You don't really get to witness what athletes go through. Like, the sacrifices and stuff like that. It's by far the most amazing, beautiful thing.

People just don't like me, and it's unfortunate, because I'm trying to get people to come down and visit New Zealand. I'm an ambassador for New Zealand... it's kind of sad.

My brothers bullied me, so I cried a lot as a kid. It was the only defense I had. Telling them to stop wouldn't work. The crying would bring my dad. Dad was my cavalry.

Invest your time adding value to others

True love is an immortal force.

Unforgiveness is the poison you drink every day hoping that the other person will die.

When you don't dress like everybody else, you don't have to think like everybody else.

In real life, events seem much less dramatic.

We pamper the present like a spoiled child, obeying its superficial demands but ignoring its real needs.

Wrestling and acting couldn't be anymore different in terms of what it takes to entertain. Wrestling is explosion, acting is implosion. One really screws up the other.

I write books I'd enjoy reading, I'm the reader standing behind my shoulder.

Blank-slate friendships were thin and temperamental. She knew that. There was no history there to cement people together, for better or worse.

I have a homosexual crush on most adolescents.