You just have to be true to yourself and do what you love to do.
I've been fortunate enough to really work with amazing people and have incredible people lead me along the way.
I've learned to not have expectations. If you don't expect things from anyone, you can't get let down.
I've been doing this close to 19 years now, and I always dreamed of being in the WWE.
You can have a lot of fun playing a bad girl.
I was fortunate enough to be able to keep my real name and build a whole bio around Mickie James.
To be inducted into the Hall of Fame is a huge honor for any one person in this industry. It not only gives you credibility as the mark you made in the pages of history to the fans, but notoriety for the path you paved for everyone who followed in your footsteps.
I don't really look at myself as a mentor.
I really think that some of the best heels are also those people that can really get reactions as babyfaces, too.
There was a match in Alaska that I had with Beth Phoenix at a house show where we had a standing ovation from Ric Flair, Triple H, John Cena, and Arn Anderson. I got to work with her so much that we knew each other's body language. Got a standing ovation from the entire locker room. It was amazing.
I had pretty much accepted the fact I was going to be a stay-at-home mom and do my other adventures in life. I thought coming back to the WWE was out of the cards for me.
I came from the independent scene, and I've wrestled in front of a crowd of four people in a car lot in 104 degrees in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
I want to keep bettering myself.
I didn't want to be Trish Stratus, I didn't want to be Lita, but I wanted to be on their level and to be seen in people's eyes at that level.
My mom is my best friend. She's been my biggest supporter through everything.
I've had to put horses down on the farm before, and it's very, very sad.
I love art, painting, and drawing and studying art, like Rembrandt and Van Gogh.
I'm an artist, a performer... There's an art to what we do to the wrestling... I don't want to really fight anybody.
I got into wrestling to be a WWE superstar - that was my goal.
When people have a passion and desire, it burns through and shows.
