sometimes instead of just enjoying it and following the ride and just seeing where it takes you.

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 think I would have liked to have experienced the whole NXT thing.

When I started in WWE, I was a 24-year-old kid and it was all kind of a whirlwind. I never had the chance to step back and look at it from the outside and assess things from a different level.

The ‘Edge And Christian Show’ is evergreen, I guess.

Obviously, there’s nothing like being in front of a live crowd. That’s what makes a wrestling show – getting that instant feedback and taking them on an emotional journey through what you’re doing in a ring. Nothing will ever replicate that.

I never doubted that my talent would shine through in the end, no matter what.

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.’

Growing up, we were pretty much focused on becoming WWE superstars.

When I left I knew I was gonna go back to WWE. But I needed to go because whatever I was doing wasn’t working. I needed to take a chance on myself and get better. The only way to do that was take some risks and go somewhere.

For sure, competition is healthy. It is! It keeps everybody on their toes. It keeps everybody sharp.

I think one of the things that the people, the fans, know about me is that every time I step in the ring, I give everything I have to entertain everyone that’s spent their hard-earned dollars on a ticket for a WWE event. I think that’s apparent.

For many many years, the MMA world shunned on the pro wrestling world. They shunned on us for getting action figures and whatnot.

Yeah, it’s also a huge jump for NXT to come off the WWE Network and come onto cable television. That’s huge.

For me, whenever I got into this business, I wanted to be the very best that I could be.

People don’t realize what a hard job commentary is. It is so hard and one of the hardest jobs in the industry. I would never say never to anything, but I would need a lot of reps to be good at that job.

I think people know that every time I go out there, I leave it all in the ring, regardless. So I think there’s a certain respect with that and I think that’s just grown over the years because I feel like over the course of my career… people know that I never take a night off.

WWE is live. There is no second take.

It’s kinda like Hulk Hogan whereas any time Hogan walks into a room, he’s got that distinctive look. Everybody, whether you’re a wrestling fan or not, you know who he is. Chuck has that same thing. Whether you’re an MMA fan or not, he’ll walk into a room and everyone goes, ‘Oh, that’s Chuck Liddell.’

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.

WWE was great to me. I felt like I gave the company everything I had. And they allowed me to live my dream, which was wrestle in WWE.

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.

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

When I left WWE, I always knew that I wanted to come back when the time was right.

I’m definitely a veteran. No question. And it always makes me laugh when the younger guys tell me they remember where they were when I contested a certain match. It makes me feel old, but it’s cool to hear that.

I believe I am one of the best and I work to prove that every night I go out there.

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 don’t want anything handed to me, I want to work for everything I have… that’s the way I’ve done everything in my life.

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.

I have talked about this before, I have always been bad at saving memorabilia.

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.

Growing up, ‘Mean’ Gene was the voice of my generation.

If I had a nickel every time someone asked me if I was going into the Hall of Fame, then… I could buy a lot of stuff.

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.

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

I never looked at being second banana to anybody, I never felt that way, ever. If other people did, that’s the way they looked at it, but I never did.

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

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.

I lived my dream and I was able to accomplish my goals.

With Edge and Christian, we were like ‘Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure,’ the Bill & Ted of WWE. We were kind of goofy, kind of funny, humorous, but then when we had to be serious in the ring, we would get serious.

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

WWE definitely gives you the forum, the stage to do different things and see what works. That’s the cool thing about being in front of a live audience every single week in WWE. You get instant feedback.

I always said when I was wrestling that you have tunnel vision because it’s all consuming. It’s hard to focus on anything else other than what you’re doing. When I stepped away from that, I wanted to have my hand in a lot of different pots.

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.