The Miz Discusses Breaking In | The WWE Locker Room Hating Him | LeBron James Leaving The Cavs

TheExaminer.com has a new article online featuring quotes from The Miz. Below are the highlights:

Breaking into the wrestling business: After I left The Real World in New York, I moved back to Cleveland to live with my dad. I looked at myself in the mirror and asked myself what I wanted to do with my life and my first thought was to become a WWE superstar. I went on the Internet and found a good wrestling school in Los Angeles called UPW (Ultimate Pro Wrestling) and at the time had some guys who had ties with the WWE. I've played every sport you can think of and this is the toughest sport I've been associated with. It's tough. You got to have great conditioning, but not like the conditioning where you run a few miles, it's like a sprint and stop, sprint and stop.

• If getting hired as a host in WWE was disheartening: 

I am a person who really loves a challenge. When they told me I was going to be a host, I said, okay, I am going to be the best host in the WWE. I did very well the first few times out but when I hosted the Diva Search, I forgot lines, phone numbers, you know, the important stuff. I allowed myself to fail because that's when I learned the most.

• How he was received in the WWE locker room coming from reality TV: 

Everyone hated me. It felt like I had to walk on eggshells and everyone was waiting for me to do something wrong. It was a different locker room back then and it wasn't very fun for me, but I wanted to stick with it.

• If he has arrived: 

Even right now, I think I am progressing. I honestly feel like the Rock going from the WWE to the movies. He had to make an incredible transition where he's no longer known as The Rock, but Rock the movie star. Granted, I love the reality stuff I've done and had a blast doing it, but I don't want to be known as that guy, I want to be known as a WWE superstar. I am not at the level I want to be at. I don't think I have arrived yet. When I arrive, that's when I am on every WWE poster and every time you turn it on Raw, you just want to see what The Miz is going to do. Winning the U.S. title puts you into a category with the likes of Bret Hart, John Cena, Curt Henning, Eddie Guerrero, Lex Luger, Ricky Steamboat, Dusty Rhodes and Stone Cold Steve Austin. For me to hold that title in the ring and get to say "I'm The Miz and I'm awesome' in front of millions, it gives you goose bumps.

• Thoughts on LeBron James leaving the Cleveland Cavaliers: 

It makes my stomach turn to what he did to us. I live in Los Angeles now but I am from Cleveland and I am a big sports fan. The Cavaliers, Browns and the Indians are all my teams and LeBron left us. So all we have now is Mo Williams. Gee, thanks.

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