Top 50 Drew McIntyre Quotes

I think that a lot of people forget they’re in WWE and get complacent.

‘WWE’ Raw is the No. 1 sports-entertainment show in the world. If it starts to suffer, the rest of the sports-entertainment world starts to suffer.

I see it as my responsibility to start trying to help wrestling because if I don’t do something, wrestling is going to die – like, wrestling as we know it.

I am happy to do anything that comes my way, and I will always do my best in anything that presents itself.

That’s all I ever wanted – to go out as myself and have the success or failure fall on me.

I know this business better than most people, and I’m extremely passionate about it.

When you’re relaxed, the crowd can see it. They can feel it. They can tell when you’re being real, or they can tell when you’re forcing it.

I want to be surrounded by the best possible wrestlers, and Evolve, from top to bottom, there is no filler on that roster.

Aleister Black – we’ve battled in the past, across the world. I’ve enjoyed his build, to watch his evolution as well.

The live events are more interactive for the fans. With TV, you have the cameras there, commercial breaks where the fans can tell there’s a down moment. At the live events, it’s non-stop. We get to play with the audience; the crowd gets to get involved a little more. It’s a very intimate feel.

I’ve been very fortunate – not many people have left WWE and then had the chance to reinvent themselves.

I will never say anything negative about WWE.

For me, the big target is to get into the Hall of Fame, but I’d like to win the heavyweight title first.

There are superstars that deserve to be at the top and do give everything.

Wrestling equals ratings. It seems sometimes that TV stations don’t like to make money.

I was a big Hart Foundation guy as a kid. Bret was my favorite wrestler. I loved their dynamic.

I built my business, and WWE brought my business in. I want to be successful in my business and, in turn, make WWE successful.

When you’re by yourself and not with WWE, you are your own business. And I was very successful in that business because of all the lessons I learned.

I have always been a big rock fan and remember dressing up as Guns N’ Roses’ Axl Rose for my high school Halloween disco when I was 17. My teacher painted tattoos on, and I wore a small leather waistcoat and not much else.

Oney Lorcan is such a hard-hitting dude, just like me. We go in there, two hard-hitting dudes, and the crowd are going to be taken aback, and that’s our goal.

If I agree with something, then I do, and if I don’t, then I don’t. It’s as simple as that.

I am very passionate about this business, and I always have been.

Promoters believed in me and gave me a platform, and then the fans started believing in me. It went from me trying to show the fans what I was all about to growing companies around the world. I got to be the face of so many companies, like EVOLVE and Insane Championship Wrestling in Scotland.

For me, the obvious examples of tag teams I was a big fan of, Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard. I would watch them and be blown away by how incredible they were.

All I want is wrestling to grow while living my dream, and if I can help, then that’s beyond my dreams.

He was one of my childhood idols, and I hope I can get in the ring with him one day. I’d love to batter The Rock.

Anything can happen in pro wrestling.

NXT is the top roster in the world as far as I’m concerned, the work ethic and fans.

I never get nervous before a show, but I get nervous when we come to Scotland.

I wanted to look in the mirror and be accountable to only one person. The only person is me, and that’s the only thing that drives me. The only person I’m in competition with is myself.

I went through ups and downs in this business and in life, and when I was released by WWE in 2014, I knew I had a wealth of knowledge and an opportunity.

I was 21 years old when I first signed with WWE. I finished my university degree and came straight to America.

I’ve wrestled since I was 15 years old, and it’s the one thing that I know I do very well.

On the road to WrestleMania, this is where everyone’s giving 110 percent.

I treat everyone how I would like to be treated, and I try to treat this industry and this job with the respect it deserves.

From a boy who left university as a student straight to WWE – those experiences, those ups and downs in life and work shaped the wrestler and man I am today.

I want to inspire people and show people no matter what happens, no matter how much you get knocked down, you can pick yourself up. Just keep pushing forward, keep being positive.

Keeping a secret in the social media age often is impossible.

The big thing for me is no longer is trying to impress people around me.

In OVW, it was like a different world, pretty much. They had the talent ready to stay around for a while, with guys who weren’t over yet and guys who weren’t retiring yet. With FCW, WWE were a bit more hands-on with the writers.

Johnny Gargano is someone I’ve known for years – we’ve been EVOLVE Tag Team Champions together; we’ve wrestled each other many times over the years.

I was a big fan of Bret Hart growing up, and Shawn Michaels, the Undertaker, Triple H. I’ve probably drawn from them when I was younger.

It was very clear I wasn’t giving my all in the past – not even close.

I’ve experienced the highest of highs and been in every single position, and that has taught me so much.

I’ve been so lucky with people giving me an opportunity to showcase the real Drew.

I tell people that the best thing that can ever happen to you is getting fired, and you can either sink or swim, and I swam like hell. The reason why I swam the way I swam was because there was nothing else for me.

The WWE and World Heavyweight Titles are the ones everyone is aiming for, and if you’re not aiming for them, you are in the wrong business – and I like to think that when the time is right, I will get my shot.

Most people jump for joy when WWE come calling, and rightly so.

The first ever VHS I ever owned, my brother and I, was WrestleMania VII. We watched that thing to bits – I think the tape chewed itself up.

When Vince McMahon said I was going to be a future world champion, he didn’t say when.