Quotes

Finally...The Rock...has come back to [whatever city he's in at the time]

You will go one on one with the Great One!

Who in the blue hell are you?

[Referring to his 0.7 grade point average in college] It's pretty hard to get a point seven. You have to do close to nothing.

Can you smell what The Rock is cooking!

The Rock will take you down Know Your Role Boulevard which is on the corner of Jabroni Drive and check you directly into the Smackdown Hotel!

It doesn't matter what you think.

I have so much love and respect for the fans. I'll never forget where I came from. I love the business. I grew up in the business. And everyone always asks me, from Letterman [David Letterman] to Stone Phillips, what I miss about wrestling. Hands down, I miss the interaction with the fans. Outside of the ring I loved it, too. I mean, how hard is it to sign an autograph? Don't be an a**hole to your fans. And there's many [in WWE] that won't, which is bulls**t. But inside the ring, just that energy and feeding off that energy is great. There's something so special about it. And every night I would just have a blueprint of what I would say and rely so much on ad-libbing and waiting to see what happens when I get out there and let it materialize organically and see what happens. Every night was a different crowd and they gave me so much energy, and I'll always love that and always miss that for sure. [Interview with WWE.com in October 2005]

To a degree, all of my promos are scripted, in that there are certain lines and phrases that I plan to include.

[on his wrestling career] I am amazed at the number of people who think I only work on the days and nights they see me on television.

A huge percentage of football players at Division I-A schools - especially those that are typically ranked in the top 25 - do not make the active roster as freshmen.

[on playing Hercules in Brett Ratner's adaptation of Hercules (2014)] Understand, for me when I was a kid, Hercules was always a hero of mine, from Steve Reeves to the multiple guys who have played Hercules, but the idea and the notion of this man. When I first got into movies, I thought, "Gosh, I would love to do that one day." I always thought that the version of Hercules that I want to play was one that was more dramatic and survived in barren lands and not necessarily slick in any way or anything like that. It's been around and been on my mind for some time.

No matter who you are, being kind is the easiest thing you can do.

It's nice to be important but more important to be nice. I heard that from a friend when I was about 15, and I've never forgotten it.

Success isn't overnight. It's when every day you get a little better than the day before. It all adds up.

I've never gone wrong trusting my gut. It was really the only thing that I had going into acting. I didn't have the background-Juilliard or performing-arts school or anything like that. You can get great people around you, smart minds and great resources, but it's still from here [points to heart].

On my Samoan side, my grandfather, even when I was a kid, he was the first man who made a mark on me in terms of [his appearance]. He always smelled amazing, he was always well-groomed. He had beautiful skin. He was a big tough guy. He was the professional wrestler. He was my influence as a kid. He's why today I'm not going through my day without a good-smelling cologne.