Samoa Joe Quotes

You know, for years I used to read about myself. They'd say, 'He has a temper' or 'He's a bully' or something like that, and it always bothered me.

I have a positive outlook, but when you're out in the public eye, you wonder how people see you.

One person might perceive me as godlike, and the next might think I'm a northern thug. I don't think I've done myself any favours... but I swear I've not had a proper fight since I was 14.

I think the good part about me as a personality is in spite of being in the industry for more than 20 years, I didn't really face any controversy in my life.

I'd like to get my public image nearer to my reality. People have a lot of misconceptions.

Most people have the wrong idea about me because I've been very private.

Well, I don't know what image people have of me.

You know, there's nothing you can do about your public image. It is what it is. I just try to do things honestly. I guess honesty is what you would call subjective: if you feel good about what you're doing, yourself, if you figure you're doing the right thing.

People can judge me for what I've done. And I think when somebody's out in the public eye, that's what they do. So I'm fully comfortable with who I am, what I stand for, and what I've always stood for.

It's hard to articulate how I think about myself as a public figure.

I'm young: I've lived my life in the public eye, and I've had to figure out how to do that.

The way I knew I was right about something was the kids got angry. That's very important: you touch that anger.

There are a lot of people who don't know me and what I am all about.

Give yourself a healthy bit of distance between your fame and reality because they are two different things.

I don't care about what people think about me that don't know me. But the one thing that bothers me of all the places is the general perception was that I was a failure at USC as a head coach.

I'm very aware of my image and the perception of me.

I'd like to think that maybe the average person is rational, and they realise that I'm not this crazy monster that, at times, I've been perceived to be.

With my name, there's been a lot of negativity around it. I'll be real. I understand it.

When caught in conflict and blame - make a U-turn and shift your attention from blaming thoughts to what's going on emotionally in your body.

People seem to think that I'm not aware of how people perceive me. But I'm the one that has to talk about 'Police Academy' all day long 27 years later. I'm totally aware of it.

Jesse Jackson is a master of the old expression that it doesn't matter what someone says about you as long as they spell your name right.

In my position, I'm always going to get a bit of flak. I take it with a grain of salt.

You really have to think a lot before speaking, and the things that are written about you, sometimes you might not like it.

My image is not the greatest, I imagine. You need to know me and understand me, see some of the things I do away from football. Maybe you have to be a fan of me to like me.

Teams ask me about my character, but until you sit down and talk to me directly, you might have image that's portrayed in stories or headlines. But I love the game, I'm up front and honest, I know exactly what I'm about, and that's the most important thing.