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" If you're desperate enough for attention, any attention will make you feel better. "
Shawn Michaels
Attention
Better
You
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" You have to continue to hone your craft. "
Shawn Michaels
You
Continue
Craft
" We are a family that lives probably 90 percent on wild game. We're certainly working our way toward 100 percent self-sufficient. Looking to raise chickens for eggs, things of that nature, start a garden. We enjoy the simple life. "
Shawn Michaels
Family
Simple
Looking
" I look at Samoa Joe, and I've told him a number of times that I see his stuff at 'NXT' and think to myself, 'Man, I could have a great deal of fun with you.' He's a guy I have sort of enjoyed, and one of those sleeper guys that no one talks about. "
Shawn Michaels
Think
Great
Fun
" When you're just in there with the same guys on a regular basis, I think there's a chance to become a little - I don't want to say lazy, but I'll say complacent. So to get a chance to go in there and mix it up with these other guys is exciting. "
Shawn Michaels
Chance
You
Want
" You see the standard hunting show; it's an outdoor television show. A lot of times, it's just a guy sitting in a tree, waiting on an animal. I don't think it does it justice, and I don't think it captures the enjoyment and the splendor of the incredible outdoors and the feeling of being out there. "
Shawn Michaels
Waiting
Justice
Think
" I am to wrestling what Elvis was to rock n' roll! "
Shawn Michaels
Wrestling
Elvis
I Am
" I don't pass myself off as a Bible scholar or a pastor or someone who knows all the biblical facts cover-to-cover. I'm just a guy whose life was changed by it. And that's about the extent of it. So I'm not easily offended when people struggle about where they're at with their faith at all. "
Shawn Michaels
Faith
Struggle
Bible
" There are Christians who think there were seven actual days, or that creation was over time. They have answers for dinosaurs and things of that nature. And I don't claim to have any of those answers. And I understand people wanting to have discussions about it. "
Shawn Michaels
People
Time
Creation
" I've always wanted to be a rebel. I've never wanted to do what everybody else is doing. Man, I've got news for you, that is what I am really doing now, and it's the coolest thing ever. I got to know the person of Christ. I see him as one of the greatest rebels of all time. That's what really appeals to me. It's hope. It's victory. "
Shawn Michaels
I Am
Me
Man
" There's no one of us that's perfect; there's no one of us that can't do just a little better. "
Shawn Michaels
Little
Better
Just
" When I returned to wrestling, I went back a changed man. I had adopted a new way of thinking. All I wanted was for God to help me be a good witness on the platform He had brought me back to. "
Shawn Michaels
Me
Thinking
Good
" One of the things my dad and I got to bond over was going to the San Antonio Spurs games when Gervin was there, James Silas... I can't remember the rest of the guys' names, but it was a fun time. "
Shawn Michaels
Bond
Time
Rest
" When I started, you didn't focus so much on production, certainly not - gosh - down to the finest little detail of how you shifted your eyes or how you turned to somebody. A lot of the shots were far away from a still camera. There weren't as many close-ups and intimacy. "
Shawn Michaels
Focus
You
Camera
" My life now is about my heart going pitter-patter for my children. "
Shawn Michaels
Life
Children
Now
" I'm the 'Showstoppa', the Main Event, the icon! "
Shawn Michaels
Main
Icon
Event
" It wasn't until 2002 when I returned to WWE and until I had physically been out there - it was during the match when Kevin Nash blew his quad. That next morning, I was sitting on the plane, reading my Bible and the Book of Joshua, and this feeling came over me that I was back here for a reason. God built me to be a wrestler. "
Shawn Michaels
Bible
Morning
Book
" I wasn't great at a lot of stuff, but I was good at not worrying about being a wrestler. "
Shawn Michaels
Worrying
Being
Good
" My years in the WWE, a lot of stuff came out that you're not even aware of because they come out with it so fast, and there's so much of it. It's tough, certainly, to have any hands-on association with it, so I was happy to be able to have some input into the 'Deuce Brand' watch. "
Shawn Michaels
Brand
Fast
Tough
" The whole thing about me being The Showstopper - and Mr. WrestleMania - is that it was something I said once, and it took on a life of its own from there. Truthfully, I think the idea of going out and stealing the show is something you ought to do every time you wrestle. But if you focus only on that element, you end up doing almost too much. "
Shawn Michaels
Me
Life
Focus
" Confidence is one of those things that no one ever wants to talk about in this industry because confidence and ego run neck and neck. But you have to understand, those are things that you have to have in order to make it to where Edge has made it. You've got to have a certain amount of ego and confidence in yourself to get there. "
Shawn Michaels
Got
Run
You
" I'm one of those people who would be OK with fading back into the background a little bit. "
Shawn Michaels
Back
Who
People
" My faith and family has helped me a great deal in that it helps me to live to a different standard. "
Shawn Michaels
Family
Standard
Me
" As badly as everybody feels like I'm a sellout for one thing or another, I guess, ultimately, when it came to wrestling, I just wanted to wrestle where I want to wrestle. And something had to be bigger and more important than the money, and for me, it was the time inside that ring. "
Shawn Michaels
Important
Me
Money
" I suppose a lot of people don't understand that one of the things that drew me to hunting was the peace and the solitude, the mushy spiritual stuff, strangely enough. The quiet away from 75,000 roaring fans. The fans, that's very wonderful - I get a great charge from that. "
Shawn Michaels
Great
Me
Peace
" I talked a bunch of crap for years and then went out and worked hard. That's the extent of it. There's no magical genius to it, as much as I'd like to think there is. I'm just a guy who works hard - and I hope guys are challenged by that. "
Shawn Michaels
Hope
Genius
Hard
" Years ago, I was always serious, and now I chuckle and make jokes to create a calm environment because 'WrestleMania' can be a high-pressure atmosphere. "
Shawn Michaels
Serious
Environment
Calm
" As long as I did the good things associated with religion, I thought I was in good shape spiritually, too. "
Shawn Michaels
Good Things
Religion
Thought
" I live in a constant state of gratitude, thankfulness, and appreciation for the second chance I was given, so anytime in any film, when that is given to someone, I always appreciate it. "
Shawn Michaels
Appreciation
Live
Chance
" The only thing you have to have is patience and an attitude that you aren't ever going to give up. "
Shawn Michaels
You
Up
Patience
" The entrance is important, but it's the in-ring performance that fans truly remember. My zipline entrance has become so much bigger over time, but I still think fans remember the match more than anything. "
Shawn Michaels
Performance
Remember
Think