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People confuse being world No. 1 with winning a Major championship.

Every year, I think of Worlds as the big meet, but now, it's the Olympics. I'm blessed to even have the opportunity to think about it and work for it.

Rio 2016 is definitely on my mind, and I would really like to go to some more World Championships before that.

If I'm able to win the world championships when I'm not even at my best, then with another year until Rio, maybe I could even become Olympic champion.

I would love to end my career as World Champion.

Global sports tournaments have a range of benefits that go far beyond the games themselves. They can transform the image of a country or a region. They bring people together and reveal new possibilities to a nation's youth.

Who would have ever thought that, within a couple months of getting into the WWE, that I'd be wrestling in the main event for the world championship? Then, nine months after getting here, actually being the world champion.

I'm a professional world champion. Of course if you're a world champion, you're working harder than everybody else. You're making the commitment, and you're making the sacrifices. If it were easy, everybody would be able to do it. Everybody would be able to be world champion, but everybody can't be. Everybody doesn't have it in them.

I think it's great the opportunity is given to all of us really to come out and play major championships after the real major championships have gone beyond us.