Melina Perez

“My father will forever be the best man and the best human being I have ever known in my life.”

“People shame women, but then you see all these guys, and they can do whatever they want. That isn't just in wrestling, that is life.”

“I never in my wildest dreams ever thought that I would be on TV, or that I would have a video game or an action figure, or be in magazines in England, Australia, Mexico and different parts of other countries? I never thought I could do that, that that would be me.”

“I wanted to be a role model, and a series of events took it away from me.”

“I wanted to be a part of charities when I saw people doing all the charity stuff in WWE. I wanted to be a part of that but because I was a heel, I couldn't, so it felt like I wasn't doing anything.”

“The depression happened more so because when I was a little kid, I wanted to be a doctor. My heart was like, I want to save the world, I want to help people... But when I felt like nothing I was doing was right, that's the way I felt.”

“I had actual relationships - I got shamed for getting another boyfriend, and I was just trying to find love.”

“I did one pudding match, but that was one or two times out of a span of 6 years or 7 years, and everybody wants to think that those 7 years were nothing but bra and panties matches when they weren't.”

“I talk to people now, and they thought I was so confident. I was doing all this awesome stuff onstage, and they didn't realize I was going through so much loneliness and hurt backstage. It was like high school.”