Bryan Lloyd Danielson (born May 22, 1981) is an American professional wrestler and author currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Daniel Bryan.
If you would have met me when I first started wrestling - or even five, six, seven, eight years into wrestling - you wouldn't be like "This person is a dynamic personality on the screen. " That would have never happened. That's something that's evolved. You just keep putting yourself out there and you keep working at that sort of thing and you can get better at it.
Around here, no one deserves anything. You have to earn it.
People say a lot of things, like "You can't teach personality" or "You can't teach charisma," and I find that it's not true.
I don't want anything to take away from wrestling.
What you say doesn't have to be great if people already like you.
I couldn't even speak in front of a group of students when I was in high school. I could barely do that sort of thing. But once I started doing the "YES!" chant down to the ring and people would do it with me, it allowed me to feel more comfortable.
Yokozuna's Bonzai Drop literally scared me as a kid. It frightened me.
The personality aspect of wrestling has always been a struggle for me. It's not on my natural wheelhouse. It's also the part that I enjoy the least. My favorite part of the entire thing, of course, is getting in the ring and wrestling.
I am not the biggest, I am not the strongest, but I am Damn sure the toughest!
In fact, in Aberdeen, Washington, I am known as Mr. Small Package!
You cant be a champion until you can beat a bear.
By no means do I consider myself this great sparkling personality.
Does Michael Cole deserve to take Jim Ross' place as a commentator?
I just try to put as much logic into what I'm doing as possible and try to have fun with it.
For me, I have to go out and people have to already like me for my promo to be good.
You've got two options: Tap or SNAP !!!
Goat face is a horrible insult. My face is practically perfect in every way. In fact, from now on I demand to be called Beautiful Bryan.
Winning often teaches you about losing and losing often teaches you about winning and a lot of things also happen by luck and you have to be at the right place at the right time.
I have no natural charisma or personality, really.
We are inducting Connor "The Crusher" Michalek into the WWE Hall of Fame with the Warrior Award, and it's going to be really hard with the waves of emotion that will set in. I will have to share with everyone what he meant to me and also deal with how sad his story is. He was so inspiring to people, it is going to be really emotional for me. It should be very special!