A lot of people have doubted me because of my size. They think someone like me doesn't deserve to be in the main event, but I think if they knew me, and knew what I've been through in my career, they would respect me.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I was always trying to make up for my size, to compensate. So to get people to take you seriously, you have to come at things with a great deal of strength. You have to emphasize that the way you are is unusual. That you don't come along every day.
Every person my size has a different life, a different history. Different ways of dealing with it. Just because I'm seemingly O.K. with it, I can't preach how to be O.K. with it. I don't think I still am O.K. with it. There's days when I'm not.
So I think we have an obligation with our size to make sure that we are open to what people have to say to us because the people who criticize us, they're not all mean-spirited.
I was always told that I was too small, too skinny, too slow, not tough enough, and I never ever believed what people told me.
Because I was big, I didn't have to listen to anyone doubting me. I was just considered good at football or whatever, there were no questions about it.
The public doesn't care about my size. It's just something for the media to talk about.
I was a hockey player growing up. Being a big guy and being imposing, I had to use my size to protect my teammates.
I was afraid I would see someone from my past who thought I was this big athlete, and then I end up being just normal.
People's ideas and fears can make them small but they cannot make you small. People's prejudices can diminish them but they cannot diminish you. Small-minded people can think they determine your worth. But only you can determine your worth.
For me, I don't think about size - I focus more on being powerful and confident.