I was actually going to school to be a chiropractor but was also succeeding at bodybuilding - I did well in a few national contests.
The toughest opponent for me would have been Randy Savage, the Macho Man, because his intensity paralleled mine.
I think when you grow up - and this is a simple thing that I've said numerous times - you should think and act like one.
Every man's heart one day beats its final beat. His lungs breathe a final breath. And if what that man did in his life makes the blood pulse through the body of others, and makes them bleed deeper and something larger than life, then his essence, his spirit, will be immortalized.
I remember travelling up and down the road, and I kept journals during my whole career, and I was always making notes about things I wanted to say, words I wanted to create, actions I wanted to do, things I wanted to do to make the character more imaginative and fantastical.
If I was young again and wanted to be a professional wrestler, first thing I'd do is get jacked all to hell is what I'd do.
