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" I don't enjoy the road life or WWE's really hectic schedule. "
Rob Van Dam
Hectic
Enjoy
WWE
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" WWE didn't want RVD to get over when I was there. They tried so much to... to... not get me... to... to... keep me from that. They didn't understand why the fans liked me, because I don't fit the cookie cutter formula, because I am a non-conformist. "
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" You have to believe in yourself and have to believe you are a little bit crazy to be the best. "
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" Professional wrestling was almost like a secret society when I started, like a Mafia, and it would destroy the Sheik to see how much that has changed. "
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" Even when I'm not wrestling, I still appreciate all my fans. I take all the compliments to heart. "
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" A lot of celebrities are afraid of being out of sight, out of mind. I'm the complete opposite. "
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" In Total Nonstop Action, individual wrestlers have a lot more freedom to artistically express themselves versus WWE. "
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" I've always been tough my whole life. I'm able to take a lot of punishment, and that might be an even greater asset than my offense. I'm the guy that can take your best shot, and I'm not going to go down. "
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" In any business that you pursue, if you belong at the top, and you're perceived as having that caliber, and you do qualify, then it's something that you want to hold on to. "
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" I'm a real-life action hero. "
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Action
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Action Hero
" I've had hundreds and hundreds of concussions, but I don't think that I have any permanent damage. A lot of my peers do. "
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" Paul Heyman has always been the only guy from the office that ever really had my best interest and really understood me. The other agents and promoters seemed confused why the fans liked me so much, because I was so non-typical for their idea of a wrestler, so they just tried to capitalize on it without owning it. "
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Office
Always
Best
" I don't think all the other wrestlers hear the same love from the fans that I do - they are extreme about it. "
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" ECW was the most fun for me artistically. And then, WWE, it was also very fun, but that was part of it. It was also a very stressful, monotonous schedule. There was a lot of politics, adjusting to that, and I am not a politician, and I don't play those games. So that was very frustrating for me as well. "
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I Am
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" In front of millions of people that paid to see you at your best, who expect you to be in action-figure shape and condition on that particular night for that moment, you've got to deliver. "
Rob Van Dam
Moment
Night
You
" The 18-year-old me wouldn't understand the 43-year-old me because then I wanted to travel and see the world. But I love being home. "
Rob Van Dam
Love
Home
World
" Acting is fun. I especially like the action sequences. That's what I do best. "
Rob Van Dam
Fun
Best
Action
" I was told my style was supposed to give me a short career. "
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Style
Give
Give Me
" I'm one of the biggest Ghost Rider fans ever. He's been a hobby of mine ever since I was seven years old. I actually have a whole room in my house dedicated to Ghost Rider memorabilia. "
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Ghost
Fans
Years
" I prefer ECW's style as far as the actual matches I'm capable of having. "
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Having
Far
Actual
" I always hated when I had to do the promos, especially because I got to push their agenda and try to tell you that this championship match is more important than anything in the world to me. Come on. No, it's not. "
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Try
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" Some guys are on the road and can't wait to get home; others are at home and can't wait to get on the road. I'm definitely the one who wants to be home. "
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Wait
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Who
" What you see is what you get. I'm the real deal. That's why I can step into the ring after having many months off and not have any rust. I'm still working out, stretching. "
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Step
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Ring
" Since Sabu was the first guy that I was in the ring with professionally, we have the longest history in my career, and also, we were like minded. "
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Like
First
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" I have an incredibly dry sense of humor. "
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Sense
Dry
Humor
" I'm so confusing to wrestling promoters, and I'm used to that, but because I stayed in ECW and learned how to express myself the way, ah, that I could connect with my fans, it made my strong Rob Van Dam character uncompromising... and I owe that to ECW. "
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" I really want to pop the crowd. I want to show off. That is the one thing that I've always loved about my career is I just want to show off. I always hated the storylines. "
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Loved
Career
" When it comes to X-Men, Ice Man is my favorite. "
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X-Men
Ice
Favorite
" If my spirit is down, then so are the physical and mental levels. That's always been the case. When I'm motivated, my body feels great and I'm ready and excited to go. When I get burned out, I feel it in all three categories - mind, body and spirit. I'm aware and in touch with all three categories. "
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Body
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" If somebody is willing to take some advice, then I have some, and that's just life in general. A lot of people don't want to hear anything. "
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