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Now, at this point, I can wrestle, I can go out there and cut an entertaining promo, I can also do the backstage stuff... and if you can contribute more to the show, you have more staying power.

Due to the injuries that I will have for the rest of my life, it is physically impossible for me to consider any career in wrestling.

I don't want to be the kind of wrestler that has to do it because he needs the money.

As badly as everybody feels like I'm a sellout for one thing or another, I guess, ultimately, when it came to wrestling, I just wanted to wrestle where I want to wrestle. And something had to be bigger and more important than the money, and for me, it was the time inside that ring.

As far as wrestling goes, as long as my body is able to withstand the physical beating, I will keep wrestling.

At one time, I wanted to be a WWE wrestler. I still do. I want to go in the ring once and mess around and jump off the ropes and do a Stone Cold stunt.

You can't wrestle forever. It's a very physically taxing job. There's no doubt about it. Physically, and more importantly, mentally.

When you lose your passion to be a WWE Superstar, there's no point in going back. It's a lot of work and sacrifice.

I don't want to go back to WWE and burn out within four or five months, and having another run as TNA world champion would feel just as good.