24 Quotes by T. J. Perkins

I went to Japan and I lived there. I lived in Mexico for a year. I went to Europe. I lived in Canada.

Part of the reason why Kobe Bryant is such a big inspiration to me is because he was shipped off to the Lakers right out of high school. He went from English class to the Great Western Forum.

A lot of the ups and downs for me, especially the downs, I feel like it came in a lot of indirect ways because I didn't appreciate what I had.

I got thrust into some great things when I was really young.

I've been hit in the head a lot, but I don't think I have any problems, but I can't, for the life of me, remember a lot of my road stories and good times. When times are bad enough, that's all you can ever think about.

It's really exciting to be able to represent the cruiserweights and go to Monday Night Raw. I grew up watching Monday Night Raw, and it's really a big dream of mine to perform on that stage.

I grew up watching Super J-Cup tournaments and things like that, and those were pretty cool.

I've done stuff in the past and followed in the footsteps of my heroes, and each time, it felt a little bit surreal.

When I was maybe 22, 23 years old or so, I was sort of floating in between New Japan, Ring of Honor, TNA - not really committed to one place.