I always consider myself Syrian. I just happen to be born in Canada.

Sami Zayn

Categorized in : Always Myself Born Canada

Everyone's the hero in their own story. You've lived your life. You're the good guy of your life, the protagonist of your own movie. Everyone knows that they have more in them to offer than they sometimes show.

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The more work you put in, and the more you constantly and consistently give good performances against good opponents and constantly exceed people's expectations, the more you really endear yourself to the crowd. That's how your career takes off - it's just consistency and time.

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The thing, in general, about being a good person is just do the right thing as often as possible.

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I do feel, in a lot of ways, that I'm living proof that anything is possible.

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Man, it feels great to do anything that might brighten someone else's day.

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I want to leave a legacy behind that is undeniable.

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I'm an idealist. You do things your way well enough, for long enough, you'll get rewarded.

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I think it's important for youngsters from all walks of life to have some sort of representative that they can look up to and aspire to be and let them know there's a chance for anybody from any background.

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I'm very proud that I can be myself. I'm not trying to be Arabic, I'm just being me, and I happen to be Arabic. I think that might be refreshing to some people, and it's a bit more realistic than these pantomime villains we've seen before.

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I'm very much an Arab, although I need to practise my Arabic more.

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Not every magical moment in your career is going to happen on the biggest stage of the year.

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If I can be a positive Arab figure on such a large platform such as the WWE, and become some sort of an inspiration to an Arab kid in Lebanon, Egypt, or Jordan, then that's amazing.

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I think you've still got to try to be good, day-to-day. You see a granny, you hold the door open for her. You just try to do the right thing. I don't know if that makes you a saint or the greatest guy in the world, but trying is a start.

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Any time I'm donating to charity, I feel it's very daunting.

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It's just so weird how you get so used to what we do: I could go in there and wrestle main events on Live Events for 25-30 minutes, but I couldn't really get the sheets off me in bed. It's weird how that works. Your body just adapts.

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The Hardys were a huge influence on me becoming a wrestler. Not so much the moves themselves, but the concepts behind the moves: trying to be innovative and just being exciting.

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I don't ever want to be boring.

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Sitting on the sidelines is so painful because it's very difficult for me to watch wrestling and not be a participant in the ring, since that's just where I belong.

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I belong in the ring.

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I want to do something that has never been done, and that's become the first two-time NXT Champion. In a sense, that's a strange distinction to want, but that has to be my goal while I'm in NXT.

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