Roddy Piper

I'd never seen a professional wrestling match. First one I saw, I was in. It was just an accident.

I was going nine times a week. You get to a point where you don't really know who you are. You're running on high octane, and you'll take all comers in every arena because there was no police. Every arena, you'd take on everybody that would come in the ring.

Piper's Pit' was totally unscripted - everything just happened - thus, innovation was a challenging must to accomplish.

I put my heart into my career, and the people knew that I did that; and I went from being the most hated man to one of the best loved.

If you are the heel, and if you are doing your job right, you are most hated.

Many hotels, I just sat there and - I call it the silent scream - I don't know why, you just sit there, and tears will just come down, and you'll just sit there for hours, man. There's no place to turn, and when you do turn, who cares? You're just a dumb professional wrestler.

Back in the early days of WWE, I remember doing 20 interviews every Tuesday, one right after the other on different topics.

One night, I knocked out Mr. T, kicked Cyndi Lauper, chased Dick Clark back to his locker room, and slapped Little Richard.

I broke my right ankle. Four ribs. One rib went into my liver. My spleen. My back in two places.

Ask me for my shirt off my back, I'll give it to you. Tell me? Not a chance.

WWE and I have a long history, and I remember some very fun days back in the day.

I owe everything to my fans. They were the ones who cheered for me, and they were the ones who gave me the means to provide for my kids.