Top 50 Mickie James Quotes

I don’t want to retire on the independent scene. I don’t want my legacy to be remembered as that.

I wanted to help my sister, Latoya, because she’s an awesome cook. She’s one of the best culinary people I’ve ever met. She makes awesome cakes, so I was thinking about starting a little coffee shop cafe where she could sell them. I want to open a little, small, mom-and-pop place, but she can also do catering, too.

I’ve always believed that I performed better under pressure.

To be a true star, you need to find that balance in between shining the light on the professional wrestling aspect, of being the absolute best in the ring, but also being the best character and finding that balance in between them.

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

I love English and literature.

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.

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

I’ve had a lot of opportunities to grow inside and out as a performer, artist, and a woman.

I wanted to have something to fall back on. I got my degree in business administration.

I just love working.

I think what GFW is doing is cool and unique. They’re taking some of the talent you’ve seen elsewhere or haven’t had a chance to see before because there’s so much talent everywhere.

Sasha Banks stood out. She had tons of personality. I thought she was really good in a sense. I liked her sass and personality.

I guarantee you, 9 out of 10 people in the world wouldn’t step in the ring and do what I do, nor could they. I think we have one of the hardest jobs in the world.

I came from the independent scene, and I’ve wrestled in front of a crowd of four people in a car lot in 104 degrees in Fayetteville, North Carolina.

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

I’ve always wanted to sing so badly, but I didn’t think it was something that was possible for me. Plus, I didn’t think I was good at it.

As a heel, you get to make twists and turns that really sell that character so that you can get that genuine kind of heat from people that want to hate you.

I’m not against competitive racing. I obviously grew up with horses.

Now I find my happiness in my music, what I’m doing in the ring, and being a mom. No one thing controls my happiness.

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.

I could never see Jeff Hardy as a bad guy, because I just want to hug him. He’s an awesome person and super multi-talented.

It kills me to watch bad wrestling; I can’t do it.

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.

Probably the first artist who really captured me was Tim McGraw. His songs ‘Don’t Take the Girl’ and ‘Indian Outlaw’ were fun, and he was different than a lot of artists.

When I retire, I want to retire the right way.

I think it’s human nature to say, ‘You’re a wrestler. That is what you do.’ I think it can be hard sometimes for people to understand that you can have more than one thing you like to do.

WrestleMania was one of my greatest matches in my career.

You don’t want to lose the nostalgia of being a superstar.

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

I do not want to get hit in the face for real. I’ll get mad.

The key is that you never check the championship. You always carry it on. So when you’re going through TSA, it’s always a treat because, for some reason, they always like to pull it out and hold it way above their head and throw it over their shoulder and put it across their waist, see what it looks like on them.

When I fell in love with wrestling, I fell in love with the characters and the over-the-top kind of personalities and the wrestling aspect of it.

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

I have horses.

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.

You just have to be true to yourself and do what you love to do.

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

I was fortunate enough to be able to keep my real name and build a whole bio around Mickie James.

I spent two and a half years in Louisville, and I loved it.

I don’t kiss and tell.

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

I had pretty much accepted the fact I was going to be a stay-at-home mom and do my other adventures in life. I thought coming back to the WWE was out of the cards for me.

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 being on the road. I sit at home too long, and I start to go a bit stir crazy.

I have known Kofi for such a long time. We were in developmental together in Louisville.

I’m good at wrestling, and I love it with all my heart.

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

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