Quotes About Aspiration

You don't want to end up being an indie wrestler who wants to be the big fish in a small pond.

Even though I accomplished the whole WWE thing, which I feel like was everybody's dream when you were growing up, but it wasn't until I got to Lucha Underground that I felt how I thought I'd feel at 10 years old to be a pro wrestler.

I always wanted to be the worst wrestler on the shows I was on so I could just learn from the guys above me, and that's a great way to be in your first few years of wrestling.

I used to want to be a pro wrestler first, a stuntman if I couldn't do that, and a fireman to fall back on. The guy who used to live across the street from me was the fire chief, so he was going to help me out if I didn't succeed at the other things.

All I can ever remember from about age eight was I wanted to be a wrestler.

When I was younger, my favorite wrestlers were Shawn Michaels and Chris Jericho. I relate to them. I don't know what it was.

I always wanted to be mentioned in the same breath as all of the great wrestlers.

All young wrestlers would love to see their game back in Olympics.

Wrestlers were my role models. And now to think that I am that person to somebody, that brings me joy.

Now I think a lot of wrestlers want to get signed so that way they can be with a company where they can learn, but they're really kind of looking for a contract, and I do think that makes sense.

When I was 12, I was living in Iowa, and I emailed so many wrestling schools, and one of them was actually in Boston. I joined it at 18 - the New England Pro Wrestling Academy. They were doing a fantasy camp. I was 17 about to turn 18. I told my mom, 'I'm 18 now. I just signed these papers by myself, and I'm going to do this.'

When I was a kid, I never thought much about football. I thought about following in my family's footsteps and going into professional wrestling.

My wrestling dream was to become a Division I national champion. That was my No. 1 dream - not Olympics, not money. Just winning that tournament.

I was six years old watching wrestling on TV. I was eight years old watching Ultimate Warrior run to the ring at WrestleMania. I was eighteen years old starting out on a journey in the U.K. wanting to be a professional wrestler.

You've gotta realize this - you could be working at Burger King or working for the biggest wrestling company in the world.

I did what I always wanted to do. Wrestling. - conquered that. Can't physically do it anymore. So now what? Maybe I'll paint. Maybe I'll write another book. Yeah, I'll try this acting thing and now actually concentrate on it and try and get better at it and take classes and get coaching and give it a shot.

Acting is something I always wanted to try after wrestling, and I felt like this was a perfect fit.

Ever since 'Tough Enough,' and getting put on 'Total Divas' right away, it was kind of like I never stopped. I was like, 'Okay, now I need to get to the Performance Center.' I needed to train and get the wrestling down.

For me, I didn't have anyone in the wrestling world... trying to get my foot in the door was virtually impossible.

I don't think I'll ever be out of wrestling, because I was that kid at 8 years old that dreamed of being a world champion.

I just started watching wrestling in 2008, and I've loved it ever since. I told my mom I wanted to become a wrestler.

I always wanted to become a good role model for kids as a professional football player. Unfortunately, I didn't attain that through football, but I was smart enough to realize that professional wrestling provided another opportunity for that.

I remember looking up wrestling schools at the age of 10, and I emailed so many people. The responses were that I had to be 16 or 18 to train, and that was a bummer.

All those guys wanna be us. All the fighters wanna be in professional wrestling; I don't care what they say.