Top 107 Quotes & Sayings by Gail Kim - Page 2

Broken Matt Hardy was born in Impact Wrestling and I think he had great memories.

Of course, I wrestled in Windsor for Scott D'Amore's promotion way back in my very early days. That was at the very, very beginning, when I was working under a mask as La Felina.

I would miss the action if I ever stepped away from wrestling.

Timing is everything in wrestling and when I was with the WWE it just wasn't the right time. I was unhappy and I decided to look for opportunities elsewhere.

True wrestling fans love a great wrestling match.

I'm very direct and I don't sugar coat anything.

I heard about 'GLOW,' but I found out a little too late. I kind of made a run of getting a role training the actresses to show them how to wrestle.

WWE can say they don't watch Impact and TNA but I know that's a lie.

Ronda Rousey proved that women can be a draw and an attraction, so WWE followed in those footsteps.

I wish WWE had their own creative team for the girls. They could have an even stronger women's division.

I feel that my talent is in the ring.

I would never take back winning the WWE Women's title for a moment, but winning the TNA Knockouts title meant a whole lot more to me.

I want to contribute the best I can to TNA and the Knockouts division. I want to be a part of taking the Knockouts division to another level.

Myself and every Knockout in the company at the beginning worked so hard to build up a credible women's division in TNA so finally holding the title meant so much to me.

If a hotel has a microwave, I always get a sweet potato and make sure I have a fork and I can microwave a sweet potato. Seven minutes, and I can do that. You really learn how to eat on the road.

I always believe there's a place in wrestling for a little bit of everything.

Canadians have better chocolates, better candy, better flavors of chips. And Tim Horton's of course.

My back was starting to deteriorate and basically what happened was I just couldn't walk after a couple of matches here and there. I never had an MRI and I never knew what was going on in my body for so long, and then it was coming to point where I was always wrestling and not being able to walk after.

Normally, with girls that I know in the business, they start off managing and then they become a wrestler, or they just stay as a manager who can wrestle, but I was always a wrestler.

In high school, I played basketball, volleyball, soccer, baseball, badminton - two sports every season - and I was named female athlete of the year twice.

I think a lot of the time when you just see a lot of beautiful girls it kind of just all blends in together. You want something about yourself to stand out.

Impact has always been a great place for camaraderie and feeling like a family.

The culture or environment of a company starts from the top. The leadership. The leadership of a company sends a message to its employees of what is tolerated and what is not.

People at WWE would say, 'It doesn't matter if you're the best wrestler,' but I would think about Dean Malenko and Chris Benoit and Rey Mysterio. They weren't necessarily the greatest talkers, but they were great wrestlers. I wanted to be that person.

I've noticed a huge difference in my energy level cutting out the red meat. It's crazy.

I was always into sports.

As far as I remember, I was always a big eater. I eat just as much as the wrestler guys.

Wrestling is very physically demanding. You can be in great shape and still not be in ring shape.

A lot of people that have worked with me know I'm pretty direct.

For me, if I had a magical match that I was so proud of, and I had to work the same person after that again, it was always about topping that last thing and being the best.

I always wanted to make the matches in some way different unique and interesting. I never wanted to have that basic match. I just wanted us to stand out in some way or another, whether it was storytelling or interesting wrestling moves.

As an ethnic female in wrestling, there will be people reading my words and I want to set an example. I did experience racism.

I was very green when I started in WWE and felt very uncomfortable with talking.

I watched wrestling as a kid when I was younger, and then I kind of fell out of it, and then I started watching it again around my early 20s.

I've lived a gypsy life and wouldn't know any other way to live.

I want racial and gender equality.

I have lots of people tell me I'm beautiful and ask if I'm a model, but the biggest compliment I got was a fan came up to me and said, 'You're the best female technical wrestler.' That's the one compliment that sticks out.

I love food. I love to eat. I'm married to a chef. I can't go without food.

Impact Wrestling has never stopped with women's wrestling.

WWE always thinks in a business mindset.

Oh, and by the way, I'm gonna beat you tonight, and I'm gonna enjoy every second of it. Au revoir!

I just have to be me.

As soon as you just walk through the curtains and the crowd's there, everything's good after that.

I’m always looking to top the last match, I’m always looking to entertain the fans and steal the show. Before I always thought that it was a case of opportunities, but I’m learning that it’s all in my control and I just want to keep on doing what I’m doing by giving my best. I’ve got a couple more magical matches left in me and hopefully at some stage, I guess the biggest honour would be going into the TNA Hall of Fame.

I've been wrestling for 15 years so my body hurts.

Your body has this instinct to start healing and then you go back to work and it hurts even more. It's almost better to keep your body messed-up on a consistent basis.

I'm not necessarily one to be remembered as a great, great speaker in wrestling, but I want to share my feelings about the people who have influenced me over the course of my career.