Quotes from Mauro Ranallo

I get that there is no one quite like me, nor should there be anybody quite like anybody else in any field. I've always said, 'Don't be the next anyone; be the first you.'

I know my energy level is unlike others. I know that my capacity to really think fast is unlike others, but I also know the price that comes with it.

I believe the biggest stigma right now, with mental health, is that a lot of men are not talking about it.

There are people with much bigger profiles than mine who are talking about mental illness. I am going to try to use whatever platform I have, whatever voice I have to help eliminate the stigma.

I want to make it so that it's OK to not be OK.

I go into calling any match, any fight - I don't care if it's the main event or the opener - that these guys have put in their work: they're here for a reason, and there's a reason I'm calling this fight, so I do want to give it as much attention and respect and energy as I would the main event or a championship fight.

I have a lot of critics, and that's fine. I think it's better to be polarizing than to be vanilla. I also think people can't question the passion and sincerity that I bring because I truly am the luckiest guy in the world.

I've never been ashamed of being the ham or the provocateur, as it were, in my style of commentary or my style of showmanship.

There's a constant struggle between my ears about who I am and what I mean to the world.