Ethan Carter III Quotes

I love getting cheers. I love giving scares. Anything that really works with the audience makes me happy.

How can you get bored if the audience is cheering and laughing at something you're doing?

There's nothing like performing for a live audience.

Who can deny that it was a pleasure to watch Rob Van Dam interact with the audience and tear the house down for 30 minutes a night.

I've always had live audiences.

I like to watch our fans' reactions when we perform.

It doesn't matter if you're the best wrestler in the world and can do every move perfectly; if you don't connect with the crowd or sell well or have good promos, nobody cares.

When I'm in the ring, I can hear the reactions and know the people are enjoying themselves.

When you're growing up, what it's really all about is playing so well the crowd get into it, and the roars you hear are those that you are creating.

It doesn't matter if there are 500 people in the stands or 50,000 people, the '205 Live' guys stick to the script and tear it down each night.

When something special happens in wrestling, it's that much more special to me and for me to go, 'That was awesome,' because I'm as bitter as there is, so if you can get me to go, 'Woah, that was cool,' a couple of times, it's a special show.

In MMA, you're trained to tune the audience out. In sports entertainment, you're trained to feed off what the audience is thinking and feeling.

I really enjoy doing the live stuff.

It's new and different every night. The charge you get from a good audience is like nothing else.

I just feed off the energy of the audience.

I believe that as an entertainer, you're only as good as your audience and the people who support you.

I get a lot of influence from pro wrestling. People are like, 'Oh, it's fake.' But it's not about whether the guy wins or loses, it's about how he entertains you the whole time you're watching.

There's nothing like walking out and watching the people get turned on. Nothing in the world could replace it.

The most important thing about being in wrestling is that you have to connect with the crowd, connect with the fans, and you either want them to love you, or to hate you. Either way, so long as they're reacting to what you're doing.

The lights go down, you hear the applause and you're up there, and then everything else is forgotten.

The crowd can be a little different in some places. For example, in Europe, people tend to be very respectful. They try not to make too much noise at inappropriate times. In other countries, people can be very still. Sometimes I'm not sure if a crowd is into it until the end, when they usually want me to do something crazy for the encore.

There is no buzz like performing for a live audience.

For anyone who works in front of an audience there is no thrill quite like that of feeling and hearing the evidence of the audience members' enjoyment. Laughter and applause really are powerful.

Sport has bercome entertainment....actors play to the crowd; players play to their teammates

People root for me in such a way that when they come to a show, the experience of not knowing what's about to happen is a great thing.