Quotes About Wrestling

Loving entertainment but having our athletic talent, WWE seemed like the perfect fit for us.

I was that 16-year-old who loved WWE, and I wanted to be a pro wrestler, but I didn't understand why I had to be the bad guy. I wanted to be like Jeff Hardy - I wanted to be like Rey Mysterio - but I was told I had to be the guy who screamed terrible things about America and attack people from behind.

In OVW, it was like a different world, pretty much. They had the talent ready to stay around for a while, with guys who weren't over yet and guys who weren't retiring yet. With FCW, WWE were a bit more hands-on with the writers.

I went to WWE to prove something. I had to go through Steve Austin, the Undertaker, Edge; I had to go through all of those guys to prove myself.

Just because I wasn't with my brother in the WWE, that doesn't mean I wasn't in the business.

I was the first WWE developmental talent. When I moved to Connecticut to start training, I had no idea what wrestling was other than what I saw as a fan.

Even before I got to WWE, I studied Triple H. He was one of my favorite superstars; his wrestling was ruthless, and I think a lot of his style you can see in me a little bit.

I'm not interested in WWE at all.

The WWE and World Heavyweight Titles are the ones everyone is aiming for, and if you're not aiming for them, you are in the wrong business - and I like to think that when the time is right, I will get my shot.

Once you learn how to work inside the ring - once you learn how to tell a story - then you can come to a big company like the WWE and learn the extra stuff, like the video, the pyro, the music, and that adds to everything you can do.

I'll be the first Australian to compete in the WWE.

I got into wrestling to be a WWE superstar - that was my goal.

Most people know that Lita has been, as far as my wrestling career is concerned, a big influence even before I came to the WWE. We met when I was working the independent scene in North Carolina. She's always been so kind to me and helped me out a lot.

I obviously wanted to keep wrestling and stay in the business. The opportunity came up with WWE, and it's been an incredible experience.

I'm starting to think they know that WWE stands for Walk With Elias more than any other abbreviation.

I'm still that indie kid at heart. I'm still that guy who wrestled in front of 15 people and never knew he'd make it to WWE. I'm still that person.

In the grand spectrum of things in WWE, you are wrestling for that camera and that camera and that camera - and all the cameras they have - and you have to make things work that way because, through that camera, there's a million people watching.

I do think people see us on WWE so often as just characters. They forget we have real lives and we go through similar situations as the average person.

Growing up, my wildest dream was always to be part of the WWE, and I'd been in NXT by that time for two and a half years, so I felt very, very ready to go.

Obviously, you know, when you talk about dream matches and you talk about the WWE, you can't not mention John Cena.

I became one of the top wrestlers outside of WWE in the world, and it all happened because I started giving it my everything.

I think it's great you have guys like Finn Balor and Shinsuke Nakamura in WWE.

I watched WWE as a child. I was a fan.

I'm the classiest superstar ever in the WWE.