Per Mertesacker Quotes

If I had one regret in life... it's that I was not more humble at an earlier age.

If I had my life to live over again, I would ask that not a thing be changed, but that my eyes be opened wider.

The awareness of the ambiguity of one's highest achievements (as well as one's deepest failures) is a definite symptom of maturity.

It's always healthy to be taken down a notch, even though it's humbling.

I'm not trying to sound like I turned into some kind of wise man, but it's nice to realize that your little pocket of the world isn't the whole world.

I think I value things more correctly. I hope I look at my life in a way that makes sense.

By the time we hit fifty, we have learned our hardest lessons. We have found out that only a few things are really important. We have learned to take life seriously, but never ourselves.

I appreciate what I have a lot more than I did when I was younger.

It's wonderful to have the most important thing in the world there first thing in the morning. And especially in this business, where the opportunity to think everything is about you is there every day, now I really know that it isn't all about me.

To be allowed to come back to WWE is the greatest gift that's ever been given to me. Back in the day, I never appreciated what WWE had given me, because I was in too much disarray and too confused about my own life. I let opportunities foolishly slip through my hands.

I think I've become more modest as the years have gone on.

As a child, I didn't know what I didn't have. I'm thankful for the challenges early on in my life because now I have a perspective on the world and kind of know what's important.

I have a lot of growing up to do, or a lot of growing down. I think that's probably more appropriate.

I'm grateful for my brokenness. I'm grateful for my humility.

There's a reason God didn't give me this success in my 20s, because I'd have blown it.

Little Zac had it easy - but he didn't realize he had it easy, so he took it for granted. I think going through 'Hairspray' and other projects helped me learn about the business and life in general.

I have many shortcomings. I feel very lucky to have been able to have what I've had.

Tragedies make you realize how selfish you are.

This is like one thing that I've tried to do, and I think successfully, that when you realize that nothing really belongs to you, you begin to appreciate having an understanding of just where your head is at, and you feel so much better.

I don't feel like a very nostalgic person. I think about the past much more clinically. When I look back and wonder, 'Why was I doing that? Was it a waste of time?' I don't beat myself up. Instead, I say, 'I'm so glad I did that, because now I really know what matters to me.'

I'm really thankful for every experience I've had, even the ones that were puzzling or disorienting, because they taught me so much.

Reflecting on where I came from helps me to appreciate and balance what I have now.

I like the way my life has taken me.

I never really look back. My journey has been unorthodox in many ways. All I do is count my blessings and try to be as present as I can, and I'm thankful for every step of this journey.

I've learned to never take anything for granted and that people are all works in progress. Some people are just actively working on progressing, and some aren't.