Shinsuke Nakamura Quotes

I'm definitely in a place where I'm looking for different than what I've done in the past, just so I can go to work and do something I haven't done before.

I was working at a phone company. I got tired of my life and wanted to change it, so I did.

I studied to be a lawyer, and after that I did something, obviously, completely different. With change, you learn something. If you do the same thing over and over again, you never learn anything.

There is life after acting.

Retiring was scary and it was tough to give up gymnastics, but so many great opportunities have come from it that I never expected.

It is painful to say that the best player you have is better off trying something new.

My decision to leave Impact had nothing to with their business or finances and everything with me wanting to challenge myself to something new.

I was really confident when I left WWE. I was confident that I would have a good time, and I was confident that I could wrestle differently than perhaps people saw me in the last few years with WWE, but I definitely wasn't prepared for this level of everything.

I felt within myself that I needed to change what I was doing. I needed a new stimuli. So the interest from Manchester United was a perfect fit.

I feel as if I accomplished everything in Japan, so I wanted to challenge myself. I wanted something new, so I decided to come to WWE.

After a decade in a club it's quite normal and necessary that you seek and take a new challenge.

Every time I've moved, my work has changed radically.

If you don't like what you're doing, you can always pick up your needle and move to another groove.

Ever since I've left, I've been doing nothing but this film and traveling, promoting and doing festivals. So the good thing is that I'm not sitting around pining over whether I made the right choice in leaving. I'm moving and grooving.

A lot of people resist transition and therefore never allow themselves to enjoy who they are. Embrace the change, no matter what it is; once you do, you can learn about the new world you're in and take advantage of it.

I'm coming up on 30. There are other things that I want to pursue outside of just performing.

I always wanted to do something completely different.

I tried to make a distinct point that I wasn't retiring - that I was moving on.

Stepping away from Fun. was both exciting and terrifying.

I'm really anxious not to repeat what I've done before, to keep pushing and learning.

When certain doors opened around 'Twin Peaks,' I wasn't interested in walking through them. Now I just feel like I'm more open to life. I have two children. My life is not dependent on the business in that way.

I'm totally convinced that the end of my football career is just the beginning of something I haven't even discovered yet.

I was always looking for something else to do most of the time, until I got into the acting program. Then, I really found myself.

For a few years, I thought I was putting show business behind me. I was busy doing other things in life, particularly with politics. I was not out looking for films, really. I lost interest.

Arsenal are a great club, but after eight years, sometimes you feel that you need a new challenge.