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There will be a time when I won't be able to perform in the ring.

I find that I get most of the same things I loved about performing in the ring when I do my live shows around the world.

I could put everything I got in the bank on my abilities and skill and will, and what I'm capable of doing in the ring.

You do your best with the realization that nothing gets you in ring-shape better than being in the ring.

I've been told if you're an actress you can't sing, if you're a dancer you can't act, you can't do theatre and be respected if you've done a TV soap, you can't have a No. 1 record. All these different things they've told me I can't do, but I wanted to do them, so I've done them.

I won't wear rings and jewelry on the stage because I don't want you looking at my hands. I want you hearing what I'm saying.

The trick is for Divas to find what works for them. I've done some ridiculous stuff in my career, but there's still nothing that's gotten a reaction as big as me skipping around the ring.

I love having the opportunity to perform, and I hate not being given the opportunity to perform.

In my mid-twenties, I said to myself: 'I can't perform anymore!' I didn't know what I wanted to do. I didn't perform for a while, then ended up doing a one-woman show about Gilda Radner having cancer. It was called 'Gilda Defying Gravity,' and I did it on the Lower East Side. It was great; people really came out and supported me.