Who is Nikki Bella?

Nikki Bella is a former professional wrestler who is now an American reality television personality and entrepreneur. In June 2007, she signed with WWE under the ring name Nikki, and was assigned to the developmental territory Florida Championship Wrestling (FCW).

Nikki Bella, the two-time WWE Divas Champion, holds the record for the longest reign as the title holder. Aside from that, she made her SmackDown debut in 2008. She is also one of the best, ranking first in the Female 50 of Pre Wrestling Illustrated.

In terms of her accomplishments, she has been named Diva of the Year by Rolling Stone and has won the Teen Choice Award for Favorite Female Athlete in 2016.

Check out her best motivational quotes

“We’re here in this women’s revolution – we’re in this women’s empowerment movement worldwide – and, if anything, women should stick up for each other and be like, ‘No, she deserves everything she has, and she’s worked hard as a woman.’”― Bella

“Support systems and support groups are so important because that’s what makes you stronger.”― Nikki

“I can’t tell you how many guys have approached me when I’m doing cardio. Like, I have my headphones on; I’m in the zone, so don’t bother me.”― Nikki

“That wrestling ring is home for me; it’s my passion. I love what I do.”― Nikki

“You can’t just be anyone who is off the streets and come do what we do. You have to train, and there has to be something within you. You have to have athletic ability… What we do is 100 percent athletic. I feel like it’s one of the top athletic programs out there when you consider professional sports.”― Nikki Bella

“To me, it’s disheartening when you have someone take away everything you’ve done as a woman because of a man.”― Nikki

“Because my man is handsome and successful, that makes me a gold digger? First of all, I pay my own bills, and I still pay my own bills. But if your man is gonna give you a gift, you’re gonna accept it. I’m not gonna be like, ‘No, can you please take back the Louis Vuitton purse?’ Absolutely not.”― Nikki

“I’ve been an athlete and competitor my whole life, and there’s nothing more that I get off on than competition.”― Nikki

“To me, nothing is more fun than being in that ring. That ring is just my heart; it’s my passion.”― Nikki

 

“I am with a very successful man, and the crazy thing is people think that it makes my career easier.”― Nikki Bella

“I’m a pleaser, but it’s not a good thing because you forget about pleasing yourself at the end of the day.”― Nikki

“My goal is to have the best Divas reign in Divas history.”― Nikki

“I think my mom is kind of this way, too. We’re just such strong women. My mom’s been through so much, so I think that’s where I got it from.”― Nikki

“When you have such a love and passion for wrestling and you love to work, you want to get in with good workers.”― Nikki

“I do everything in moderation and count everything… that includes my wine.”― Nikki

“I’m so proud to be a Latina. Growing up and being Latina and growing up with my father and getting to do a lot of the Hispanic traditions, I loved it.”― Nikki 

“Do I understand that I’m in a man’s industry? 100%.”― Nikki

“I want to get in there and wrestle my sister! That’s the fun part, when you get in there with someone who has the same passion for wrestling and that can work well, and you can put on a good match where you can really just get at each other.”― Nikki Bella

“I always had this perception that when you lift weights, you’re going to get bulky and thick. I didn’t realize you actually burn a lot of fat and that it trims you down.”― Nikki Bella

“There is nothing better than working out with your loved one.”― Nikki Bella

“There’s something sexy about a man or a woman when they have definition in their shoulders and their arms. When I’m at a restaurant, whether it’s a man in a sleeveless top or a woman, I can’t help but look.”― Nikki Bella

“I think the best time to approach a woman is actually after her workout. When you’re working out, you’re playing your jam, you’re in the groove, and you don’t want to be interrupted. So guys, wait until she’s done getting her sweat on.”― Nikki Bella

“Naturally, Brie and I bicker, like, every 10 minutes about everything in life.”― Nikki Bella

“Lifting is what’s made me stronger and made me look better. Not only does it burn fat amazingly – and I think it’s really honed my body – it’s also given me the strength in the ring to lift girls up. I can literally lift anything on my shoulders.”― Nikki Bella

