Mickie James

Athlete

100 Quotes

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.

One really never knows what tomorrow holds. That's why you make the most of every moment - good, bad, or indifferent - and own it like only you can.

With my second album, eOne Music really wanted me to rock it up a little bit.

I was always writing - whether it's ideas, poems, whatever - because we spent so much time in the car traveling from city to city.

There was a match in Alaska that I had with Beth Phoenix at a house show where we had a standing ovation from Ric Flair, Triple H, John Cena, and Arn Anderson. I got to work with her so much that we knew each other's body language. Got a standing ovation from the entire locker room. It was amazing.

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

My stepfather was a country music fan, and I grew up on a horse farm, so the older country, that's what he listened to.

The most significant thing is to always stay true to yourself. What brought you to where you are will continue to separate you. The thing is to be different.

I know who Asuka is, I've seen her work in Japan and NXT. She is incredibly talented.

I'm a big fan of Snoop Dogg - he was super-hot when I was in high school - but I also listen to a lot of Tim McGraw.

I was honored to be part of the movement in the mid-2000s, and it was definitely a transitional period of women's wrestling because, you know, Lita and Trish were putting on incredible matches and main eventing even before I came up and debuted.

I don't really look at myself as a mentor.

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

I can't say that I never will or would go back to the WWE. I honestly never intended on leaving until I retired. However we don't choose our destiny. We just live it.

WrestleMania was one of my greatest matches in my career.

I've been fortunate enough to really work with amazing people and have incredible people lead me along the way.

I love art, painting, and drawing and studying art, like Rembrandt and Van Gogh.

I didn't want to be good for a girl: I wanted to be as good, if not better than, all the guys.

I love English and literature.

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