Top 50 Nia Jax Quotes

I’ve always been a part-time model since I graduated from high school. I was hired by one of the major agencies, Wilhelmina in New York, so I modeled there and played basketball during the school season.

I remember I was playing basketball, and an entire arena was, like, chanting ‘Big Foot.’ It was a high school game, but… you’re constantly being reminded you’re bigger; you don’t look like everybody. There were days where I would be upset, and, like, I’d cry about it.

I remember arriving to my tryout and being extremely nervous, but the second I stepped in the ring, I knew this was where I was supposed to be.

On ‘Raw,’ I’m the big mean girl who goes and beats everybody up; on ‘Total Divas,’ they will see a softer, vulnerable side of me that definitely isn’t seen on ‘Raw.’

Ronda Rousey has done… she was a huge part of the women’s revolution all over the world and part of the WWE, and now she’s coming to WWE. It’s going to be absolutely amazing.

Ultimately, I want to convey an image of a beautiful, strong, and confident woman.

Everyone is beautiful in their own way, and nobody should have self doubt.

Winning the championship at ‘WrestleMania’ was a dream come true because not only had it more than a decade since there had been a women’s singles match at ‘WrestleMania,’ but the fact that I got to win it against my best friend in a storyline that was so close to my heart, it was just all kinds of emotional.

I’m inspired to post a lot of positive messages on my social media because, growing up, I felt as though I needed somebody that looked like me in the limelight or in entertainment to promote being different and promote accepting your differences.

On ‘Raw,’ I’m more of a strong, silent type because I don’t need to talk it up because I can back it up. But on ‘Total Divas,’ it’s definitely different, because I’m unapologetically myself. I speak my mind, I’m goofy, and I like to have fun.

Me finding my confidence took me a while, but now I love that I went through everything I did before to get to where I am now.

Sports helped me become super, super confident in my body growing up, especially in my high school and college careers. I wasn’t going to be a hot prom chick that everyone wanted to go on dates with, but I was a stellar athlete.

Women are coming into their own and breaking down so many boundaries.

I submitted a bunch of names. Nia is, like, a Samoan girl name that a lot of women have. Jax is from ‘Sons of Anarchy.’ I was super into Jax, so I threw the name Jax in there, and it came about that way.

A lot of people who’ve been athletes have come here and not been able to just pick it up right away. I hate using this example, and I love her to death, but Eva Marie. She was an amazing soccer player and athlete, but coming to WWE and getting in the ring was a whole different ball game for her.

Who wants to be ordinary? Be extraordinary.

I always had a love for the business. I remember hearing the stories about the patriarch of our family, ‘High Chief’ Peter Maivia, starting out wrestling in a rundown gym back in Auckland, New Zealand, then traveling the world, wrestling all over.

Growing up, we were a poor yet tightknit family. My mother worked multiple jobs and always made sure that her kids never had to want for anything.

I really take pride in doing my own make-up all the time, which takes me about 40 minutes, and my hair takes another 15 to 20 minutes. Putting on my gear is probably another 15 minutes, so all in all, I don’t think an hour and a half is too bad!

I never looked in the mirror and felt beautiful.

I considered wrestling at a young age, but I never could relate to any of the Divas. I have always been a bigger girl, and I did not think that WWE would want a girl my size, so I never expressed my dream to wrestle.

I always spread my message of body positivity and fashion for everybody.

Most challenging, mainly for me, learning how to bump, learning to trust your body and trust somebody else with your body, when we’re learning how to do bodyslams and suplexes and figuring out how to kick somebody right while making sure to protect each other. In the beginning, for me, a forward roll was pretty challenging.

Byron Saxton is creepy. He has a relationship between me and him going on in his head. I’m not included in this personally – like, I am, but I’m not. He has a weird fetish with my feet: he loves to call me different kinds of names, like ‘Samoan Sweetcake’ and ‘Twinkle Toes.’ It goes on from there.

When I was a young girl playing basketball, WNBA was a dream.

If others think I am good with myself, they will, in turn, feel good about themselves.

I have a positive outlook, but when you’re out in the public eye, you wonder how people see you.

The Performance Center in Orlando is the best place to go if you want to be a professional wrestler.

I was having a lot of issues with just a lot of social media trolls: people would try to make fun of my size and my weight to the WWE and what not. I just decided to go out there and post a picture of me in a bathing suit. I said, ‘You know what? This is my body. I’m going to embrace it, and I’m going to show the world.’

If I’m called to be on the grandest stage, at ‘WrestleMania,’ I’ll be ready.

Once I realized, when I became a plus-size model, that there were more women like me, my confidence immediately shot through the roof.

I never thought I’d be able to spread the message of such body positivity, and just being positive in general, but I’m insanely grateful for it.

I’ve been bullied because of the way I’ve looked growing up.

I’ve been an athlete my whole life. I’ve played every sport, including soccer, baseball, softball, basketball.

I had actually had an injury that happened to me personally on a flight – an overhead bag fell directly on top of my head while I was on a plane. I was out of it; I was completely out of it.

My first name during my first match was ‘Lena.’ I was still Lena then, just because we hadn’t gotten a name yet.

When I came back to go back to school on my time off from modeling, I went to Palomar.

I know who I am and I know who I’m not. I’m different, yes, and I am big. But I love who I am.

Roman Reigns is this larger-than-life Superman character, but the true Joe, Joe Anoa’I, is a very shy, humble guy, and he’s super giving and loving.

I want young girls to be inspired to love themselves and strive to follow their dreams no matter what.

That’s what we do in the WWE: we tell stories; we’re characters. We go into the ring, and my character is telling a story in the ring against another character.

I’m an athlete; my dad had made sure I played all the same sports as boys growing up, so I was always super competitive.

I would love to get in the ring with Bull Nakano. I would be so excited.

You should always stand up for yourself.

I did a lot of lingerie modelling, like, for plus-size, like Macy’s and Dillard’s and Bloomingdale’s. I was, like, on a billboard in New York one time in, like, a bra and underwear. Yeah.

I just love being a part of what happens during SummerSlam week.

I guess I’m not too crazy on the road. I’m really like a freak – I always have to be driving.

I have nothing but positive things to say for anyone who wants to come to the WWE because it is not an easy place to get into and not an easy place to get through, so if you feel like you can make it here and get through, I say welcome.

That’s something I’ve dealt with my whole life, people making fun of me and my size. Everything from having a huge forehead to the size of my feet, and not being able to wear the same size shoes as my friends, definitely.

I have been incredibly blessed with a mother who supports me 100 percent – she sees nothing but perfection in her daughter.