A biography for Montel Vontavious Porterhasn’t been written yet.
“The Lashley that you see on the screen is Lashley when he's his own personality turned way up. MVP is me, with my volume, my personality volume on 11. If you look, that's the reason that we work so well.”
“I don't have any disparaging words about WWE.”
“AJ Styles has proven time and time again that he is phenomenal, and sleeping on AJ Styles is a bad move.”
“I don't have to work hard at anything.”
“I always tell young, up and coming professional wrestlers, when you're trying to play a character that's not really you, it's going to be difficult and fans can register that. Sometimes it's not even consciously, it's subconsciously they pick up on it.”
“I had a great time in Japan and the other places that I worked.”
“For those that don't know, a Ronin is a Japanese word for masterless samurai and in the wrestling industry that is how I see myself.”
“Wrestling saved my life.”
“Sometimes people say that a picture is worth a thousand words, so if you look at my tattoos and you know what you're reading, you can draw a lot from them.”
“After having been at WWE and being somebody who was being groomed to be a world champion, I ran afoul of some politics and spent three months on a losing streak. I had a confrontation with one of the executives.”
“The truth of the matter is that I'm naturally gifted.”
“I just always try to stay on point, take care of the business, and take care of the people around me.”
“I enjoyed being single and selfish and only having myself to worry about.”
“That roar of the crowd motivates you. And sometimes when you are in a fight, and the pain is kicking in, you hear the crowd chanting your name, it helps you to push through. Fighting in empty stands is more demanding.”
“I even said it in a promo before, that a 'smart man learns from his mistakes, but a wise man learns from the mistakes of others.' I've seen a lot of mistakes made.”
“I'm a huge footy fan, I catch matches all the time.”
“I think reading is important. Not just for children, but for adults across the board.”
“Sometimes that's all the kids need, just one person to look at them and say, 'man he's just like me. If he can do it, I can do it.' And that means a lot to me.”
“I just want to be the best every time I go out and I want to work with the best and I want everyone around me to want to be the best.”
“I'm a big Manchester United fan. When I was a kid, I worked with a guy who was a Man United fan, and that was the first soccer team that I was turned on to.”