Yes Quotes

“While I was at the funeral home, seeing my father for the final time, one of Darby’s daughters gave me a box my dad left for me. When I opened it, it contained a silver bracelet, presumably a gift he’d gotten me for the wedding. Inscribed on the front were my initials, and as I looked at the back of the bracelet, I started crying even harder. My dad had inscribed, “To the man that you’ve become, and the son you’ll always be.”
― Daniel Bryan, Yes: My Improbable Journey to the Main Event of WrestleMania

“After dinner, Bri and I came back to my room and started doing the adult stuff—I will spare you the details. We were naked and about to do our thing when all of a sudden we heard the sound of the door handle turning and then the door popped open. Bri jumped under the covers as Teddy and Sheamus barged into the room, inebriated as can be, with the “Ahhh, fella!” and all that. This was one of the rare moments when I got really, really mad. I let out an angry “What the fuck?!” and butt-ass naked, from the end of the bed, I went to up-kick Teddy in the face. As if in slow motion, a drunk Teddy—with his ridiculous reflexes—sidestepped the kick like he was Keanu Reeves in The Matrix, then moved his head right back to where it was to look at me all confused. Meanwhile, Sheamus had sat down on the bed next to Bri, who was under the blanket, and was patting her on the head. Within a few minutes, I was able to get them out of the room, but sat there confused as to how a night that started so great could end like this. After that, Bri and I gave up, and ended up just going to sleep.”
― Daniel Bryan, Yes: My Improbable Journey to the Main Event of WrestleMania

“All of a sudden from one of the doors I heard a woman scream out, “Michael Shawn Hickenbottom! What are you doing?!” It was Carol, Shawn’s mom, and she gave him an earful in front of all of us for going against doctors’ orders. Instantly he stopped being the Superstar wrestler Shawn Michaels and turned into a son being scolded by his mother.”
― Daniel Bryan, Yes: My Improbable Journey to the Main Event of WrestleMania

“It’s often said you don’t choose who you fall in love with, which I believe to be true. I also believe you don’t choose what you fall in love with.”
― Daniel Bryan, Yes: My Improbable Journey to the Main Event of WrestleMania

“The Miz started talking, but I could barely focus on what he was saying. I heard the words “Internet darling” and “a star in the minor leagues” and could only assume he was talking about me. He asked me if I thought I was ready, and ironically enough, my first word in WWE was “Yes.”
― Daniel Bryan, Yes: My Improbable Journey to the Main Event of WrestleMania

“My father, Donald “Buddy” Danielson, remembered me being easygoing but also having a really stubborn side. My dad’s most consistent example of this involved cookies, which could be my favorite food group. He always talked about this time I was reaching for a cookie and he told me no. I reached again and my dad slapped my hand, then again said no. I started crying but continued reaching for the cookie. Each time my dad would lightly slap my hand, and each time I would cry a little harder, relentlessly reaching for the cookie. Telling the story, he howled with laughter but never did say whether he eventually gave me the cookie.”
― Daniel Bryan, Yes: My Improbable Journey to the Main Event of WrestleMania

“Adam Pearce. The guest announcer was incredibly nervous and when the guy announced me, he mistakenly presented me not as the American Dragon but the Ultimate Dragon. So I came out and decided to do a full-on Ultimate Warrior entrance, sprinting to the ring, shaking the ropes, and all that.”
― Daniel Bryan, Yes: My Improbable Journey to the Main Event of WrestleMania

“What made it my favorite show wasn’t winning the Slammys. Nor was it the amazing crowd reaction. It was that my dad got to see all that and got to be in the crowd while everyone was going crazy for me; he got to enjoy it, to stand back and be proud. I am incredibly thankful for that, because it was the last live show he would ever see.”
― Daniel Bryan, Yes: My Improbable Journey to the Main Event of WrestleMania

“But in late August, Russell, the lead producer of Total Divas, asked me if I’d be willing to have the proposal take place on the show.”
― Daniel Bryan, Yes: My Improbable Journey to the Main Event of WrestleMania

“After the Benoit tragedy, the perception of wrestling became so negative that many fans no longer cared to watch—”
― Daniel Bryan, Yes: My Improbable Journey to the Main Event of WrestleMania

“When we got back through the curtain, everybody thought the beat down was awesome. Then somebody shouted, “Who was choking Justin Roberts?!” They couldn’t see because the camera was focused exclusively on Justin’s purple face. I stepped forward and said, “Uh, that was me.” “And who spit on John Cena?!” they asked. “That was me, too,” I responded. Apparently choking and spitting are two of the things not allowed within the PG guidelines of WWE programming,”
― Daniel Bryan, Yes: My Improbable Journey to the Main Event of WrestleMania

“When it was time to call somebody up to cut a promo, I named Vince. His topic: “How great Daniel Bryan is.” Vince stood there in front of the class, silent. Then he looked me up and down, judgingly, before his face turned to various levels of disgust, amping it up as he went along. Vince never said a word for about a full minute, and then he said he was done.”
― Daniel Bryan, Yes: My Improbable Journey to the Main Event of WrestleMania

“The only reason to care was that if you won the challenges, you got points, and by the time we did the first elimination, whoever had the most points was immune to being ejected. But the challenges were so inane and demoralizing that by the end, we all treated them as a joke—except, that is, for Skip Sheffield (later known as The Ryback), who demonstrated an undeniable will to win even the most idiotic game.”
― Daniel Bryan, Yes: My Improbable Journey to the Main Event of WrestleMania

“The Miz didn’t complain at all. Instead, he saw it as an opportunity and spent time with me to find ways we could make our partnership stand out. He genuinely wanted what we did to be good. The more I saw how hard he worked, the more I respected him.”
― Daniel Bryan, Yes: My Improbable Journey to the Main Event of WrestleMania

“Daniel because he thought it was a strong name. With that, a lightbulb went on in his head, and he came up with the name Daniel Bryan. Regal thought it would be a great idea because anybody who’d heard of me on the independents would easily be able to tell that it was the same guy. It sounded weird as I said it, but all the names sounded weird except my own anyhow. I put it on the list, along with Buddy Peacock and my favorite, Lloyd Boner.”
― Daniel Bryan, Yes: My Improbable Journey to the Main Event of WrestleMania

“Wrestling longer matches always challenged me, both mentally and physically. It inspired me to be more creative, which was important because wrestling is my primary artistic outlet. It didn’t boost my confidence at all when William Regal warned me, “Your wrestling career is what you did before this. Anything after is just a bonus.”
― Daniel Bryan, Yes: My Improbable Journey to the Main Event of WrestleMania