103 Quotes by CM Punk

I'm a goal-oriented person, and instead of focusing on the past, I'd rather focus on the future.

One of my best friends in the world is Lars Frederiksen. He plays guitar for a band called Rancid.

I can be hard on myself, and I can get down on myself.

In pro wrestling, it's fake. People always get offended by that word. 'No, we like to say it's pre-determined.' For whatever reason, people get angry at 'fake'; 'pre-determined' eases the blow? It's fake. At the end of the day, it doesn't really mean anything.

Fame is an apparition. Fame is a side effect of success.

I know people who are wealthy and they're miserable.

The day of my wedding, I got a FedEx in the mail. It was my termination papers. I was fired... on my wedding day.

There was a long time in my professional life that I was not happy, and there was nothing anyone else could have done to make me happy. There was a big stretch where I was very sick, and I was very hurt. Those charged with taking care of my health and well-being weren't very good at their jobs. Or maybe they were too good at their jobs.

I don't measure myself against my coaches, I don't measure myself against my teammates. If I'm doing jiu-jitsu for sport, I don't measure myself against the guy I'm rolling with or whatever belt he is or how many stripes he has on his belt. I measure myself every day against the guy I was yesterday.