“I truly feel like I’m a living Wonder Woman.”― Nikki Bella

“Being a Diva is not easy. We are on the road 300 days a year. We don’t get a lot of family or personal time. With ‘Total Divas’ on top of that, on our days off, we have the cameras following us, and that’s not for everyone.”― Nikki Bella

“For Brie and I – we were just ‘model tired.’ I was told to get a boob job; I was told to lose weight. Brie and I had a big struggle… Brie and I legit hopped in our cars, went to Georgia, jumped in a ring, and said, ‘Hey, you’re going to sign us. We want to be here.’ I know everyone thinks it was really easy for us, but it wasn’t.”― Nikki Bella

“I’m very easy to impersonate. From the look to the personality, I’m like, wow.”― Nikki Bella

“My idol was Jennifer Lopez.”― Nikki Bella

“I was maturing in a way that all my friends weren’t. How is it that I’m 10, and I look 15, and all my friends don’t?”― Nikki Bella

“Now, actually, I can prove the people that I’m an individual; I just don’t have to be a Bella Twin to make a name for myself here. I can be Nikki Bella, Fearless Nikki, and I’ve really enjoyed that.”― Nikki

“I’m so proud, from the food to the women to the curves. I just need to learn a little more espanol.”― Nikki

“I have a slight herniation above where I had surgery.”― Nikki

“Women are taking the main stage. They are center stage, and they’re setting all these records and making history, and I want I be a part of that. I’ve worked so hard to be a part of that.”― Nikki

“Do I want to walk the rest of my life? Do I want to not be in pain? It just sucks because I have this true battle going on in my head, and everyone keeps telling me you gotta put your health first, but there’s so much of me that wants to put my career first.”― Nikki Bella

“If I didn’t have competition and I didn’t have people trying to take my spot, then it can make someone lazy. So it does the exact opposite. It motivates me.”― Nikki Bella

“I will admit, the dominatrix look has won me over!”― Nikki Bella

“I can’t tell you how proud I am of all the Total Divas and just how excited I am about how well the show is doing.”― Nikki Bella

“We fell in love with wrestling, and then we really wanted to break barriers, and we now get to do that because that’s evolved beyond the ring.”― Nikki Bella

“When I leave this world, I don’t want to leave just having a well-known name but having made a difference.”― Nikki Bella

“I never would have thought, when I was 23 and first stepped foot in that ring, that it would give me a platform to use my voice.”― Nikki Bella

“It’s crazy what can happen in a decade and how much you can grow as a person and as a woman and truly find your voice.”― Nikki Bella

“You could have given me, like, Backlash, but WrestleMania, I get to tag with the love of my life, like, a memory we’re going to have forever? It’s been incredible.”― Nikki Bella

“I’m like, ‘John, people treat me differently because they just look at me as a girlfriend,’ and unfortunately, that’s our world. Now all of a sudden – just within hours of him putting a ring on it and asking me to be his wife – it is crazy the level of respect people have for me.”― Nikki Bella

“WWE is my home, and I will always stay with the WWE in some part, whether it’s an ambassador, or maybe one day you’ll see Nikki Bella as a GM, and no one can touch me.”― Nikki Bella

“I remember walking home one day from school, and this car pulled up behind me really slow, and it gave me a really weird feeling, and all of a sudden it skimmed me, and the man was half naked and tried to pull me into his car and saying crazy things to me. And it was terrifying.”― Nikki Bella

“When we started training with WWE, coaches were impressed and asked if we had had boxing training. I said no, it was all soccer. As a defender, I had to learn to stay on my feet, track backwards, and I feel all the movement I do in the ring was helped by my soccer background.”― Nikki Bella

“I truly enjoyed my pay-per-view match against Brie. We have a bond that you just can’t create. We’re born with it, and we had this magic in the ring.”― Nikki Bella

“I used to love wrestling Beth Phoenix, and I loved everything Beth Phoenix did in the ring because it was like, ‘Goodness. That beautiful woman is so strong.’”― Nikki Bella

“For me, nothing is off limits.”― Nikki Bella

“I love playing bad.”― Nikki Bella

“I have to say I have an amazing therapist. She’s my best friend for life. She’s taught me how to balance everything out.”― Nikki Bella

“Believing in yourself and having confidence gives you outer strength.”― Nikki Bella

