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Man, it was a great ride back in the day. Obviously, I started out in WCW, and I was a good mechanic back in the day. Got fired from that gig, made a turn for ECW.

- Stone Cold Steve Austin

Mechanic, Fired, Made, Gig

I don't live as 'Stone Cold.' I live as Steve Austin. I was 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin back in 2003, then I rode off into the sunset.

- Stone Cold Steve Austin

Cold, Back, Then, Steve

My run cannot be touched. If you want to talk about longevity, you can speak the name Hogan. If you want to talk about white-hot, selling tickets, and taking the business to a height it's never been - and, with a hell of a supporting cast, I might add - you're talking about Stone Cold Steve Austin.

- Stone Cold Steve Austin

Been, Touched, Tickets, Austin

I don't have the talent of Daniel Day-Lewis. I'm Steve Austin, so when I get to hang out and be who I am, and I live on set, it's like a paid vacation, man.

- Stone Cold Steve Austin

Like, Hang, Set, Austin

People go into that arena, and they know the fix is in. They know what pro wrestling or sports entertainment is. That being said, they want it executed to the highest level so that they can suspend their disbelief and buy in, and so, in a world of make believe, you make people believe in you. It's as real as it can be.

- Stone Cold Steve Austin

Buy, Highest Level, Executed

Probably the greatest match in my career, and really put me on the match as a main event guy and paved the way for what I was to become, was Wrestlemania 13, with the one and only, Bret 'The Hitman' Hart.

- Stone Cold Steve Austin

Career, Match, Main, Hart

I'll tell you what, the chemistry that I had with Bret 'Hitman' Hart in the ring, and the respect and the trust we had for each other, was unbelievable.

- Stone Cold Steve Austin

Trust, Chemistry, Other, Hart

When I came to WWE back in the day, I'd been working seven-and-a-half years, and I was very frustrated. I started getting some momentum, and my work was very vicious, and it was very believable.

- Stone Cold Steve Austin

Some, Been, Very, Vicious

I go back to the old school days of that Attitude Era stuff. Everybody knows when I speak of the Attitude Era, my favorite stuff is of the mid-'80s, all that NWA stuff, the World Class stuff, the stuff that Bill Watts was doing.

- Stone Cold Steve Austin

Doing, Back, Everybody, Old School

I was a Ric Flair and Dusty Rhodes guy. Ric Flair continues to be my favorite wrestler of all time. I loved Harley Race and Nick Bockwinkel and all of those guys, but I'm a big Flair guy.

- Stone Cold Steve Austin

Big, Race, Harley, Nick

I found out in pro wrestling that it works better if you just try and be yourself versus working on something you're not, so I'm me, and maybe it's magnified a bit, but it's easier just being me.

- Stone Cold Steve Austin

Maybe, Works, Bit, Magnified

Don't look forward to me putting on the trunks and knee braces to get back in the ring and stomp a mudhole in somebody and walking it dry.

- Stone Cold Steve Austin

Ring, Forward, Putting, Stomp

Everyone can have a rough day at the office, as they say. I've had those myself many times when the bell rings.

- Stone Cold Steve Austin

Myself, Everyone, Rough, Bell

When that glass broke and 'Stone Cold' was making an entrance, and that roof blew off that building, that sends you higher than life or anything that I know of. It's an adrenaline rush you can't explain.

- Stone Cold Steve Austin

Roof, Glass, Explain, Blew

Shoot, man, I loved being a damn heel. Something about that, just going out there and being the most despicable person you could ever be, was a real turn-on for me. And I grew up a real shy kid in south Texas, and it was something for me to lean on and have fun with.

- Stone Cold Steve Austin

Shy, Kid, South, Despicable

With the Monday Night Wars, it was almost a pay-per-view every single Monday between the two factions because they were trying to throw everything but the kitchen sink to win the ratings war.

- Stone Cold Steve Austin

Night, Sink, Almost, Kitchen Sink

I got pile drived in '96 or '97 and was a quadriplegic for about a minute and a half. I couldn't move anything. It was in the Meadowlands at a pay per view with a million or two people watching, and I couldn't move. That cost me a surgery, but I healed pretty quickly, so that was probably my worst day at the office.

- Stone Cold Steve Austin

Quickly, Half, Pile, Healed

When Savage died, that was hard on me. I didn't even hardly know Randy, but I just turned 51 this past December, and he was 58 when he died. I'm like, 'Hey man, just because I'm in that line of work, do I have an expiration date? Am I supposed to go?' I always wonder, but I don't harbor it.

- Stone Cold Steve Austin

Date, Randy, Turned, Hardly

Everything I've done goes back to pro wrestling. Had I not been able to achieve what I did, I guarantee you... my high school jobs were always working in the highway department - driving dump trucks, patching up roads, digging ditches, driving a forklift.

- Stone Cold Steve Austin

Back, Achieve, Been, Digging

We didn't roll credits after 'Monday Night Raw.' You know, it didn't say, 'Stone Cold Steve Austin played by Steve Austin,' so all of a sudden people think that's who and what you are 24/7, you know, 365 days a year.

- Stone Cold Steve Austin

Year, Roll, 365 Days, Sudden People

You can't push the envelope at 10,000 RPM and expect to come out smelling like a rose and feeling like a million bucks on the other side.

- Stone Cold Steve Austin

Other, Side, Bucks, Million Bucks

In the wrestling world, you had WWE, WCW, and smaller promotions that were like the independents. I look at it as craft beer being the independent beer makers. It's the indie scene.

- Stone Cold Steve Austin

WWE, Indie, Smaller, Independents

I don't know if a pro wrestling career prepares you for Hollywood. When you get out there, and you're in an arena for 20,000 people or 90,000 people, it's a lot different than being on a quiet set with 100 people, so I think you get used to dealing with cameras.

- Stone Cold Steve Austin

Career, Hollywood, I Think, Prepares

I'm for same-sex marriage.

- Stone Cold Steve Austin

Same-Sex Marriage, Same-Sex

They made a three-hour 'Raw,' but two hours is about my time limit. I ain't got that kind of attention span.

- Stone Cold Steve Austin

Kind, Hours, Made, Attention Span

I'm glad about 'The Curtain Call' now, but I remember being very confused watching it all go down because I was right there behind the curtain watching it all, and I couldn't believe these guys were breaking kayfabe.

- Stone Cold Steve Austin

Behind, I Remember, Very, Curtain

Once I came up with the 'Stone Cold' thing, it was like a snowball rolling down a hill; it just kept getting larger and larger, and I wasn't afraid to push the envelope.

- Stone Cold Steve Austin

Cold, Like, Larger, Envelope

In the ring, if someone hits you too hard, you can only take so many of those, and you have to send back a receipt, meaning 'Hey, settle down.' If a guy has a bad night at the office and catches you in the chin, you pop him so he knows what's going on.

- Stone Cold Steve Austin

Ring, Settle, Bad, Hey

I didn't do choreographed fighting for a living. I was a professional wrestler for 15 years; there's a big difference.

- Stone Cold Steve Austin

Fighting, Living, Big, Wrestler

My favoirte wrestler is 'Nature Boy' Ric Flair.

- Stone Cold Steve Austin

Nature, Boy, Flair, Wrestler

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