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I'm not the sexy girl. I'm more youthful and innocent, the girl who wears jeans and T-shirts and sneakers. But fans have accepted that I'm a tomboy. There's a different group of people who find that attractive.

- AJ Lee

Sexy, Sneakers, Attractive, Innocent

Everything I was told should be my greatest insecurities and weaknesses, everything that I've been labeled - short, nerdy, skinny, weak, impulsive, ugly, tomboy, poor, rebel, loud, freak, crazy - turned out to be my greatest strengths. I didn't become successful in spite of them. I became successful because of them.

- AJ Lee

Rebel, Been, Became, Spite

I remember when I was that girl crying because I was so excited to finally meet Lita. To have girls crying over me is surreal.

- AJ Lee

I Remember, Over, Surreal

I lift pretty heavy for my body weight, and I don't do any of that girly stuff like cardio or any light weights. I go really heavy, and that intimidates some guys. I enjoy that.

- AJ Lee

Some, Pretty, Like, Girly

There's definitely a list of things I'd like to do. But there's been a lot of things I hadn't even thought would have been possible to do that I'd been able to do, so I think I'll surprise myself and keep breaking that glass ceiling to see what's next. Hopefully people get surprised - that's my main goal.

- AJ Lee

Next, Been, I Think, Ceiling

I've always wanted to entertain people, and when I was in school, I was interested in creative writing, but wrestling was always there. When I ran into financial problems, I just figured when life gives you lemons, you have to make lemonade.

- AJ Lee

Financial, Entertain, Lemonade

I'm very grateful that I don't have to wear heels, because I can barely walk in heels. If I were to skip, it would be deadly.

- AJ Lee

Grateful, Heels, Very, Deadly

I've lived in so many different towns - Guttenberg, Union City, West New York, Jersey City. We didn't have a lot of money, and we'd get kicked out of places a lot.

- AJ Lee

City, New, Union, Kicked

I'd like to challenge Ryback to a match - in real life - just to see. I think I could take him, but I wonder how Ryback would react to getting slapped.

- AJ Lee

Think, Like, I Think, Slapped

It wasn't cool that I didn't comb my hair and had books and wore glasses. It was never cool be a nerd and tomboy, and these days, it really is. And I'm like, 'You guys have no idea what I went through.' How many times my mother yelled at me to comb my hair.

- AJ Lee

Through, Idea, Had, How Many Times

Side note: When I dressed up like Harley Quinn on TV a long time ago, everyone was like, 'Who is that?' And now she's got an entire merchandise line.

- AJ Lee

Side, Note, TV, Merchandise

I could be anywhere in the country, and people will ask, 'Are you from Jersey?' I'm proud of that. We're a weird breed.

- AJ Lee

Proud, Country, Will, Breed

When I harnessed its seemingly uncontrollable might, I realized bipolar disorder's powers could be used for good. My diagnosis didn't have to be an affliction. It could simply be the gift of extraordinary emotions.

- AJ Lee

Gift, Emotions, Might, Affliction

When I was diagnosed, I believed my illness would be my great, lifelong weakness. Bipolar disorder was to be my impenetrable prison, and I would be locked up with it in a castle Princess Toadstool style. Thinking there was no way out, I let it consume me.

- AJ Lee

Castle, Consume, Lifelong, Locked

I play my Xbox and PlayStation at home. Then, when I'm on the road, I'll bring my Vita with me to play games like 'Snake Eater.'

- AJ Lee

Play, Bring, Like, Playstation

It's the most gratifying thing to have young girls telling me, 'I love that you do a photo shoot in pants and a button up shirt, and you still look cool.'

- AJ Lee

Love, Still, Telling, Button

I'm not the coolest person in the world. I'm not the sexiest Diva or the strongest Diva. I know who I am. I'm not the most popular person, and I'm kind of dorky, and I'm someone you can see at your school or as your neighbor, and I think people like that.

- AJ Lee

I Think, Your, Dorky, Coolest

I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder when I was barely out of my teens. Like our olive skin tone and caterpillar eyebrows, I guess it just runs in the family.

- AJ Lee

Skin, Tone, Like, Runs

When you see me on TV against one of the other girls, they look 10 times better than me, and I'm OK with that. I make a conscious effort not to wear that much makeup and not have my hair so perfectly groomed. That's just not me. I'm not going to be perfect.

- AJ Lee

Makeup, Other, TV, OK

I think that it's interesting how shows like 'Walking Dead' or even 'Game of Thrones,' with all its fantasy elements, have become so popular. Sometimes, though, I get a little bit annoyed because the whole nerd thing taking over and is now cool, and it wasn't cool when I was younger.

- AJ Lee

Game, Sometimes, I Think, Nerd

I've been a rescue dog mom several times and occasionally found comfort in scrolling through pictures of animals on various adoption center websites, just to fantasize about adding to the family.

- AJ Lee

Through, Been, Fantasize, Rescue

When I was really little, I wanted to be a wrestler so I could be like the girls I looked up to. My brother then told me that 'You don't want to be like your idols; you want to grow up and be better than them.' To this day, that's the best piece of advice I've ever gotten.

- AJ Lee

Best, Advice, Gotten, Wrestler

It's funny because there's a part of me that, if something is popular, I sort of become a defiant teenager about it. Like, 'Oh, I'm not gonna like that because everybody likes it.'

- AJ Lee

Like, Everybody, Gonna, Teenager

It's funny because I remember playing 'Grand Turismo,' and I would get yelled at by my brother for moving the controller as if it was a wheel. He was, 'It's not gonna help you.' Now you have a Wii, and you could actually move and control it.

- AJ Lee

Remember, I Remember, Would, Yelled

I actually went to NYU for six months, had some family issues that kind of set me back, and I couldn't afford to go anymore. That was the theme going on in my whole life, you know: money stopping me from whatever I wanted to do.

- AJ Lee

Back, Some, Had, Stopping

I am bipolar, and I am proud. And that is why I wanted to write a book. To shine a light on mental illness, to be vulnerable about the days I let it take control and paid dearly for it, and to tell anyone fighting a similar battle: You are not alone. You are not broken.

- AJ Lee

Book, Tell, About, Bipolar

My least favorite aspect of shopping is shopping.

- AJ Lee

Favorite, Aspect, Least, Shopping

I think everything I've tried to do, whether or not it's come off that way immediately, is for the greater good. I'll take the jabs I need to in order to help us all in the long run.

- AJ Lee

Run, I Think, Immediately, Greater Good

I didn't have the easiest time growing up; it's no secret. We were just poor.

- AJ Lee

Growing Up, Growing, Secret, No Secret

For me, Jersey represents going through what you can go through and still surviving. That's the cool thing about people from the Tri-State area. We're fighters. We're survivors, and we're edgier than anyone else on Earth.

- AJ Lee

Through, About, Represents, Fighters

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