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" I have an incredibly dry sense of humor. "
Rob Van Dam
Sense
Dry
Humor
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" Really, I didn't even want to go to WWE in 2001. I knew that it wasn't my favorite style, my favorite showcasing of my abilities, but it was definitely the best business move. At the time, there was nowhere else to go anyway - ECW was gone, WCW was gone. So, when I first came in, I was seriously frustrated trying to adapt. "
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" I attribute my longevity to my extensive stretch routine that I do before every single match or any physical activity. I put myself thought a regimen that really puts my body to the test so I'm not cold, tight, or ready to be injured when I start slamming my body around. "
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Start
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" I grew up really being a comic book geek, and that was a really big part of my childhood. "
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Childhood
Big
" If you're not in the WWE and bouncing around in the Indy shows, you're not with the best. "
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Around
Shows
Indy
" I've been wrestling for many years; I've accomplished a lot - but I take pride in being genuine, honest, and down-to-earth. Those are the qualities I really respect about myself, so I'm really pleased when I see that the energy that I want to exude is well received. "
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Respect
Pride
" Anyone in the entertainment business, respectively, is a show-off. "
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Entertainment
Anyone
Business
" I stand behind what I say and what I do. "
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Stand
Behind
Say
" I was told my style was supposed to give me a short career. "
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Style
Give
Give Me
" I am a professional when I get in the ring. "
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Ring
Professional
Get
" The battle royals are usually among my least favorite matches. "
Rob Van Dam
Matches
Favorite
Battle
" 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
Career
" When I started out, there were many different companies... you could leave and go to a different territory, and there were so many different styles. What we have now is WWE has survived the test of time, and all the other companies have fallen off the face of the earth. "
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Earth
Time
Now
" For me, the fans missing me and wanting to see me on TV is very important, but the business end of it also has to be right. "
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Me
Important
End
" I've always been trying to do as little as possible, and I'm getting better at it all the time. "
Rob Van Dam
Getting Better
Time
Trying
" I stretch for a full hour before a fight because I know I'm going to take a lot of punishment in the ring. That's my secret. "
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Know
Going
Punishment
" 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. "
Rob Van Dam
Want
Understand
Me
" 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. "
Rob Van Dam
Try
Important
Me
" 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. "
Rob Van Dam
Want
Loved
Career
" I'm a huge fan of mafia history - mostly the Italian mafia but also their associates, as well as Whitey Bulger and the Winter Hill Gang. "
Rob Van Dam
Mafia
History
Hill
" The more exciting, flying wrestlers are not going to be your 300-pound wrestlers. "
Rob Van Dam
More
Your
Going
" 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. "
Rob Van Dam
Step
See
Ring
" 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
" 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. "
Rob Van Dam
Office
Always
Best
" 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. "
Rob Van Dam
Hear
Advice
People
" 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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Fans
Think
Same
" I'm a real-life action hero. "
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Action
Real-Life
Action Hero
" 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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Tough
Best
Down
" Philadelphia's awesome. It's one of my top home-away-from-homes. When I walk around on the streets there, people recognize me. They think I'm from Philadelphia, because I was there so much and because I'm so associated with Philadelphia through ECW. "
Rob Van Dam
Awesome
Me
Walk
" 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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Peers
Lot
Think
" I'm proud of my independence. And certainly from a business perspective, that's always been a main agenda for me - to make my own position, don't try and be like somebody else, because there already is that somebody else. "
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My Own
Proud
Business