Sami Zayn Quotes

Sami Zayn

Profession : Athlete

Birth : July 12, 1984

I just want to win the world title; I don't want to be a guy that Vince McMahon looks at and says, 'Never. We can't.'

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Neville and I are big fans of ska. He's actually more into original, Jamaican, skinhead, two-tone ska from England, but I'm more into punk ska - Operation Ivy and stuff Rancid would do.

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The game has changed since the '80s, where you could punch and kick and headlock and do one suplex, and that's a 25 minute match.

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The Full Sail crowd, it's a pretty unique and a pretty distinct environment. It's very close quarters and a bit more of what I'm used to from my days on the independents. But the truth is, I sometimes think that it's harder to win over a small crowd sometimes than it is to win over a big crowd.

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A crowd's a crowd, and to me, it's not so much about the size as much it is the energy we're getting.

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I've worked in front of crowds of two hundred that sounded like a thousand, and I've worked in front of crowds of five thousand that sounded like two hundred. It really varies with the energy level with any given crowd on any given night.

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I do feel, in a lot of ways, that I'm living proof that anything is possible.

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If I can be a positive Arab figure on such a large platform such as the WWE, and become some sort of an inspiration to an Arab kid in Lebanon, Egypt, or Jordan, then that's amazing.

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I'm a Canadian citizen, but I do have a green card.

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I have been in the ring with Kevin Owens for about 12 years; I'm used to getting beat up.

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I've been beat up pretty badly back in my day.

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I have that inherent performer personality.

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I feel like you almost have to have this mentality: wherever you are is the place to be, and any show you're on is better because you are there.

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It's got to be repetition of me over and over again, constantly delivering the goods every time I'm out there. And that's how I'm going to get to where I need to be, which is in an important match at WrestleMania every year.

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I don't think there's anything that defines WrestleMania more than Hulk Hogan and The Rock standing across from each other and the crowd going ballistic.

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If I had to explain what WrestleMania was to someone who's never seen wrestling, never seen WWE, never heard of the concept of WrestleMania, I would show them a five second video clip of The Rock and Hulk Hogan standing motionless in the ring while 70,000 people are jumping up and down.

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Montreal is my home town - I love it to death - but Toronto, I think, might have to be the best market in Canada. From a numbers perspective, it definitely is. The fans are incredible, and every time we go there, it sells out. It's awesome, and the fans are incredible.

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Lifelong wrestling fans who are discovering NXT and being like, 'Wait, this is the kind of wrestling I used to like,' or, 'I like this' - it's succinct. It's an hour long. You've got some great wrestlers, and you've got great storytelling, and it's simple, and it's gritty.

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I love hearing positive things; somewhere, way deep down, I'm sure I'm an egomaniac. I guess all performers are, in a way.

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I believe in just being yourself, and the whole kit and caboodle comes with it.

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