For me, fighting is in the blood, and it’s something I grew up doing.

Racism is something that is taught. We, as a people, need to work to get past that.

It was a great ride, 10-time world tag team champion with my brother and then to work with Sheri Martell back in the days, you know, a dream come true.

Most people who are not of color, their parents didn’t need to tell them how to act around police or what to do if they ever got pulled over. Never, not once. We are taught that in the black neighborhoods. I’ve been profiled and pulled over, so it’s not like I don’t know.

Just because I wasn’t with my brother in the WWE, that doesn’t mean I wasn’t in the business.

Unions are something wrestlers have been talking about for many years. We would probably wish there was a union, but you have to understand wrestling is not a regulated sport.

When fathers are actually in the household and more families are educating their children, then our society will be a whole lot better.

I didn’t run into racism until I got into the wrestling business.

Corey Graves – he‘s thrown jabs at me; I’ve thrown jabs back, you know? And you know, the thing is, Corey Graves, of course, yeah, he’s a college educated young man. His vernacular is a little different than mine.

I never had to deal with racism as a kid, by the grace of God somehow.

If I catch Corey Graves on the street, I’m gonna do something to him. I ain’t gonna do it at the office or the airport, but if I catch Corey Graves on the street, you see that little bouffant hairdo he got? I’m gonna rearrange it for him.

Boston is awesome, man. It’s a rush to go out there and perform.

That’s been the story of my life – obstacles: trying to figure a way over them, around them, under them; sometimes you have to go straight through them.

I’ve always wanted my fans to love me for coming out and performing.

After I’ve sat back and looked at my body of work, thought about it, I go, ‘Wow, I guess I am a Hall of Famer.’

That’s what cool about me being here and still being in the wrestling business. I can still give back, even being in the announcer‘s booth. I still feel like I’m a role model and I have a job to do.

Everyone deserves a second chance. That’s just the way I am.

If you’re not prepared to go out and steal the show every night, your job is going to be much more on the line on a regular basis. If you can master that, that’s something that you never really have to worry about.

You can become a star overnight, guys. You can be on the street walking one day, and you’re on your way to the corner diner, and you had to hitch a ride to get there. And the next day, you can be a huge star, money coming at you from right and left. And you’ve got to know how to handle that situation.

In professional wrestling, I’m sure in combat sports, there’s always gonna be testosterone.

Sometimes, watching someone and… Like, for myself, I got a chance to meet Muhammad Ali. He invited me to his hotel, and I got a chance to take photos with him. It was the most awesome moment of my life.

I love MMA. I love the sport of it.

This can be the best job in the world, being a WWE superstar, but it can be the hardest job in the world at the same time.

Baltimore is a great wrestling town.

I talk about Hulk Hogan being in my corner back in the day… Back in the day, if it wasn’t for Hulk Hogan, I don’t know if Booker T and Stevie Ray would’ve gotten the push that we got.

If we truly want to make America great, we need to fix this racial inequality.

It was something I was dreaming about, to be in WCW or WWE. At that time, it was an escape for me, out of the norm from being a neighborhood kid.

The NWO was one of a kind. It was led by three mega-superstars. They knew how to work the business, especially Kevin Nash. He was literally the brains behind that machine.

I’ll tell you right now, man, if WWE was to call me and say, ‘Hey, Book, we want you to do a match with ‘Stone Cold‘ Steve Austin,’ I’d do it!

I always say that Sheri Martell was that one thing that put Harlem Heat on the map, made us a legitimate tag team.

My first contract with WCW was, like, $70,000 a year. I didn’t know you could make that kind of money doing this. I was like, ‘Wow. I think I’m going to stick around for a long time.’

I got my name in the hat for 2019 Mayor of Houston, Texas.

Me personally, I know I’ve made mistakes.

Pro wrestling is entertainment, but people get hurt all of the time.

I went to WWE to prove something. I had to go through Steve Austin, the Undertaker, Edge; I had to go through all of those guys to prove myself.

People see me smiling all the time… they see me pretty much happy all the time. I never carry a frown around.

People really don’t understand how hard it is and what it takes to be a WWE Superstar.

Of course I’ve always wanted to make a decent pay like everybody else.

I really think, Charlotte Flair, come on, her legacy is going to be cemented throughout the years. That’s just a given!

We listened to Donald Trump speak at the debate about ‘Stop and Frisk.’ I don’t think it’s a good way to go through life. I don’t think that’s going to solve any of our problems. It’s actually going to make racial tension a whole lot worse, and it’s going to make us feel like we’re singled out.

A lot of those young folks look up to me in the city of Houston. I give hope and inspiration and try to change people’s lives for the better in the city of Houston.

Anything worth having is worth working really, really hard for.

To be able to make a difference in one life is really what I’m all about. To make a change.

My dream was to make it in life. I didn’t know how it was going to be. My brother guided me toward a wrestling ring, and I gravitated to it very quickly. It seemed like deja vu for me, and I said, ‘Wow, I think this might be it.’

Oh, man, first part of my career was awesome: having my big brother Steve Ray – he’s my blood brother, my real brother – having him watch my back for nearly 10 years in WCW.

I don’t think it’s up to you to say you belong in The Hall of Fame. That’s up to someone else.

Just being a commentator is not as easy as people think with going out there and talking for three hours. So, I don’t call myself a commentator: I call myself an analyst.

Actually, a person asked me if I was ever going to come back to WWE. I told them that if I came back, it probably wouldn’t be as WWE Superstar, because the young guys are really what it’s all about. Bringing me back as an announcer is a great position for me to actually go out and make the young guys bigger stars.

People say, ‘Respect your elders,’ but I always go, ‘Respect your young people because they are our future.’

That’s what my specialty‘s always been in the wrestling business – going out there and making my opponent look better than he can make himself look.

I trained with a guy by the name of Scott Casey. He actually worked with WWE back in the day, but he didn’t become a big star. What I want to teach is what he taught me: that the smallest things are what people are really looking for.

Success starts in the household and with education.

We, as a people, we gotta know when it’s time to speak up and when it’s time to shut up.

I’ve never really considered myself a wrestler. I always considered myself an entertainer, but I always wanted to be better than the guy next to me.

Vince Russo stuck up for me in WCW when it came down to who should be world champ. From what I’ve heard, there was a meeting, and Russo stood up for me. I would not be six-time world champion if it were not for Vince Russo. I would not even be one-time world champion if it weren’t for Vince Russo.

The nWo almost singlehandedly ruined the business as far as good guys, bad guys, cowboys, and Indians.

When you start thinking it is a party instead of putting your suit and tie on and getting your job done and handling your business, you are thinking about the wrong thing.

I actually met Donald Trump and shook his hand and looked him in the eye, and it tells me a lot when you look a person in the eye. He’s a man’s man first and foremost; you know, you can’t pretty much, you know, put him to the side and expect anything less than a good fight.

WCW and WWE were two totally different environments. A lot of guys in WCW were making a lot of money, and the work schedule wasn’t that hard. You had to earn it in WWE.

When I left WWE, TNA offered me a deal. It was a sweet deal: ya sit at home the majority of the year. Just show up every now and then and make some money. That was a sweet deal for me; that was like a vacation.