When I was 17 years old, I was given the opportunity to be trained as a wrestler. At the time, I never really thought about making it a career. I only saw it as a chance to do something that I always wanted to do. Sami Zayn Read Quote
As a kid growing up in Montreal, I wanted to become either a hockey player or a wrestler. Since my family didn’t have a lot of money, my parents never put me in a hockey league because it was so expensive. Sami Zayn Read Quote
If my parents didn’t come to Canada in the ’70s, I probably wouldn’t be living my dream to be a WWE superstar. Sami Zayn Read Quote
I love hearing positive things; somewhere, way deep down, I’m sure I’m an egomaniac. I guess all performers are, in a way. Sami Zayn Read Quote
I was always a wrestling fan, and being an Arab kid who grew up in Canada, there was no representation for people like me. Sami Zayn Read Quote
If you work really hard at something for a really, really long time, you do it well. Eventually, somebody will notice. Sami Zayn Read Quote
I was born in Canada, but both my parents are Syrian – they moved to Canada in the ’70s, and I was born in a 100-percent-Arab house. Sami Zayn Read Quote