Austin Aries Quotes

I have never even considered a future outside the walls of the WWE. However, sometimes life takes an unexpected turn, and while it is the most difficult decision I have ever made, it is time for me to move on.

I'm going to move on and do other things. My life isn't going to be about Jar Jar Binks.

I had four great years at Palace but just felt it was the right time to start a new chapter of my career.

After three years in Chicago, I decided to call it a career.

There is always a time to move on.

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

Sometimes I think about retiring but not stopping work. Just 're-tiring' - put on some new tires and go on to do something else.

Just having that time alone, away from the team, just going through the progression of being healthy again with the brain work that I was doing in the hospital and building that company, all I could do is think and it just dawned on me that, hey, it's time for the next chapter of my life. I need to walk away and try something else.

My life did a 180 when I joined Bullet Club. Joining Bullet Club opened the door to New Japan for me. It made me more valuable.

I've put football behind me.

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.'

Wrestling is all I've known since I was 17 so it's time I let myself focus on other things and explored other parts of myself.

I followed wrestling, but I had just kind of made peace with, like, that was my career. I'm now a mom, and I'm going to find other things to do with my life.

I was with the Steelers, and I got cut, and I remember, when I left, I was relieved.

It was sad to leave 'Pippin' because it was a kind of inspirational turning point in my life. But it was time to move on.

I don't have even a moment of regret for leaving my career behind.

I've had a couple of people - prominent coaches - walk into an office, shut the door and say, 'What's it like, not coaching?' They're scared. They're scared not to have that. And I'll tell them, 'You know, it's different. You're not going to replace coaching. But there's some normality that's out there, and that's also kind of refreshing.'

The retirement at WrestleMania 32 was a bittersweet moment for me. I was excited to see the next chapter of my life, which is becoming a mother, but at the same time, it was a very historical moment. It was a big part of what the Women's Division has been striving and fighting for.

Irrespective of our past, we need to look forward.

After I graduated, I moved to Washington with a packed car and the promise of an eight-week internship at the Daily Caller. Things turned out well.

I was in the family court for 25 years. And having started a second career, having a second act when you were 52 was something that I never thought would happen to me.

I have no regrets about leaving, and I don't miss being at United at all.

I didn't start my career or, really, my life before I came to Florida.

Just remember that if you've lost something, you will be open to something else.

I can't stand comparisons to the past. It doesn't matter what we did in previous seasons.