With injuries, every match varies. The black eyes are accidents. The broken noses are accidents. But the bumps from when we land on the mat, they're hard. I think it looks easier, or the fans don't really understand what's happening, but it does take a toll.

Charlotte Flair

Categorized in : Think Eyes Broken Black

I wish I was more like my character. In character, I am the queen. I am strong. I am confident, sometimes cocky. I'm hard to beat. Out of character, I am a daughter, a sister, an aunt, a best friend and just the girl next door that likes Ben & Jerry's ice cream.

Charlotte Flair

i-am best daughter girl

Me and my little brother never grew up wanting to be famous.

Charlotte Flair

never me little-brother brother

In order to have your best good guy, you have to be that bad guy.

Charlotte Flair

best bad good you

The biggest moment in our business is when you walk through that curtain, and if you don't believe in yourself, the fans won't believe in you or invest in you, and they see that.

Charlotte Flair

moment believe-in-yourself business

I don't need approval from people who don't know me.

Charlotte Flair

need know me people

My comfort zone and where I feel most natural is being a heel.

Charlotte Flair

feel being comfort-zone comfort

To know how far I've come as a person and an entertainer and a businesswoman, I just hope I represent independence and intelligence and athleticism - everything that a woman should want to be.

Charlotte Flair

woman know intelligence hope

Professionally, I'm a perfectionist, and to allow people to see that maybe I wasn't always perfect or put together - that my actual personal life was very messy at times... it was scary to let people know that.

Charlotte Flair

perfect together life people

Why do something unless you are going to be the best at it?

Charlotte Flair

why something best you

I hope I continue to evolve.

Charlotte Flair

continue evolve hope

I've always been a big fan of the Body Issue. Growing up as an athlete and having a very athletic body, I was always able to relate to them and look up to the athletes who posed for it.

Charlotte Flair

look always growing-up body

I didn't even think about good guy, bad guy when I started. I was that unfamiliar with the business.

Charlotte Flair

bad good think business

Most of Charlotte's character is really who she is. A lot of who Ashley is is Charlotte and the same with my dad. It's not like I'm the Joker.

Charlotte Flair

joker she dad character

Being undefined somewhat makes me nervous, but what I do know is I'm 100 percent confident in who Charlotte is.

Charlotte Flair

confident being know me

Driving from town to town, living in hotels, sometimes not going home during the week because you have an appearance - you really have to be dedicated to do this job.

Charlotte Flair

job you home sometimes

My dad was my favorite wrestler growing up, obviously.

Charlotte Flair

up growing growing-up dad

The hard part for me was not the wrestling - it was showing emotion, telling a story, and being able to connect with fans. Coming out as Ric Flair's daughter and being called athletically gifted, it's hard to say, 'Hey, like me! You can relate to me!' It wasn't working, so I completely switched my character.

Charlotte Flair

me you daughter character

I was always around wrestling. I went to shows, but I never pictured myself where I am today. My brothers, David and Reid, were more into wrestling. When they wrestled, it was hard on my brothers because they were always compared to my dad.

Charlotte Flair

i-am myself dad today

I've played sports, and I've been a tomboy my whole life.

Charlotte Flair

tomboy been sports life

Everyone always says, 'You must have always wanted to be just like your dad.' But my dad's career had nothing to do with my journey.

Charlotte Flair

nothing you dad journey