Gail Kim Quotes

I think a lot of the time when you just see a lot of beautiful girls it kind of just all blends in together. You want something about yourself to stand out.

Wrestling is one of those things that make me emotional.

Growing up, I would think I want to do this, I want to do that. You change your mind a million times.

Impact has always been a great place for camaraderie and feeling like a family.

I’m just glad when I was fighting for us to wrestle I would always have people tell me, ‘Gail, women‘s wrestling is for the bathroom breaks, you know they really don’t want to see it.’ I would get discouraged a little bit but I was very adamant, so I’m glad that we girls proved them wrong.

I’ve always had a lot of pressure on myself, but I’m not going to lie, I feel a lot of pressure to give the fans everything they expect plus more.

With the success of the TNA Knockouts, that’s when they started having their girls wrestle a lot more in WWE. I thought, ‘This is a perfect time for me to come in. They care about women’s wrestling.’ Sadly it was just not the case.

I wish WWE had their own creative team for the girls. They could have an even stronger women’s division.

I didn’t know the colors of my wedding or what my bouquet would look like!

Broken Matt Hardy was born in Impact Wrestling and I think he had great memories.

Most people when they go to Vegas want to go to places on the Strip and experience the big names. Actually in Las Vegas, I find the best restaurants are off the Strip.

Normally, with girls that I know in the business, they start off managing and then they become a wrestler, or they just stay as a manager who can wrestle, but I was always a wrestler.

In high school, I played basketball, volleyball, soccer, baseball, badminton – two sports every season – and I was named female athlete of the year twice.

I just want to be as good as I can be with any opponent I have and hear everyone say ‘that was her best match ever.’

The culture or environment of a company starts from the top. The leadership. The leadership of a company sends a message to its employees of what is tolerated and what is not.

I don’t think I could do the four or five days a week in the WWE. I feel bad for them.

There are so many girls that are really talented like Sasha Banks and Bayley. I have been lucky enough to work with many generations of girls, so every time you see someone really talented you get that urge to make some magic with that girl.

To have the appreciation from your peers, the fans and the company you work for is the ultimate reward. For me, that has always been ultimate because respect has always been the most important thing to me in this business.

I decided I really wanted to go into something athletic. But I was 23, starting later in life, so wrestling was one of the few things available.

Impact Wrestling has never stopped with women’s wrestling.

I wasn’t on television until 25.

When I first saw ‘Broken’ Matt Hardy, I thought to myself, ‘Umm…’ I actually said to Jeremy Borash ‘Why is he talking like that? Is he trying to make an accent and it’s coming out really bad?’ And then it kind of grows on you and it’s just funny as hell, at least for me.

Wrestling is very physically demanding. You can be in great shape and still not be in ring shape.

I want to contribute the best I can to TNA and the Knockouts division. I want to be a part of taking the Knockouts division to another level.

Timing is everything in wrestling and when I was with the WWE it just wasn’t the right time. I was unhappy and I decided to look for opportunities elsewhere.

Myself and every Knockout in the company at the beginning worked so hard to build up a credible women’s division in TNA so finally holding the title meant so much to me.

The WWE is the big company and the one the mainstream audience is watching, but I feel like if you were a hardcore wrestling fan, you were watching TNA.

I would miss the action if I ever stepped away from wrestling.

Of course, having that confidence of having the fans behind you in your hometown is always special.

Most of the time a wrestler misses the in-ring action, but because of my back and working with the girls as an agent, I don’t miss it.

I started becoming an agent and producing before I retired. I was doing double-duty to get my feet wet.

I know that as a performer how much we rely on the fans for how we feel and react.

I consider myself more of a wrestler than a sports entertainer.

WWE is basically scooping up all the talent and making it really difficult. They say they want competition and like competition, but I don’t believe that. They are trying to make this a monopoly.

I think we were in London for TV and David Hasselhoff was guest host of ‘Raw’. We had the match where we did the slo-mo entrance run. It was really funny.

I’m the only female producer on Impact, and they’re very supportive, the men.

You know, in terms of accomplishments and things like that, I feel like I’ve accomplished what I’ve wanted.

Why would you have a seven-hour show? The fans are going to be so tired halfway through the show.

I was always into sports.

I enjoy cooking, but I don’t know… I just don’t think I have enough skills to teach other people.

I think all wrestlers, you never really want it to end.

I’m very direct and I don’t sugar coat anything.

A lot of people that have worked with me know I’m pretty direct.

I love food. I love to eat. I’m married to a chef. I can’t go without food.

If a hotel has a microwave, I always get a sweet potato and make sure I have a fork and I can microwave a sweet potato. Seven minutes, and I can do that. You really learn how to eat on the road.

I have always said that I will retire when my body starts giving out on me.

Throughout my career, especially the second half of my career, I was always nerdy or anal when it came to how I prepared for my matches.

Ronda Rousey proved that women can be a draw and an attraction, so WWE followed in those footsteps.

I really didn’t know how to eat until I studied nutrition in my second year of college.

In terms of being honored at the TNA Hall of Fame, I think that’s something that every pro wrestler dreams about.

I’ve lived a gypsy life and wouldn’t know any other way to live.

As far as I remember, I was always a big eater. I eat just as much as the wrestler guys.

Oh my gosh, women have it so much harder than men. If you ask me the differences are professional as well as physical.

My back was starting to deteriorate and basically what happened was I just couldn’t walk after a couple of matches here and there. I never had an MRI and I never knew what was going on in my body for so long, and then it was coming to point where I was always wrestling and not being able to walk after.

Wrestling has progressed to the point that the fourth wall has been broken. People would enjoy more seeing what is behind the superhero that they watch on TV.