John Cena Quotes

Last Modified Nov 23, 2023 06:18 GMT
John Cena, Source: WWE’s Instagram
John Cena, Source: WWE’s Instagram

John Cena (birth name: John Felix Anthony Cena Jr.) is considered the greatest of all time among professional grapplers. The American film actor, grappler, and former rapper has been a fan favorite name for almost two decades. He wanted to become a bodybuilder and moved to California in 1998.

He started professional wrestling at Ultimate Pro Wrestling (UPW) the following year. The leader of Cenation was signed by the WWE in 2001. He was immediately assigned to the development territory of WWE, Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW). In that promotion, Cena won the OVW Heavyweight Title and the OVW Southern Tag Team Title.

He made his fundamental list debut in the year 2002 in SmackDown. Cena acquired popularity and accomplishments after embracing the personality of a trash-talking rapper. Cena progressed into a heroic in-ring character after bringing home the WWE Title in 2005. He drove the organization as its fundamental employee and public face for the following ten years.

The joint-record 16-time world champion holds titles like WWE Title (13 times), WWE United States Title (5 times), World Tag Team Title (2 times), World Heavyweight Title (3 times), WWE Tag Team Title (2 times). He additionally won the Money in the Bank in 2012, Royal Rumble (2008, 2013). He has also headlined major WWE pay-per-view events, including WrestleMania (5 times).

Outside his work in sports entertainment, Cena is known for his contribution to various charitable works. He is the greatest name in the Make-A-Wish Foundation, where he has conceded the most wishes (almost 650).

“You can't see me!”

“Word Life!”

“The Champ is here”.

“Whether fighting or spitting, my discipline is unforgiving!”

“If you want some, come get some!”

“I haven't backed down from a fight in my life, and I won't start tonight”.

“Kicking a** and taking names. Making checks and breaking necks”.

“I never back down, I never quit!”

“I regret nothing and fear less”.

“Live fast, fight hard, no regrets!”

“My time is now!”

“I admire the military. I guess in a world of villains and heroes, they're my heroes. Their dedication, their commitment, their discipline, their code of ethics”.

“I have certain things that I stand for, certain things that I believe in, and if you don't like it and you tell me to go to hell, I think that's your God-given right as a fan. It's one of those deals where I'm that one guy who is outside of that realm of good guy, bad guy. I'm just me, and it elicits a response both positive and negative”.

“I'm the one person who wears the words 'hustle, loyalty, respect' on my T-shirts and merchandise. My audience is children. It's very flattering to see a kid wear your T-shirt; it's even more flattering to have a dad come up to you and say, 'I watch you with my kid. Keep doing what you're doing. You're a role model for my son”.

“When people show loyalty to you, you take care of those who are with you. It's how it goes with everything. If you have a small circle of friends, and one of those friends doesn't stay loyal to you, they don't stay your friend for very long”.

“I don't have any elaborate uniforms; I come to the ring in a T-shirt, a pair of sneakers and some shorts”.

“Seriously, I grew up a fan of Hulk Hogan, and I think I bring some of his best values to the ring... the values of a superhero. Always do your best. Never give up... I think kids want to believe in that, and they should believe in that”.

“I'm the guy who'll drive 250 miles tonight and be at the gym tomorrow at 10 A.M., when people are still sleeping in. I'm the guy who'll fly to Australia and find a gym. Fly back and first thing I do off the plane is work out before I shower or eat”.

“I think the greatest hip-hop artist of all time is Jay-Z, without a doubt. He just keeps amazing me with his performance, and since '96, that guy has been producing at least one hit every summer and every winter. That's a pretty good resume”.

“People can say whatever they want about the sport of bodybuilding, but to get prepared to do a contest or even think about doing a contest, or even to get into decent shape, it requires a certain amount of discipline, and it comes from taking a new year's resolution to a lifestyle.

By the time I was 15 and I stepped in the high school gym, I was just stronger than everybody”.

“Paul Bearer was very influential in the early stages of my career. He constantly hounded me and I just think he realized the potential that was there. He convinced me that I was in the right place and doing the right thing”.

“I'm not trying to brainwash my critics. If they're critics, they're critics, and that's their job to be critical, but I certainly enjoy the involvement I have with my fans. I enjoy the time I get to spend with them, and I don't waste time with someone stubborn who is not going to come around.

If you don't learn from your mistakes, then they become regrets”.

