A biography for Mauro Ranallohasn’t been written yet.
“As much as I love to watch movies, nothing beats being ringside for a championship fight in boxing.”
“I need to stay busy. Otherwise, I am like so many people, alone with my thoughts, and I can be my own worst enemy.”
“I'm a fan first and foremost. I get caught up in the drama, the emotion of what is happening, whether it's a boxing match, an MMA fight, a kickboxing contest, or a WWE matchup. I want to tell the story and paint more pictures.”
“I was as much at first probably against Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather as anyone else but... as soon as I turned off the purity of the combat sports thing, this is a business. Guys, we're all trying to make a living, we're all trying to entertain people and guess what, it's the second-biggest PPV in history regardless of how you feel about it.”
“I love to consume information of all kinds, and I think that also hopefully helps with my broadcasting, that I always try to bring up a fact that maybe will connect to a person who's not a big fan, or maybe a pop culture reference.”
“I'm a huge sports fan, and I'm a huge entertainment fan.”
“I was diagnosed with bipolar affective disorder at 19, which I thought would derail my career. Thankfully, I was able to get help and continue the path, and I think, for me, the buzzword is perseverance.”
“It's a daily struggle for me to stay alive. I don't mean to be melodramatic, hyperbolic, or go into my broadcast mode. But even that, my career is bipolar.”
“I gave myself the nickname 'Bipolar Rock N' Roller' way back in the 1990s, when - as much as we don't talk about mental health now - back then it was almost nonexistent. And if it was broached, it was done in a very pejorative way.”
“I don't think there's a good or wrong way of broadcasting. The more unique you are, the more opportunities you're going to get.”
“Joining WWE has always been a lifelong dream of mine.”
“I've learned about myself that I'm much stronger than I ever had any idea about myself.”
“People can say what they want about WWE. Paul Levesque, Vince McMahon, Michael Cole - they all gave me another life by bringing me back to call NXT. That's where I should have been in the beginning.”
“I've received enough blessings for a lifetime in terms of my employment.”
“I don't think it's been healthy what I've done in my life to get to where I am mentally and otherwise, but it is the path I've chose. I'm not married, no family, and my hobbies are my loves.”
“It's weird: I always feel like my career is about to end. Like someone is coming to get me. I don't know. I guess I need to find a better balance, but without my work, I don't think I would be alive. If I don't work, I don't live.”
“I believe the biggest stigma right now, with mental health, is that a lot of men are not talking about it.”
“We need to treat people with mental illness like people.”
“When I'm at my lowest, when I'm crying uncontrollably, and I can reach out to one of my many people in my support network, it helps. I feel better.”
“I get that there is no one quite like me, nor should there be anybody quite like anybody else in any field. I've always said, 'Don't be the next anyone; be the first you.'”