Dolph Ziggler Quotes

You hear the word 'fake' thrown around wrestling, but it doesn't get more real when you hear the sound of 20,000 people coming unglued.

It's good to go out and entertain these people, and you've got them on the edge of their seat, they're standing up. Then you know that you've done your job, you've entertained them. My way of entertaining them is going out and wrestling. Everyone's got their different ways.

We've finally told the world that this is sports entertainment, and I think one of the best forms of entertainment is anything that's fun or funny, something that you really enjoy watching or listening to.

My goal in wrestling was always to take people on a journey to get a reaction and make people feel like they had seen something special. Thankfully, I get reminded of that every day.

When I'm in the ring, I can hear the reactions and know the people are enjoying themselves.

Sometimes you experience magic out in the ring.

In professional wrestling, the fans are tremendous.

Sometimes, you know how good certain people are and then you actually get to see them have the kind of matches you know they can have in front of an audience that isn't used to seeing that. Then, in a few minutes the audience is on the edge of their seats, just through the sheer craftsmanship of their abilities.

I don't like to have gimmicks. I don't like to have gadgets and stuff. I just like to go out there and entertain the fans by wrestling.

My home is at the WWE. I truly do love performing. The atmosphere here isn't like anything else. It's truly where I belong.

I really enjoy doing the live stuff.

I get a lot of influence from pro wrestling. People are like, 'Oh, it's fake.' But it's not about whether the guy wins or loses, it's about how he entertains you the whole time you're watching.

Once I go on stage, the atmosphere is totally theatrical. The greater the illusion, the greater the intensity of the excitement it creates.

Wrestling needs to be about the art form again. It needs to be about painting a picture and having a really good match.

I love wrestling, and I love telling a story to the audience.

Crowd involvement plays a huge part in the performance of a professional wrestler. The only thing I do not want to hear when I am in the ring is the sound of indifference.

Modern day wrestlers are fans of the performance of wrestling instead of the concept of wrestling.

Wrestling is to go out there and perform and make people believe that either of the performers in the ring can win - either the bad guy or the good guy.

To me, nothing is more fun than being in that ring. That ring is just my heart; it's my passion.

I spent so many years in MMA waving the banner for pro wrestling, telling fighters they had to be more entertaining.

I do all that I can to surprise people and make things unpredictable because that is what makes wrestling fun.

When you go into a 'WWE' ring, you know you're going to compete. You know that things are going to hurt. It is a dangerous, dangerous place. No matter what people think or say, it's a very, very dangerous thing.

Stunts are my favourite - I love it: the feeling, the adrenaline when all the cameras are rolling and everyone is watching and crowd round.

You've got to sell fights; you've got to be entertaining.

The hardest thing to do in wrestling is that every time you show up, there's just a ring with three ropes, turnbuckles on each side, it's extremely hard to do something to surprise and shock the fans.