“When you’ve got curves – you need to show them, and I love showing mine!”― Nikki Bella

“I’m the Princess of The Authority.”― Nikki Bella

“That’s all I can be is fearless.”― Nikki Bella

“There is so much I want to do in this world, and you only live this one life, and it goes by so fast. So I totally love to take up every second of the day doing what I love, being focused and driven and taking on a new opportunity or venture, or making sure the ones I already have are going to be the best ever.”― Nikki Bella

“My nana is elegant, classy, and the most amazing woman that has ever walked this earth.”― Nikki Bella

“When someone thinks they’re good at something, you can use it against them, and that’s what we did. We did the kiss of death.”― Nikki Bella

“I want to be challenged every week; I want to know that my title is on the line, and I have to fight to keep it.”― Nikki Bella

“I’m really excited to get my Herve Leger, my Louboutins, and to be rocking the red carpet. I don’t know if Hollywood can handle it, but I’m ready to bring it.”― Nikki

“I like the definition in someone’s shoulders and arms. It’s beautiful.”― Nikki

“I know that with my spinal condition I can never be full time again – I just can’t do that, but I do wanna be full time, and I don’t want to retire.”― Nikki Bella

“Even though a lot of people keep trying to get me to retire, I won’t.”― Nikki Bella

“I am so excited to be an aunt.”― Nikki

“The one thing I’ve said before, the one thing that I’ve been taught is that when you fall, you get right back up. And I’m up.”― Nikki Bella

“The Authority has the power to turn everyone against me, and they have.”― Nikki

“I want challenges. I want to compete. I don’t want it to always be easy. I don’t want it to always just be a few of us girls. I want there to be competition.”― Nikki

“I’m definitely willing to film it for sure. I feel like I’ve taken people on this incredible journey on ‘Total Divas’ and ‘Total Bellas.’ They have seen me cry, get angry, and be so many different ways about marriage. I feel like for my fan base, my Bella Army, I should let them tune in to my wedding.”― Nikki

“I’m not just muscles and headlocks. I need to prove to people that there is an elegant woman in here.”― Nikki

“I want to build a legacy at the WWE, but I definitely want to continue to grow the Bella Empire. I want it to go beyond the ring. I would love to be a motivational speaker.”― Nikki

“My first nephew, he couldn’t say Auntie Nicole, so he called me Coco. So ever since then, everyone’s called me ‘Coco.’”― Nikki

“It makes me feel young. Dancing just gives you youth. You can get lost in these moments where the day just seems better. There’s something very freeing about dancing, and I love that.”― Nikki

“I love being on ‘Smackdown.’ I feel like there is so much more opportunity, and we get to tell such fun, interesting stories. Everyone wants to work together to create gold – it’s the best locker room I have ever been in throughout my whole career.”― Nikki

“Everyone used to tell me, ‘Just so you know, Divas only last five years around here.’ I said, ‘What? I want to be here forever!’”― Nikki Bella

“Any female of any age, anyone sitting on that couch, is going to relate to some Bella family member.”― Nikki

“I didn’t want to come back and be mediocre; I wanted to hang in with the girls, and I wanted to prove myself every week.”― Nikki Bella

“I do not want my man to be exhausted for our wedding day, especially our wedding night.”― Nikki

“It truly feels like all my blood, sweat, and tears have paid off, and you’re just excited to be a woman because you’re getting just as much time as the men, and you’re getting the recognition.”― Nikki

“We started to have more women and little girls in our audience, where it started to be 40 percent female that sat in our live audience. So I think, when that was happening and the women were stepping up and saying, ‘Hey we can do what the men do,’ and then you saw it on a reality show, it was just inevitable for us to have this women’s evolution.”― Nikki

“I think just living in the day and age of technology, whether you’re a celebrity or a normal human being, you’re always worried about your privacy. And I think as long as you behave, you know you’re OK. I think anyone worries about that.”― Nikki

“I think any time you hear that you’re about to paralyze yourself, or even worse, it’s just scary because you start to realize how precious life is.”― Nikki

“I do talk pretty valley. I totally have this look, and I’m so in love with my man, he makes me talk in a weird voice, and you can just make fun of me easy.”― Nikki

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