Top 93 Quotes & Sayings by Tommaso Ciampa

For me, Tommy Dreamer is ECW. There are other guys who did stuff there and other guys who made their careers there and made a name there, but Tommy Dreamer is ECW.

I have the best physique in all of WWE; this is not by accident.

I'm big on active recovery and supplementation with fish oils and anti-inflammatories and whatever it is.

Yeah, I don't know how many people are aware of it, but Scarlett and I have a bit of a past as far as wrestling goes. We were both in Ring of Honor at the same time, and our paths crossed when she was managing Matt Taven.

For me, my layer came so organically, 'oh, he went and got neck surgery,' and you see a bit of real life with the baby, my wife and home life. It opened up this whole new insight into me for the viewer.

Luckily, I'm not afraid of heights.

When we found out we were having a child, I was like I want the child to be healthy, but when asked do you want a boy or a girl, I wanted a girl.

There's that part of you as a performer that when you're told you're gonna be a fan favorite, you think 'Oh man, I better smile more and be kinder, let the people in more' I kinda had to fight all those instincts and just be like 'No, no no, you're gonna walk at the same pace, do everything with the same cadence, do everything the same.'

The reaction from the fans has, quite possibly, been the most rewarding part of the journey thus far. I feel as though the fans have grown with me over the past 12 years through both triumph and disappointment.

NXT and CWC have truly changed my career, my life and my family's life.

I have a really good at-home support system with my wife and the baby and even the dogs in that they all just keep me occupied, they keep me busy, they keep me moving, to keep my mind from drifting.

The big picture goal is legacy. It's knowing that when I'm done, what I've done has changed the industry in some way and made an impact in some way.

I bleed black and gold. NXT is home.

My Instagram took on a life of its own and became very different from my Twitter. I never used Instagram to post. I'm into fitness, I used it to follow a few people in the fitness world to see exercise ideas and or nutrition ideas. All of a sudden I felt like I was a part of that community.

WWE presents me with unlimited opportunities and possibilities. No dream seems unachievable.

I love good versus evil. It always works. Even when you look at superhero movies, the action is really cool and all that, but what sucks you in is good trying to overcome evil.

I was 'The Guy' for NXT, the hottest brand in the entire world. I came through knee surgery and two shoulder surgeries to get to that point.

As a kid, playing sports, I was never the best athlete on my teams, but I was always the guy people looked at as the workhorse.

I was about to walk into TakeOver: New York, WrestleMania weekend, and that was my WrestleMania moment. It wasn't just about winning a title. It was about being the face of this brand, walking out from that curtain - that meant the world to me.

Johnny Gargano, to me, he's the best professional wrestler in the world today. No doubt about it. Inside the ring, bell-to-bell, there's just nobody better. So having him as a teammate for years as part of DIY helped me tremendously.

I hope I have a child with flair on my hands. That's all you can hope, right?

I don't give a damn, I am a NXT Superstar.

I wanted so badly to walk into WrestleMania weekend as the NXT champion and headline TakeOver.

Sometimes injuries can be the best thing that happen to a guy because it allows you to freshen up and allows the crowd to miss you.

I was my high school football team's captain, not because I was the guy who scored the most touchdowns, but the guy who was in the midst of every play.

I try as much as possible to take a moment every so often, pause, and enjoy the journey.

We have a way, in WWE, of making things work.

I ended up voluntarily leaving Ring of Honor when my contract was up because I was making so much more money on the independent scene.

I don't think it's any secret anymore that I have a family away from the business.

If one thing is very clear - in order to get my life back, there can be no Johnny Gargano in NXT.

I'd never want a fan who is completely invested to feel like I dismissed his thoughts or how they feel.

If you are teaching your child to be content with a participation award, then you already failed at life.

I am the best sports entertainer in the world. I always hear, 'Sports entertainer? You're a sell-out!' Call me a sell-out if you want. I'm buying in. This is my brand. NXT is mine.

When 'In Your House' became a thing when I was a kid, it was just the coolest ever and people are winning houses... So when NXT is bringing out the old-school graphics, the only thing I'm wondering is if somehow we could have that old 'In Your House' set. That's all just the fan in me.

I feel like I do my best work when I am put into scenarios where there's some in-depth story to be told.

Thomas Penmanship is my Dude Love. When I become very successful in WWE as Tommaso Ciampa, one day I'm going to pull out Tommy Penmanship and suddenly develop a split personality.

It's not about getting WrestleMania moments for me, it's about making TakeOver moments bigger and bigger and bigger.

It's been the best-case scenario neck surgery that I think I could have drawn up as far as the procedure being done, Dr. Cordover in Birmingham, Alabama. Man, he is amazing at what he does. The rehab process has been no setbacks.

Actually going to WrestleMania, then going home and sleeping in our own bed is a pretty wild concept.

I'll train three, four, five hours a day if I can.

I was in town working for Ring of Honor; my wife was in town. At that point in my life, I thought, 'When else am I ever going to come to WrestleMania?' I sat way up high in the stands, but seeing a couple of friends on that big stage, you start to think maybe this is possible.

2020 has been a year that none of us are ever gonna forget.

I wouldn't do autographs - I had a stamp with my signature with, of course, perfect penmanship.

I'm in Ring of Honor about four years. I was cast as The Sicilian Psychopath there and right from the start one thing that felt weird where I got signed after a tryout because Jim Cornette saw me and 'Delirious' Hunter Johnston and they really liked my promo. The match was fine, but they really liked my promo.

I am the champion of champions. I'm the main event. I'm untouchable. I, Tommaso Ciampa, am the greatest sports-entertainer of all time.

I love 'Macho Man' Randy Savage, Shawn Michaels and Eddie Guerrero.

I feel great because I don't wrestle anymore.

I've never been comfortable on the top rope or launched myself into dives.

We take our little one to a Little Gym-type place.

Going from the top 'heel' in the industry, taking some time away to heal my neck and allow the people to miss me and understand what it was they had with me and just how special I am, allowed me to come back.

I enjoyed those last eight to 12 independent bookings, just took them and appreciated them for what they were.

I don't know if people think I'm going to Raw or SmackDown, but here's a spoiler, I'm not. I'm going to NXT.

In wrestling, obviously, you can get better, but you have to have a bit of an it factor.

I always tell people, when I was a kid, there was four pay-per-views a year, and everything had three-month builds, and it was just the best thing ever. That's my wrestling. It was like, if there was a way for it to go back to that, oh my God, I would be so happy. And that's what NXT has provided.

That NXT title, in character and out of character, it means the world to me.

Maybe I'm young, but I still have an old school feel to me.

There wasn't a pinpoint time that it clicked, but I know for sure the end of Ring of Honor I started to realize that I became good at this. But I felt that at Ring of Honor I was type-casted and I couldn't get out of that and I was asking a lot from them if I can switch my character and have certain opponents.

The amount I got to experience in my home life really did outweigh what I was missing in wrestling.

I am writing my own legacy, and I am carrying NXT along for the ride.

I don't know if people say ratings don't matter... they sure as Hell matter. Like, you want to win.