A biography for Diamond Dallas Pagehasn’t been written yet.
“DDP Yoga was never developed for yoga users: it was developed for people who wouldn't be caught dead doing yoga - the people who really need it.”
“I always saw myself working a WrestleMania.”
“If you say you can or if you say you can't... you're right.”
“I worked the bar business in Fort Lauderdale.”
“Bottom line is don't ever be afraid to fail.”
“As great as Hulk Hogan was, he still wasn't that great a worker.”
“P90X and Insanity are awesome workouts for young guys who aren't beat up. DDPYoga is for guys who are beat up. It's the fountain of youth for beat-up guys.”
“Vince McMahon made me a much better businessman, and I'm super thankful to him.”
“I live for inspiring people to do things they think they can't. My goal is to completely eliminate the word 'can't' from the equation.”
“I'm not scary anymore.”
“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.”
“The biggest thing I've learned, on the inside of my Hall of Fame ring, normally people put their name. I've put 'Work ethic equals results! DDP.'”
“People don't understand that, when I was at WCW, if I wasn't wrestling that night, I was down at the Power Plant teaching. I was teaching people how to do stuff, but every time you teach someone, you learn more. The more you learn, the more you teach. The more you teach, the better you get.”
“I was reading at a third-grade level until the age of 30 before I made the decision that I was going to learn how to read.”
“I let the WWE control my destiny, and it didn't work out so well.”
“I'm a big fan of Denzel Washington, and when I met him, he was just cool. And I was glad.”
“One of my favorite things to do when I wasn't competing was to watch the cruiserweights.”
“I try to keep my mind full of really positive stuff.”
“Flexibility is youth.”
“Everything I do, I have a certain amount of pride for.”