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I'm obsessed with broadcasting.
All combat sports are connected.
Mental illness affects everyone.
Everything is WrestleMania to me.
I grew up on camera. I started at 16.
I wouldn't be in WWE without Michael Cole.
I'm a perfectionist and my own worst critic.
I've always been an advocate for mental health.
Joining WWE has always been a lifelong dream of mine.
We need to treat people with mental illness like people.
I'm a huge sports fan, and I'm a huge entertainment fan.
I don't care about me being vulnerable or embarrassing situations.
I'm trying to show people that you can have any kind of life you want.
I would say Chael Sonnen would be a natural for professional wrestling.
I've received enough blessings for a lifetime in terms of my employment.
Not talking about mental illness is killing people. We need that to stop.
My 20s were gone, my 30s were recovery, my 40s is where I am self-sufficient.
Some of the brightest, most creative minds have been touched by mental illness.
I've learned about myself that I'm much stronger than I ever had any idea about myself.
There's a constant struggle between my ears about who I am and what I mean to the world.
I am bipolar, and I am a full manifestation of it in terms of my speech, in terms of my energy.
WWE, in the back of my mind, was always the dream job, and most people don't get their dream jobs.
As much as I love to watch movies, nothing beats being ringside for a championship fight in boxing.
I am a bit of a dynamic personality and have the ability to use my vocabulary in some creative ways.
My job, live television, broadcasting, there's mania involved in there, too, but it's the good stuff.
I believe the biggest stigma right now, with mental health, is that a lot of men are not talking about it.
I will always be thankful to WWE for letting me be the voice of SmackDown Live and bring it to the USA Network.
I need to stay busy. Otherwise, I am like so many people, alone with my thoughts, and I can be my own worst enemy.
I love pop culture. I love sports. I love entertainment. The fact that I get paid to be a part of this is like, 'Woah.'
I've called all sports. I was a radio DJ, club DJ, talk show host, hockey, basketball, football; you name it, I've done it.
I've never been ashamed of being the ham or the provocateur, as it were, in my style of commentary or my style of showmanship.
I don't think there's a good or wrong way of broadcasting. The more unique you are, the more opportunities you're going to get.
Anyone who is dealing with any issue or any illness whatsoever, without a support network, chances are the person will not survive.
I was discovered at 16, so all I've done is be a communicator and an entertainer all my life, and my energy is who I am in real life.
One thing that I've learned is that you don't have to be a prima donna or think you are better than other people in order to succeed.
I'm a highly intelligent, highly articulate, very empathetic, down-to-earth person. But man, my thoughts are incredibly dark. Incredibly dark.
When I'm at my lowest, when I'm crying uncontrollably, and I can reach out to one of my many people in my support network, it helps. I feel better.
I'm not a fan of my own work. People ask why I do it, but it's because I actually love what I'm doing in the moment. I live for it. It's a release.
I know my energy level is unlike others. I know that my capacity to really think fast is unlike others, but I also know the price that comes with it.
It's a daily struggle for me to stay alive. I don't mean to be melodramatic, hyperbolic, or go into my broadcast mode. But even that, my career is bipolar.
In New Japan, it is kept very simple. It's about proving to the other man or woman that you are the better person. And guess what? It's about championships.
I love the preparation before a fight. I love to research, and the process of finding little-known information to use when I'm calling a fight is incredible for me.
I know, to some, I am always a little over the top, but that's just who I am, and I'd rather be that way than monotone or less than scintillating in my presentation.
I was willing to walk away from my dream job, let's leave it at that. In order for me to do that, I had to be true to my convictions and what makes you a human being.
There would be no Mauro Ranallo in MMA, or maybe even period, to be truly honest with you... without Bas Rutten's friendship, mentorship, and just belief in my talents.
I get that there is no one quite like me, nor should there be anybody quite like anybody else in any field. I've always said, 'Don't be the next anyone; be the first you.'
One of my first heroes was Jim Robson, the hall-of-fame broadcaster with the Canucks and Hockey Night in Canada, and Jim Ross with the WWE and Howard Cosell was a big influence on me.
I knew at five years old what I wanted to do for a living. I started reading newspapers and books out loud at a very young age. I was very focused on English and building my vocabulary.
My first full-time radio job at 21, I was there for only a couple of months before I was hospitalized. I wrote a resignation letter. My dad wouldn't give the letter to my boss at the time.
For me, at a very young age, I knew I wanted to be in the entertainment industry; I wanted to be an announcer. I was very smitten at an early age with the voice I heard coming from a radio.