Diamond Dallas Page Quotes

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Diamond Dallas Page

Profession : Wrestler

Birth : April 5, 1956

In our personal and professional lives, we are constantly hit with one adversity after the other, most of which we have no control over. But the four things we have total control over is how we react, how we adapt, how we breathe, and how we take action.

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Everybody on top has a ton of haters.

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I used to run a night club in Fort Myers, Florida called Norma Jean's Dance Club. That was the hottest spot from Sarasota to Cuba.

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God has blessed me on a lot of levels. Have I worked for it? Absolutely. But it still takes that blessing.

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Flexibility is youth.

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Once I got done with my career, I knew in my soul that I don't have any negative thoughts about myself.

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When you look at me in the beginning of '96 and at the end of '96, I'm two different people.

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If you say you can or if you say you can't... you're right.

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In living life at 90 percent, the formula is life is 10 percent of what happens to you and 90 percent of how you react to it.

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Relationships are everything; a lot of people say it's who you know and who knows you. I believe it's all about who is willing to step up and say they know you. Who's willing to put their name on the line for you.

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I didn't develop DDP YOGA for yogis. DDP YOGA is its own animal; if yoga was a bicycle, DDP YOGA would be a Harley.

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When you become a wrestler at 35 and your career takes off at 40, nobody believes in you. But there are some people out there who watch how I did it, and I did it through intense work ethic.

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I live by the business model that there is a better than, a less than, or a different than. Those are the three categories. I chose to be different than. The one that's different than will stand out with the proper work ethic.

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At 31, I decided to learn how to read and, at 32, read my first book: Lee Iacocca's autobiography. Ten years later, with my friend Larry 'Smokey' Genta, I wrote my first book, which was my proudest accomplishment.

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Vince McMahon made me a much better businessman, and I'm super thankful to him.

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I don't want to spoil this for anybody but wrestling, sports entertainment, is 'pre-determined.'

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I told people I was going to be a wrestler, and they fell down laughing.

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No matter how bad or negative it gets, I somehow try to find the silver lining.

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One thing 'The Very Best of WCW 'Monday Nitro'' really captures, which I remember very well about WCW, was how absolutely electric the crowds were.

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The nWo pursued me for a while. To be perfectly honest, I think WCW management purposely kept me off 'Nitro' for a while to keep the nWo from getting to me.

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