A Lot Of Those Who Let You

The Two Sports Are As Different As Ping-pong And Rugby. In Boxing, You Don’t Know What’s Going To Happen. In Wrestling, It’s Already Prearranged. But The Thing I Didn’t Know About Wrestling Is That You Really Get Hurt. Because, You Know, You’re Wrestling In Front Of A Live Audience, And You End Up Doing Things Like Jumps Or Slams, And 40 Percent Of The Time You Don’t Land Right.

I'm The Worst Surfer In California. My Balance Is Off From Boxing.

I Come From A Violent Background. So I Became Hard. I Realised That I Had Made Myself That Way To Deal With A Feeling Of Abandonment And Shame.

Wrestlers Are All Pretty Busted-up By The Ends Of Their Careers.

I Grew Up In A Gym In Miami, The One Where Muhammad Ali Trained. I Had 142 Amateur Fights And Lost Three.