Quotes from Gail Kim

I was very green when I started in WWE and felt very uncomfortable with talking.

WWE always thinks in a business mindset.

When I first saw 'Broken' Matt Hardy, I thought to myself, 'Umm...' I actually said to Jeremy Borash 'Why is he talking like that? Is he trying to make an accent and it's coming out really bad?' And then it kind of grows on you and it's just funny as hell, at least for me.

I feel like I have chemistry with every girl but I don't know what happened with Awesome Kong. I never even saw her work before our very first match. I just heard so much about her and then we brought in this whole women's division.

I'm not necessarily one to be remembered as a great, great speaker in wrestling, but I want to share my feelings about the people who have influenced me over the course of my career.

Growing up, I would think I want to do this, I want to do that. You change your mind a million times.

Throughout my career, especially the second half of my career, I was always nerdy or anal when it came to how I prepared for my matches.

I'm always looking to top the last match, I'm always looking to entertain the fans and steal the show.

I would miss the action if I ever stepped away from wrestling.

I always wanted to make the matches in some way different unique and interesting. I never wanted to have that basic match. I just wanted us to stand out in some way or another, whether it was storytelling or interesting wrestling moves.

There are so many girls that are really talented like Sasha Banks and Bayley. I have been lucky enough to work with many generations of girls, so every time you see someone really talented you get that urge to make some magic with that girl.

Your body has this instinct to start healing and then you go back to work and it hurts even more. It's almost better to keep your body messed-up on a consistent basis.

I just want to be as good as I can be with any opponent I have and hear everyone say 'that was her best match ever.'

Most people when they go to Vegas want to go to places on the Strip and experience the big names. Actually in Las Vegas, I find the best restaurants are off the Strip.

I really didn't know how to eat until I studied nutrition in my second year of college.

You know, in terms of accomplishments and things like that, I feel like I've accomplished what I've wanted.

I watched wrestling as a kid when I was younger, and then I kind of fell out of it, and then I started watching it again around my early 20s.

As an ethnic female in wrestling, there will be people reading my words and I want to set an example. I did experience racism.

We always tell everyone that women's wrestling has always been told through the lens of a man because it's a male-dominated industry. It's never been told through the lens of a woman and we want to be able to tell that story.

I always tell everyone wrestling is like the mafia, once you get in, you can't get out.