Shunned Quotes

(on growing up in L.A.) I never really belonged anywhere. I wasn`t white. I was shunned by the Latin community for not being Latin enough. My grandfather was the only one in our family to go to college. He made a choice not to speak Spanish in the house. He didn`t want his kids to be different.

He`s fair. Look at the way he treats people. Look at some of the guys that are here and have come through here. He gives guys opportunities where in other places they had been shunned. He wipes the slate and blacks the board and judges you on what you do here.

It`s hard to be taken seriously as a woman because there are a lot of things out there that have shunned women`s wrestling; it`s turned into catfights and bra and panty matches. I think the fans sometimes would be just happy if we just pulled our hair and rolled around. I understand that there`s that physical appearance you have to have and I work really hard at it. I work out every day and keep a healthy diet.

(So the Potters gave it a rest. Until last spring, that is, when they noticed that Ken Bacher was now spearheading the Dalai Lama`s redux.) That`s when I finally decided to take this issue public, ... As a result, we`ve been shunned by our friends. But this has been eating at me for 12 years.