I'm looking at the belt on the top of the bag across from me, and it still hasn't fully hit me. There are multiple stages to all of this, but I know that every time I walk into a gym or go to a new locker room since I won the title, I've felt like the world champion.

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You don't touch my face! It's a birth right! This was given to me by God! You do not touch my face!

Cody Rhodes

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Even if the character is something that seems ridiculous on paper, there's a human element to everything. Otherwise, we don't connect with it.

Cody Rhodes

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Being intercontinental champion doesn't mean you're a champ. It means you're the future.

Cody Rhodes

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If it looks stupid on a rooster, it's probably gonna look stupid on you.

Cody Rhodes

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It's amazing to see that people came to see you. That, that was their wish.

Cody Rhodes

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I can literally hear you getting fatter.

Cody Rhodes

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This face was given to me by God!

Cody Rhodes

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If you're a foolhardy, braggadocios male figure who wants to charge forward in every fight, it has its pros and its cons, that's for sure.

Cody Rhodes

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I was a referee in TCW in Carrollton, Georgia, doing Turnbuckle Championship Wrestling, and it was 1,000 degrees in there, and it was completely sold out every Friday that we ran it. That was my dad's independent promotion.

Cody Rhodes

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I think it's really exciting for me to see Brandi branch out. Because when you look her up and see her pictures online and see that she was this bikini model, it doesn't tell you that she's got a degree from the University of Michigan or that she attended the master's program and the University of Miami.

Cody Rhodes

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Some kids like books, some kids like movies, but for me, every year I still go back and play 'Legend of Zelda.' So to me, when I got up to the big time, I thought that Zelda was my thing. CM Punk has a Pepsi tattoo, so why can't I have the Triforce? Gaming is huge to me; it's all I do.

Cody Rhodes

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I believe in hard work, but I believe in vindication as well. You have a few nightmares, I imagine, before you reach your dream.

Cody Rhodes

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Shane McMahon did his own mo-cap. Did you guys know that? He went and did his own mo-cap. He didn't want somebody doing his moves. Shane did his own mo-cap.

Cody Rhodes

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A lot of times, guys leave WWE or get fired by WWE, but there's always that little bit of buzz right when they get out on the scene, but like all buzz, it fades. But I feel really flattered that, for whatever reason, it seems to be trending upwards.

Cody Rhodes

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It's damn exciting that without the biggest wrestling company in the world, I'm able to build a brand and be successful. It's hard to stay on top of it. I had to hire a staff. It sounds so silly. I had to hire a kid to do social media work for me. It's really cool.

Cody Rhodes

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I love good balance, so being a collector is a fun little thing while we travel this world. I mean, every night, it's something else. The other night, I head-banged a dude on my rental car and drove him through the curtain in my rental car. So some moments are not as good as others, but they are all fun, that's for sure.

Cody Rhodes

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There is an honor to what we do, and there are no shortcuts.

Cody Rhodes

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The fans never gave up on CM Punk. If CM Punk wants to be part of 'All In,' he can be part of 'All In.' But I am not putting it on him to draw those 10,000 seats. If we did have CM Punk, we would not tell you we had CM Punk - unless we didn't sell any tickets.

Cody Rhodes

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I live for this. I continue to study. To bump and learn.

Cody Rhodes

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WWE is the biggest, most wonderful company, and they have WrestleMania, so almost any professional wrestler is going to seek that goal.

Cody Rhodes

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