Rey Mysterio Quotes

Well, I've thought many times when my career was in the toilet, that I was going to have to seriously consider getting another job, I don't know what I'd do.

Careers can disappear just as quickly as they're made, so I'm in no hurry.

I think that people are so insecure in their jobs, they're so uncertain that the people they work for really care about them, they're so uncertain about what their kids are looking at in the future, that people are reluctant to take any risks for change.

I had seen a lot of people who had been released from WWE, or asked for their release, and gone out into the wild unknown. There's more cases of it being unsuccessful than successful.

Phoenix Nights' was really starting to take off. But I was scared to leave my job in case things didn't work out.

The NBA is a beautiful job in a lot of ways. But for living stability, thinking you're going to be somewhere for a long time, it's not for that.

Companies don't like uncertainty; travelers don't like uncertainty.

WWE asked me to be a coach 3 times before I left.

I want to do presenting, I love DJing, I love writing but none of it's a guaranteed job so it's still very scary.

If I lose my job at a furniture factory where I've worked for decades, no amount of cheaper toys and raincoats at Wal-Mart is going to make me whole again.

To be honest, I have no idea what happens after my career.

I don't know if I'm going to be a manager forever. I don't know if I'm going to be producing films or television shows.

There was a period of time early in my career where I was like, 'I'm gonna definitely fight. I definitely want to be a part of this lifestyle.' Then there was a period of time where I had so much success in the sport of wrestling, and I was like, 'I don't really need fighting.'

WWE has given me everything; it really has. My kids will go to college because of them, I don't have to worry about finances because of them.

I was working at Papa John's full-time. I had just quit my part-time job at UPS. I was there for two years.

I want to finish my career in Seattle but it's rocky.

Every single year I was on the block - could be cut, could be released.

I didn't want to come to the end of my career and think, 'What next?'

I've always had to work to feel reassured, to feel secure, and that's not nice because you don't know where you stand.

I was a business major at the University of Richmond, and after I graduated, I took a job at a corporate ad agency. I had comedic dreams, but I also had a realistic look at what I had to do when I left school: maybe I'm funny, but maybe I'm one of a hundred thousand funny people, you know?

I think most actors will say they always feel like they'll never work again.

I got a bad conduct discharge, was at home for a few months in late '99, and basically said, 'Dad, I want to give wrestling a shot. I sure as hell don't wanna go to college, and the Marine Corps wasn't for me. And I need to make some money, so let's see if I can do it.'

I know that my father was a little nervous about me pursuing a career in the arts.

Really, I didn't even want to go to WWE in 2001. I knew that it wasn't my favorite style, my favorite showcasing of my abilities, but it was definitely the best business move. At the time, there was nowhere else to go anyway - ECW was gone, WCW was gone. So, when I first came in, I was seriously frustrated trying to adapt.

It's not a very secure industry but it's one we all love and enjoy doing.