Quotes from Mickie James

When I retire, I want to retire the right way.

You can have a lot of fun playing a bad girl.

I definitely want to go down as the greatest of all time. That's what anyone who has ever wanted something believes.

To be inducted into the Hall of Fame is a huge honor for any one person in this industry. It not only gives you credibility as the mark you made in the pages of history to the fans, but notoriety for the path you paved for everyone who followed in your footsteps.

I am very much a perfectionist, so if I were to turn heel, I'd want to be the nastiest girls out there, where the people hated me.

I've always believed that I performed better under pressure.

I've had a lot of opportunities to grow inside and out as a performer, artist, and a woman.

I'm an artist, a performer... There's an art to what we do to the wrestling... I don't want to really fight anybody.

I feel like my music at least allows me to release the other side of me, a more vulnerable and sensitive side.

The key is that you never check the championship. You always carry it on. So when you're going through TSA, it's always a treat because, for some reason, they always like to pull it out and hold it way above their head and throw it over their shoulder and put it across their waist, see what it looks like on them.

When people have a passion and desire, it burns through and shows.

I have known Kofi for such a long time. We were in developmental together in Louisville.

I could never see Jeff Hardy as a bad guy, because I just want to hug him. He's an awesome person and super multi-talented.

When I fell in love with wrestling, I fell in love with the characters and the over-the-top kind of personalities and the wrestling aspect of it.

It's always a big thing when you get to hold the championship because it shows that not only are you capable but that the company as a whole has faith in you.

You don't want to lose the nostalgia of being a superstar.

My mom is my best friend. She's been my biggest supporter through everything.

I have planned my whole future, my whole life. And nine out of 10 times, it never happens the way you want or plan or think it's going to happen.

Now I find my happiness in my music, what I'm doing in the ring, and being a mom. No one thing controls my happiness.

I try to remember who I am and what I come from, because I didn't come from super means. I had to work and pray and try really hard to succeed and get everything that I wanted out of life.

I didn't want to be Trish Stratus, I didn't want to be Lita, but I wanted to be on their level and to be seen in people's eyes at that level.

We've all had our share of relationships failed.

I do have little trinkets. I'm a little bit of a hippie, so I have my wisdom rock - it goes with me; it's always in my purse, wherever I go. That's just me, being a hippie.

I would like to take on Charlotte. That would be fun because I've been friends with Ric Flair. He does nothing but brag about her. He is proud of her, as he should be.