Top 35 Michelle McCool Quotes

That always makes it fun inside the ring when you know you can work with somebody. You can fly off the cuff while you’re in there; you can improvise.

I’m a collegiate All-American athlete and earned a master‘s degree in education from Florida State University.

It’s a dog-eat-dog world and in a man‘s world, too. It’s just a fight, every single week, this job.

When we can give back to the real heroes, that’s what I find rewarding.

The backstabbing, the clawing, it’s always there. It definitely comes up more when you’re on TV a little more often.

You just have to kind of remember that it’s just a character on TV. A lot of times people just forgot that and it’s easy to do.

I’m only naughty when I have to be.

Leaving was tough because it got to a point where – I was dealing with so much, mostly being Undertaker‘s girlfriend while I was on TV. There was even a writer who threw the papers up one day and said, ‘Why don’t we just call it the Michelle McCool and Undertaker show.’

Making history is difficult, almost impossible, for those without my athletic ability and intelligence.

Don’t give in to bullying or others making fun of people. Stand up for yourself. Stand up for your friends. Be that one person who is genuinely good-hearted.

I haven‘t noticed too much of a difference between Italian guys and American guys, but we’re sports-entertainers so maybe they know to stand back a little!

I’m taking each day one day at a time, and building up my strength and endurance. It’s crazy because it takes no time at all to lose everything you have and then so much time to gain it back.

I do think the women should get paid, a main event is a main event.

Not only do I do things so much better than all of my fellow ‘Divas,’ I make being bad look so good.

I keep to myself a little bit more, I have that more quiet sexiness, quiet confidence going and I think that does intrigue people.

If I had to pick somebody I really had a crush on right now – solely based on looks alone – it would be Matthew McConaughey. He does it for me.

It’s not easy to filter out all the negative things people say and/or write about you.

You know what I liked about ‘The Condemned?’ It’s Stone Cold being Stone Cold, and that’s what was awesome to me.

I’m addicted to success, failure is not an option.

Piggie James was the storyline that brought LayCool to fruition and really started and helped develop our characters. It was a main storyline that, at the time, started giving Divas more screen time and longer matches – we even had a huge celebration.

Bottom line: People in our business are always going to look to find reasons to see the negative in somebody and to become resentful.

I can’t tell you the number of times I was one of the first people at the arenas or at TV, constantly trying to better myself. I can honestly say that my hard work paid off. My resilience paid off. My persistence paid off.

I’m not a patient person and sitting around the house waiting to get back to WWE does me no good.

I’m just a small town girl who enjoys making people happy.

Retirement has been wonderful.

It’s hard because it doesn’t matter what you do, most people still identify me as Undertaker’s wife.

I think one of the most consistent answers for any of the girls when they’re asked ‘who do you want to wrestle‘ is Beth Phoenix – but that was never really the case for me, as far as an opponent or dream opponent. For me, that was always Molly Holly, Lita and Awesome Kong/Kharma.

Love me or hate me, I hope the WWE Universe can respect that night in and night out, I’ve given it my all.

Fortunately, the shooting pain in my back masked the pain of my broken sternum.

When I went off to college my dad would call and be like, ‘hey did you watch RAW?’

Being a Diva in a man’s world, you’re constantly in an uphill battle; pitching ideas, trying to get TV time, trying to get in-ring time, the whole nine yards.

I actually got online and went to check my e-mail, and I always look at the top news, and I saw my name and I thought, ‘There’s got to be another Michelle McCool,’ or ‘This is a mistake,’ or something!

People are always going to say what they want to say and believe what they want to believe, but that’s the bottom line.

It’s not easy to always be yourself.

You know, I thought seeing Aretha Franklin last year was amazing, and I didn’t think anyone can top that. But if someone can, John Legend would be the man. In my mind, he’s a legend, no pun intended.