Jeff Hardy Quotes

When I was a kid, I wrestled my high school amateur wrestling in junior year.

- Jeff Hardy

Kid, Year, Junior Year, Amateur

If Meekmahan ever came to the Hardy compound, I would tell Meekmahan, face-to-face, 'You'll fade away and classify yourself as obsolete! Obsolete!'

- Jeff Hardy

Tell, Away, Classify, Obsolete

I've rung my bells so many times, especially back in the day when chair shots to the head were legal. My goodness, I took so many of those.

- Jeff Hardy

Chair, Took, Bells, Rung

Early, when I first started wrestling, I wanted to be a combination of Sting and the Ultimate Warrior: The Ultimate Warrior's craziness and weird personality and Sting's coolness and the way he carried himself to the ring. But then later on, when it came to physicality and athleticism, Shawn Michaels topped the cake.

- Jeff Hardy

Warrior, Ring, Later, Shawn

Shawn Michaels was the guy to study and watch.

- Jeff Hardy

Study, Watch, Guy, Shawn

I've learned that I can still be loved if I perform well, and I learned that from the broken brilliance of Matt Hardy.

- Jeff Hardy

Broken, Still, Learned, Hardy

My first match was against Razor Ramon. I lost. Come to think about it, I lost a lot back in those days.

- Jeff Hardy

Think, Match, Against, Razor

My brother Matt and I, we have a great relationship.

- Jeff Hardy

Relationship, Brother, Matt, Great Relationship

Sting was one of my first and biggest influences. One night in North Carolina, when I reached out and touched his shoulder, he had the face paint on, and I didn't know why, but I loved it. I wanted to be just like him, and I was only 11 years old.

- Jeff Hardy

Paint, Touched, North, Shoulder

I can't wrestle a match without getting my ankles taped because they feel like they'll shatter on me.

- Jeff Hardy

Match, Feel, Like, Ankles

The roots that weave up my right arm and onto my neck are my way of connecting with the earth: the earth's roots carry water like a human's veins carry blood.

- Jeff Hardy

Roots, Like, Right Arm, Arm

I'm not really a popular fan of the whole Hall of Fame thing. I've had a lot of ups and downs, and I don't feel deserving a lot of times.

- Jeff Hardy

Ups And Downs, Downs, Hall, Fame Thing

I just want to go out there and have the best matches I possibly can.

- Jeff Hardy

Best, Want, Go, Possibly

It's good to establish moves that fans are always going to recognize and scream for.

- Jeff Hardy

Moves, Always, Going, Establish

For special wrestlers, there's somewhere else to go - as long as you're not brainwashed by that WWE mentality. There's other worlds out there; it's OK to switch around.

- Jeff Hardy

Other, Brainwashed, Worlds, OK

Ric Flair, The Freebirds, and The Rockers were great influences in my decision to become a wrestler.

- Jeff Hardy

Decision, Rockers, Were, Wrestler

I would love to get into acting. I really enjoy acting - portraying other personalities and approaching different levels and whatnot - that would be awesome.

- Jeff Hardy

Love, Other, Whatnot, Personalities

I still look forward to doing things I've never done before. But the fear beforehand is always worse than the actual moment. Leading up to it, especially before the match, is when the butterflies are at their worst. But in the match, the creatures - my fans - fuel me. They're a huge superpower for me and my survival.

- Jeff Hardy

Doing, Butterflies, Before, Superpower

We may never be as big as WWE, but the cool thing about TNA is that we are the alternative. So people who get tired and bored with the WWE - I've been there, I understand - there's an alternative and something else to watch.

- Jeff Hardy

Big, WWE, Been, Bored

I got the dragon on my leg when I was still living with my dad. He's not a fan of tattoos, so I had to get it behind his back; he kind of freaked out when he saw it.

- Jeff Hardy

Living, Behind, Still, Tattoos

I look at tattoos as a commitment to life.

- Jeff Hardy

Life, Commitment, Look, Tattoos

I don't want to go back to WWE and burn out within four or five months, and having another run as TNA world champion would feel just as good.

- Jeff Hardy

Burn, Months, Having, Champion

Whether I ever become WWE champion in my career, I'm proud of what I've done.

- Jeff Hardy

Proud, Career, Ever, Champion

I would love to end my career as World Champion.

- Jeff Hardy

Love, World, Career, Champion

I've got my hardcore fans, and I thank them so much for being there for me and not giving up on me.

- Jeff Hardy

Giving Up, Not Giving Up, Being There

You can't go wrong with reading the fans and letting them tell you who they like. I think that's really paid off for me in the long run - being down to earth and just really cool with each and every fan that I meet - and they've really supported me through thick and thin.

