Top 30 Rob Van Dam Quotes

I was a very intelligent kid. I used my intelligence to support my passions. When it came to comic books, I became enthralled in the whole universe. I had to know all the facts and timelines. The whole fictional universe was real to me.

I always hated when I had to do the promos, especially because I got to push their agenda and try to tell you that this championship match is more important than anything in the world to me. Come on. No, it’s not.

The energy from the fans in Boston is always something we can count on for support.

When it comes to X-Men, Ice Man is my favorite.

I’m like the opposite of an ‘office guy.’ I don’t want to be at the arena until right before my match.

I grew up really being a comic book geek, and that was a really big part of my childhood.

I’ve never tried to be like anybody else. I’m a non-conformist in every way, and when it comes to wrestling, that’s certainly true, too.

What you see is what you get. I’m the real deal. That’s why I can step into the ring after having many months off and not have any rust. I’m still working out, stretching.

If you’re not in the WWE and bouncing around in the Indy shows, you’re not with the best.

I stand behind what I say and what I do.

I don’t remember a Rob Van Dam versus Mick Foley hardcore match. There should have been one.

I’ve always taken care of myself, and I’m a non-conformist, so I don’t accept the negativity that comes with birthdays.

Obviously, I have a lot of respect for Curt Hennig, and I say ‘obviously’ because I just assumed that anybody would know that ‘Mr. Perfect’ Curt Hennig was a legend, and someone of that stature is someone that everybody looks up to.

The more exciting, flying wrestlers are not going to be your 300-pound wrestlers.

I’ve had hundreds and hundreds of concussions, but I don’t think that I have any permanent damage. A lot of my peers do.

It’s very important to me I get my autobiography out before I die and someone else writes it and screws up my life.

Acting is fun. I especially like the action sequences. That’s what I do best.

I’m a real-life action hero.

In Total Nonstop Action, individual wrestlers have a lot more freedom to artistically express themselves versus WWE.

Some guys are on the road and can’t wait to get home; others are at home and can’t wait to get on the road. I’m definitely the one who wants to be home.

You have to believe in yourself and have to believe you are a little bit crazy to be the best.

A lot of celebrities are afraid of being out of sight, out of mind. I’m the complete opposite.

The 18-year-old me wouldn’t understand the 43-year-old me because then I wanted to travel and see the world. But I love being home.

In any business that you pursue, if you belong at the top, and you’re perceived as having that caliber, and you do qualify, then it’s something that you want to hold on to.

I’m proud of my independence. And certainly from a business perspective, that’s always been a main agenda for me – to make my own position, don’t try and be like somebody else, because there already is that somebody else.

ECW was the most fun for me artistically. And then, WWE, it was also very fun, but that was part of it. It was also a very stressful, monotonous schedule. There was a lot of politics, adjusting to that, and I am not a politician, and I don’t play those games. So that was very frustrating for me as well.

Even when I’m not wrestling, I still appreciate all my fans. I take all the compliments to heart.

In ECW, the fans would warm me up. I’d walk around the ring and slap hands with everyone and get ready for the match. I’d feed off that energy, I would use that to create positive energy. In WWE, it’s different. It’s a timed show; everything is timed. We know – when we get to the ring, we know when there’s a commercial.

If somebody is willing to take some advice, then I have some, and that’s just life in general. A lot of people don’t want to hear anything.

I was told my style was supposed to give me a short career.