Beth Phoenix
Beth Phoenix

I always enjoyed being a villain more, probably because you get to do and say a lot of things you wouldn't do in real life.

Beth Phoenix
Beth Phoenix

I had one little brother and I would use him as a scapegoat to get us games. Obviously, I would get the more girly toys like dolls and Barbies, yadda, yadda, yadda. But I really wanted video games or action figures or something so I would send him to ask mom, 'Hey, I want this video game' when it was really we wanted this video game.

Beth Phoenix
Beth Phoenix

Wrestling goes through seasons. Some things become trends for a while or other things become a trend or the style.

Beth Phoenix
Beth Phoenix

I was able to be influential and create a mold. There was no one else who was shaped like me or looked like me.

Beth Phoenix
Beth Phoenix

In fact, I was voted Prom Queen by my classmates in my senior year. So I went from being a wrestler to the prom queen in a year.

Beth Phoenix
Beth Phoenix

I skipped N64, but I got it later when I was older. I got Game Cube first, then N64 after that actually.

Beth Phoenix
Beth Phoenix

For a long time when I was working to get a job and in OVW to create an image to get hired by WWE, they kept saying, 'we're looking for the next Trish Stratus. We want that look - that beautiful, feminine fitness model that kicks butt, and you just don't fit the mold.' That was holding me back for so long.

Beth Phoenix
Beth Phoenix

Respect is important, and if you don't have it you won't be on the professional level very long.

Beth Phoenix
Beth Phoenix

A beach date would be awesome, with like a little picnic basket, some fruit and bread - just something really, really relaxed and laid-back. I like just relaxing all day, maybe playing in the water a little bit. It's just totally a day to chill.

Beth Phoenix
Beth Phoenix

To be fair, the hardest part of my week is live-tweeting 'The Edge & Christian Show,' because I just can't keep up with the tremendous response and the controversy.

Beth Phoenix
Beth Phoenix

You don't know what a broken jaw feels like until it happens.

Beth Phoenix
Beth Phoenix

I would say at leaner times in the women's division, I feel like there were certain girls who tried to keep the torch going for women's wrestling. If I was one of those women then I feel like I did my job.

Beth Phoenix
Beth Phoenix

I have two little girls. Who knows what they want to do in the future? But if they want to be wrestlers someday and I helped forge a path for them be more successful than it was all worth it.

Beth Phoenix
Beth Phoenix

A boy on the team, who shall remain nameless, constantly picked on me during practice. I bided my time, and when I had the chance to wrestle him, I took every advantage I could. I bent fingers, dug my nails into his skin and rammed my elbow into various, tender, parts of him. I basically beat him down in front of the whole team.

Beth Phoenix
Beth Phoenix

I had a Nintendo DS, which I liked. I had 'NintenDogs' for that, which is really cool.

Beth Phoenix
Beth Phoenix

I had the regular Nintendo, and I had a ridiculous amount of games for it.

Beth Phoenix
Beth Phoenix

I got pregnant five or six months after I retired, and then it was off to the races! It was a complete change of gears, and I was refocusing my life on my family.

Beth Phoenix
Beth Phoenix

The challenge with WWE was keeping up with the schedule and trying to stay healthy and uninjured during that time. Now, with motherhood, the biggest responsibility is trying to protect this little baby and care for her and her needs.

Beth Phoenix
Beth Phoenix

I wanted to be a female like Chyna, who broke boundaries and did things that were really special.

Beth Phoenix
Beth Phoenix

We're moving away from the one-dimensional nature for women. It used to be that you were known for one thing - a cultural thing, the way you walk, talk or look. Now everybody is allowed to be a layer cake.