Rhea Ripley

“My whole life I've had people telling me that I look like a man, I'm not feminine, I'm too masculine, all that stuff.”

“Because I talk too fast and I start stuffing up my words, I start mumbling and stuttering. I just have to remember to slow down.”

“It's funny 'cause the Rhea Ripley that everyone sees, I've looked into that personality so many times before, just at home, in concerts, in mosh pits.”

“I always give credit to Scotty 2 Hotty. He is an amazing teacher. I was in his class for, I want to say three months and I learned so much and he helped me grow, not only as a performer, but as a person. He was always there for me.”

“At the first Mae Young Classic, I was just trying to make everyone happy, I was just trying to do my job and I was listening to too many people at once.”

“Nothing but respect for Io Shirai. We respect each other, we really do.”

“I want to do all the pay-per-views and wrestle everyone.”

“I would definitely love to step into the ring with Ronda Rousey.”

“Things in life change very frequently... things get thrown at you all the time. You just have to be ready for anything in this business - that's wrestling. It's just life, really.”

“Being in the Rumble means that people are watching you.”

“I watch too many crime shows - it's ridiculous.”

“I feel like everyone that is in this profession deals with bullying in social media and it's sad. It's a lot of people thinking we don't see it, because we get a lot of things on social media, but at the end of the day, we see these things.”

“I remember the first time I went on live TV I had to cut a promo, and I spoke about this on Lillian Garcia's podcast Chasing Glory, but I'm not very good at public speaking.”

“When I went to NXT U.K. and I was part of the women's championship tournament, I saw all of those people and I was absolutely floored. I had never wrestled in front of that many people before.”

“I grew up wanting to be a professional wrestler, and that's exactly what I'm going to keep doing.”

“Growing up in Australia I always had the long, beachy hair, that was just who I was.”

“I have fans there for me and I'm legitimately working the job I dreamt about since being a child and I have to remember that sometimes.”

“There is always something coming up and I honestly want to be in NXT for a long long time.”

“I don't think I can ever outgrow NXT.”

“I want to see how far I can get, how many history making things I can put my name under.”