- Jeff Hardy

Through, Tell, I Think, Thin

I remember 'Wrestlemania 6' with The Ultimate Warrior against Hulk Hogan. It was so cool to see those guys go in there and the fans getting into the match so much.

- Jeff Hardy

Warrior, I Remember, Against, WrestleMania

Edge is such a great guy.

- Jeff Hardy

Great, Edge, Guy, Great Guy

Once I established myself doing crazy things and being extreme, people want to see it all the time.

- Jeff Hardy

Myself, Doing, Established, Extreme

I'll do anything. That has proven problematic - you may remember my broken leg in a dirt bike accident - but that is also the ingredient that has allowed me to elevate myself in pro wrestling.

- Jeff Hardy

Broken, May, Ingredient, Accident

I was obsessed with it, and then I learned more about professional wrestling and how the beauty that does exist in it is truly an art form.

- Jeff Hardy

Beauty, Art, Obsessed, Art Form

People ask me how I am so fearless on a ladder and how I have no fear in the ring. And the answer to that question is a bit complicated. I used to have no fear, but that is no longer true. With a wife and two girls at home, I'm more afraid now than ever.

- Jeff Hardy

Fearless, Ring, Used, No Fear

When I broke my leg on the dirt bike, fear got the best of me that day. I hesitated. I didn't hit it as fast as I could have, and I came up short. It was the first time in my life I couldn't get back up.

- Jeff Hardy

Best, My Life, Back, I Came

I started wrestling professionally, I did my first television match at 16, but I was wrestling at country fairs and national armories when I was 14.

- Jeff Hardy

Television, Country, Match, Professionally

When I wrestled Randy Orton, that was probably the biggest match of my career at that point, because that was when I had the other shot at the WWE championship.

- Jeff Hardy

Career, Other, Randy, Championship

The Great Khali always serves up a good beatdown if you can't get out from under that heavy hand.

- Jeff Hardy

Good, Great, Always, Heavy

Luckily, I'm only aware of about two or three concussions that I have had, but there's really no way of telling how many overall.

- Jeff Hardy

Telling, About, Had, Luckily

To me, wrestling is just as cool as it ever was.

- Jeff Hardy

Cool, Me, Ever, Wrestling

I'm good at professional wrestling, and I always will be good, but what's always been different about me is that I can't completely focus on professional wrestling.

- Jeff Hardy

Will, Always, Been, Wrestling

When you commit to a WWE contract, you're committing to some serious time away from home.

- Jeff Hardy

Some, Away, WWE, Committing

I find inspiration for my works of art in my studio and in the squared circle from all sorts of places.

- Jeff Hardy

Art, Studio, Works, Circle

I really hate my hair when it's not braided because it's so big when it dries. When it's wet, it looks cool, but when it dries, it gets all in my mouth during a match, and I hate it.

- Jeff Hardy

Cool, Big, Match, Wet

I compliment people when I see something I really like and tell them, 'That was good. Keep doing what you're doing.' That's as much as advice as you will get out of me.

- Jeff Hardy

Doing, Will, Like, Compliment

Overall, I think I'm just lucky, and I hope I continue to be lucky.

- Jeff Hardy

Think, Lucky, I Think, Overall

I've always dreamt of somewhere down the line getting one match out of Hogan, just because that was always a dream.

- Jeff Hardy

Match, Always, Line, Somewhere

Thank God for TNA: we've had the creative freedom to do what we want to do.

- Jeff Hardy

Freedom, Want, Thank, Thank God

I'm looking forward to having one of those moments that will be immortal.

- Jeff Hardy

Moments, Will, Having, Looking

Just spending time with fans and acting normal and talking to them just like I was one of their boys, that's what it's all about.

- Jeff Hardy

Normal, Like, About, Spending Time

That's really important to me - creating moments that last forever.

- Jeff Hardy

Moments, Important, Last, Creating

The Undertaker's beaten me down pretty bad quite a few times.

- Jeff Hardy

Bad, Pretty, Times, Beaten

I take a lot of risks in the ring.

- Jeff Hardy

Risks, Lot, Take, Ring

TNA is great about going out of their way to interact with the fans.

- Jeff Hardy

Great, Going, About, Interact

Being myself is what got me to where I am.

- Jeff Hardy

Myself, I Am, Being Myself, Am

Any time it's a Swanton, I'm confident. But if I feel I can't do it, I won't do it.

- Jeff Hardy

Time, Feel, I Feel, Confident

I'm not a big practice guy at all.

- Jeff Hardy

Big, Guy, Practice

I never view myself as a leader.

- Jeff Hardy

Myself, View, Never, Leader

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