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" 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
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" I've been so willing to stay strong and stick to my guns for so long when it comes to my beliefs. "
Rob Van Dam
Stick
Strong
Stay
" You have to believe in yourself and have to believe you are a little bit crazy to be the best. "
Rob Van Dam
Believe In Yourself
Yourself
Best
" 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. "
Rob Van Dam
Ghost
Fans
Years
" 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'm not afraid of fear tactics. They don't work on me. "
Rob Van Dam
Fear
Work
Me
" You can't patent a move. It's challenging enough to come up with a move that nobody else does... I try and do things that I would want to see done that I haven't seen other people do. Most wrestlers obviously don't think that way, and instead they steal somebody's move as soon as they've gone on to the next company. "
Rob Van Dam
Think
Done
People
" When I was with WWE, people would have me sign merchandise that I didn't even know existed. "
Rob Van Dam
WWE
Sign
People
" The more exciting, flying wrestlers are not going to be your 300-pound wrestlers. "
Rob Van Dam
More
Your
Going
" I have an incredibly dry sense of humor. "
Rob Van Dam
Sense
Dry
Humor
" I am a professional when I get in the ring. "
Rob Van Dam
Ring
Professional
Get
" 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
" If you're not in the WWE and bouncing around in the Indy shows, you're not with the best. "
Rob Van Dam
Around
Shows
Indy
" Single matches, I feel, have always been the ones where I can shine more. Three-way, four-way, you have to split your attention with some other guys, and it can be totally great, but when you get into a battle royal with 20 or 30 other guys, it's just so different from what your agenda is when it's one on one competition. "
Rob Van Dam
Battle
Competition
Great
" 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. "
Rob Van Dam
Peers
Lot
Think
" A lot of celebrities are afraid of being out of sight, out of mind. I'm the complete opposite. "
Rob Van Dam
Out
Afraid
Lot
" 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. "
Rob Van Dam
Genuine
Respect
Pride
" I don't think all the other wrestlers hear the same love from the fans that I do - they are extreme about it. "
Rob Van Dam
Fans
Think
Same
" 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. "
Rob Van Dam
Business
Time
Style
" 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
" Anyone in the entertainment business, respectively, is a show-off. "
Rob Van Dam
Entertainment
Anyone
Business
" 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. "
Rob Van Dam
Top
Want
You
" 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. "
Rob Van Dam
Myself
Start
Body
" When I was In high school, I became interested in Greek mythology. I had to know all about the exact dates of all the history. "
Rob Van Dam
High
Know
School
" 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. "
Rob Van Dam
Like
First
Career
" I was told my style was supposed to give me a short career. "
Rob Van Dam
Style
Give
Give Me
" It's very important to me I get my autobiography out before I die and someone else writes it and screws up my life. "
Rob Van Dam
Me
Up
My Life
" I'm a big fan of non-fiction, and I am a believer that fact is much more exciting than fiction. "
Rob Van Dam
I Am
Fact
Big
" In Total Nonstop Action, individual wrestlers have a lot more freedom to artistically express themselves versus WWE. "
Rob Van Dam
Action
Freedom
Individual
" The energy from the fans in Boston is always something we can count on for support. "
Rob Van Dam
Support
Always
Fans
" 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. "
Rob Van Dam
I Am
Games
Politics