Top 50 Dean Ambrose Quotes

It’s such a high-pressure form of live entertainment that I found, once I got out there, being on a movie set isn’t that different from being on ‘Monday Night RAW.’ It’s all stuff that I was prepared for.

I kind of miss that whole NXT thing. When I was there, it was Florida Championship Wrestling with Seth Rollins and the other guys who were there. I wrestled on, like, local-access Florida TV in front of 30 people. It was a tiny little situation.

‘Terminator’ is one of my favorite movies.

I’ve been around in WWE for quite a while now and before that had – even in Florida – I’ve been all around the world and seen every type of style in opponent; the way I was trained and stuff, I got a lot more tricks up my sleeve.

No one really has any idea about me. To me, what I give you is what happens onscreen, and past that, anything you’re coming up with in your own head, you’re creating in your own mind.

I’ve suffered through the worst possible conditions.

I’ve always fed off negativity and wanting people to hate me. That attitude really fueled me for my entire career. So being a guy that people like and want to cheer for is the weird part.

I listen to some Hank Williams before I go out. I tell some jokes. I have fun. I don’t waste too much energy thinking about it – I like to save that all for the ring.

If I got hit by a bus tomorrow, I get to say I was in a movie.

I’m doing some more dangerous stuff on a weekly basis than professional stunt men are doing.

I’ll fight anyone for enough money. Give me half a million dollars.

There is a noticeable difference from a crowd surging against you and a crowd surging with you.

It is very easy to get hurt in a match like the Royal Rumble. It seems very run of the mill, but it’s always the stupid stuff where you get hurt.

People can see through crap pretty easily. Just go out there and be comfortable. Be you. Be authentic.

In the back of my mind. I always knew WWE was where I should be and where I would end up. Or where I could end up. Where I deep-down wanted to end up.

I don’t look any further than what’s right in front of me.

I could totally see myself limping down the aisle when I’m 60, jumping off the top rope and breaking my hip. I could be a hilarious geriatric wrestler.

I hate ladders. I don’t mind heights, but I hate getting hit with ladders and falling into ladders. Anything where there are ladders involved or inanimate, unpredictable objects or multiple people gets dangerous.

I think I’m one of the only guys here – I mean, we have so much great talent here, but I can do anything. I can literally do anything. That’s not me being like, ‘Oh I’m so great.’ I’m just like, ‘I know what I’m doing.’

For me, wrestling was an escape. It was like a way out.

I was pretty happy with what we were able to do on ‘SmackDown.’ It was one of the best, most fun runs of my career because it was essentially a new show.

There is no creative process to come up with a character of Dean Ambrose.

There are times when you got to put a little ‘extra’ in, especially on a card at WrestleMania or SummerSlam because it’s no time to hold anything back. You have to pull out all of the stops.

Where a new guy may only know one or two ways to do something, I know all of the moves, and I’ve forgotten more stuff than the newer guys might even know.

I’m not some schmuck they just hired and threw down in the Performance Center and gave him an entrance or anything that like. I’ve been around enough and have enough experience; I know what I’m doing pretty much.

I’m big into mountain biking.

I like to fly close to the edge. I like to play with fire.

I like wrestling 30 minutes a night.

The history of the business is very fascinating to me.

It is hard for me to understand I am on television and people around the world watch me every week in a country I have never even been to.

I’m Vince McMahon’s favorite wrestler; quote me.

A lot of guys come out, and they do the exact same thing, are in the exact same mood, and have the exact same entrance every night, I really just make up a lot of crap as I go along.

I never pictured myself being liked by anybody.

I think NXT has opened up the doors for a lot of guys to come in and create different opportunities.

In North America, there aren’t too many big places to go, so you find that pretty much all of the best talent in the world ends up filtering through WWE.

Ziggler is one of those guys who don’t get all of the credit he deserves for being so good consistently for so long.

The first time that somebody handed me a sheet of paper with a promo on it, it was like a ‘throw up in your mouth’ kind of moment. And it’s not, like, their fault, you know? It’s not the writers’ fault. But if was my world, there would be no written promos; there’d be no scripts.

I just go out there and be myself and turn up the voltage a little bit for entertainment value.

I don’t like the water. I’m a land guy.

A lot of people say, ‘It takes a lot to beat him,’ or whatever. I’m trying to show you in the most literal terms, my body is indestructible, whether its glass or fire or barbed wire.

There’s a lot of guys in WWE – you would know who they are – you know you’re going to see the same thing every single match. You know you’re going to hear the same thing every time they pick up a microphone. You know John Cena is never going to get mad at you no matter what you do.

I’d rather have too many weird fans than no fans at all.

I keep my inner circle of people very small and tight, and I like to relax if I get a chance.

The calmest part of my day is right before a match.

I don’t know if I would ever sleep well again if I actually saw a ghost. If they exist, that’s fine. I just don’t want to see one.

It’s all so surreal seeing yourself in a video game.

I hate in-ring promos. I’ve never done a promo in WWE that I liked.

I always liked the guys who lasted a long time in the match and had endurance. People like Ric Flair going an hour at the 1992 Rumble, or Shawn Michaels and the British Bulldog being one and two in 1995 and both lasting until the end.

While it’s cool to think ghosts exist, I don’t want to see one.

To be in an Intercontinental title match at WrestleMania, that is the stuff dreams are made of.