John Cena On The Need To Keep Expanding The WWE Brand, How He Sees His Legacy, Dealing With Bullying

John Cena recently spoke with CraveOnline to promote Sunday's WrestleMania 33 pay-per-view, where he will team with Nikki Bella to take on The Miz and Maryse. The full interview is at this link and below are highlights:

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How he dealt with bullying:

"I just didn't act or look like anyone else socially. I was picked on to try and conform and act like everybody else and it would have been easy to do that but I don't know why I became stubborn to it but I did. It was almost like 'I'm going to be even wilder and crazier.' I found physical fitness as an outlet. It became a gift of mine. I ended up being strong and fast and that led me into football, which I played for eight years and then stayed physically fit through the whole thing and that led me to the WWE in a round about way so through it all, I really never changed but it's because of those bullies as a teenager that drew me to physical fitness in the first place."

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The need to keep improving and expanding the WWE brand:

"I feel the WWE is truly the best brand in entertainment and not only that; I have a close love for the relationship. I truly enjoy how it's run. I love the work ethic that drives everyone from the people in corporate to the people who set up the lights. It's a hard working environment. I thrive in that and I enjoy it. There will never be an end. We can always go bigger and always go better as a brand. The sky is the limit. I've been in it a long time but I'm not done yet, man."

How he sees his own legacy at this stage of his career:

"That's going to be up to those who write that stuff. It's going to be up to folks like you, man. Every day I just try to do the best I can. I try to have the best understanding of how lucky I am and try to use all of my platforms to try and do the best I can and try to help as many people as I can."

Check out the full interview with Cena at this link.

Source: CraveOnline

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