“As a kid, what brought me in the gym, what got me in there every day was a chance to break your personal best, a chance to be strong; I just really, really dig that”.

“Winning the Royal Rumble is as big an accomplishment as anything”.

“I hang out with a lot of the people I did when I was in high school, when I was in college, and I have a strong unit of people around me, whether it be friends or family, and if my head gets too big, they will definitely check me immediately”.

'Tropic Thunder' is one of my favorite movies of all time. 'Blazing Saddles.' Anything that will get me to smile.

“I don't doll myself up for TV because I want people to accept me for who I am”.

“My favorite thing about 'Saturday Night's Main Event,' it was that one time where I could stay up late with my dad and four brothers, and we would all beat the tar out of each other while the show was on, and it was all okay because my dad was a wrestling fan”.

“I hate any match that isn't a traditional Tag Team Match or a traditional Singles Match, because anything can happen. It's truly one of those deals where it's all about being in the right place at the right time”.

“Pretty much my feel toward MCs is, if you really got heart, you got passion, let's get on and do something. I like doing stuff with people that's real”.

“But I've been freestyling and messing around with rhyming since I was 13. That's when I really started listening to hip-hop music”.

“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 don't play a character. It's totally just an extension of myself”.

“I'm fine with being beat-up and pushed around, but I'm really scared of heights and scared of ledges”.

“My dad is the reason I actually started watching wrestling. My dad was never big into sports; we were all big into sports as kids, and he'd go to our Little League games or whatever and not really know what was going on, because he didn't know about sports, but he knew about wrestling”.

“I watch just as much WWE as almost anyone, but I love to. It's something I enjoy doing. I don't force myself to watch. I get excited for Mondays. I get excited to see the show.

A lot of the stuff that I say doesn't even make TV because it gets cut out. So if you're at the live events you get to hear what I have to say, but if you're watching on TV, you're only getting about 50% of it”.

“Whether you like me or you don't, I still dig showing up for work”.

“I think the way WWE Studios is going now - they're going away from action, doing more drama, more comedy - it will open a lot of people's eyes. Because a lot of people see big guy, big frame: action superstar. We've proven, especially with 'Legendary,' that that is not always the case”.

“If you watch wrestling, you now know the hip-hop culture is being represented with wrestling. For the longest time, the cultures have almost been parallel”.

“My most string-beanish, I guess, is when I was 15 years old. From 15 to 16, I went from 155 pounds to 215. By the time I graduated from high school, I was between 235-250”.

“Ric Flair is one of the most entertaining guys to sit down with and by entertaining I don't mean he has catchy phrases, but that he's been through so much and his experiences are so genuine I could listen to him talk all day”.

“When my job isn't performing in a WWE ring, my job is to get back performing in that ring. When I'm hurt, all I have to do all day is get strong and get better. I'm a very dedicated physical therapy patient, and that helps a lot”.

“I was very unique as a child, dressed a certain way, acted a certain way, didn't fit in with everybody. So I immediately got picked on, especially around the age of 12 and 13, when you start going to junior high and start mingling with the older kids. To counteract that, strictly for self-defense, I wanted to get bigger”.

I take pride in the fact that a lot of little kids dig what I do.

“We really do have a lot of personality in WWE. You have to, to be in this job. You showcase a lot of personality”.

“The conditioning and the lifestyle changes you have to make to remain a healthy athlete are what molded me into what I am today”.

“When I hear people boo, that just makes me want to go out there and work harder”.

“When you see me on TV, that's about as close to my real personality as you can get.

In 1985, if you were a wrestling fan, you were into Hogan; that's just the way it was”.

“Chicago fans cheer and boo who they want. They're great fans whether they like me or not. They show you how they feel. I don't like crowds that sit on their hands”.

“I'm a small-time white kid trying to represent hip-hop. If a hip-hop artist comes up and beats me in a battle, who did they beat? A small-town white kid who ain't never been an MC, who ain't never done nothing. Now if an MC comes to battle and they get beat by a small-town white boy, that's MC suicide”.

“Did you ever think I'd slime a cow”.

FAQs

A. The Prototype and Mr. P are the other in-ring names of John Cena.

A. The billed weight of John Cena is 251 lbs (114 kg).

A. No, John Cena has not been enlisted into the Hall of Fame as of now.

A. John Cena won the Muhammad Ali Legacy Award in 2018.

A. John Cena won the Slammy Award from WWE 10 times.

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