Mickie James Quotes

I've wrestled just about everybody there is to wrestle, done just about every character reincarnation that I can come up with.

When the lights in the arena turn on, I'm Mickie James all the time.

I'm a professional wrestler at heart, and I miss it.

At one time, I wanted to be a WWE wrestler. I still do. I want to go in the ring once and mess around and jump off the ropes and do a Stone Cold stunt.

Pro wrestling has always been my passion. I always wanted to be a pro wrestler.

When I was a kid, I said this is what I wanted to do. I wanted to be a wrestler.

When I got the name 'The Franchise,' the gimmick, and turned it into what it became, I put my heart and soul into that.

The Miz is a character I created. He's basically a wrestling star.

Listen, if anyone knows Aleister Black, it's me.

I have been a wrestler now for 12 years, and now I am reaching this peak at the top of the mountain - WrestleMania.

Ever since I was a little kid the only thing I've ever wanted to do was be in the WWE, and not just be on the roster but to be a champion.

I wanted to be a wrestler since before I can remember.

I still feel like I am in my introductory period in terms of making my name in WWE so want to keep my head down and work hard. I would also love to have a match with Daniel Bryan.

I didn't do choreographed fighting for a living. I was a professional wrestler for 15 years; there's a big difference.

My goal when I first started in the WWE was to stand out.

I like having titles. I feel like when I walk out and I don't have a title, it's strange. Even in the independent scene before I got to WWE, I was a champion in most of the companies I wrestled for. Being a champion is just what I do.

I've had my day in the sunshine with wrestling.

You can't just run through a cookie cutter press and crank out a wrestler that looks like Bill Goldberg.

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.

Even though I like speaking freely, I don't really have a desire anymore to profile myself as the individual wanting to be recognized.

I was six years old and knew I wanted to be a wrestler.

In all the years with WWE, I never really got to really establish the branding of The Showstopper as well as I would have liked to.

I wrestled my guys growing up. I've wrestled with Hulk Hogan. I've wrestled against Shawn Michaels. I've wrestled against Ric Flair.

I listened to the veteran wrestlers that had tons of experience, like Leo Burke.

I don't like to use my last name. I don't like it attached to things because people think you can just stamp your name on something, and it's not organic or that you're just doing it for money.