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Kevin Owens

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Owens says he does whatever entertains him, even throwing flowers across a room for fun. He talks about quitting video games and other sports to dive head‑first into wrestling, calling it his lifelong passion. He also believes everyone gets what they deserve and that becoming champion is the ultimate goal.

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Kevin Yanick Steen, known as Kevin Owens, is a Canadian professional wrestler signed to WWE’s SmackDown brand; he has been inactive since April 2025 because of a severe neck injury.

Quotes by Kevin Owens

I am not the typical WWE superstar.

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I played hockey until I was 13 or 14 years old.

Hockey

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I want to be remembered.

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I don't think I'm a loud mouth.

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Everything I do really is for my family.

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I look up to Tye Dillinger.

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I'm a 'no frills' kind of guy.

Frills

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All I really care about is my son.

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If there's something funny to be said, I will say it.

Comedy

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There are some cities that you go to that bring something out of you. Toronto is one of them.

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When I signed with WWE and moved to Orlando, my wife and my two kids came with me.

Marriage

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The crowds have always been known to be pretty loud and wild in the South.

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I don't know how well it can go when you get thrown off a 20-foot ladder.

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I don't feel like I'm a character; I certainly don't feel like I'm a gimmick. I am who I am.

Character

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I have never been a SmackDown guy. I never felt at home at SmackDown.

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I wrestled in Detroit many times before getting to WWE.

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I remember sitting in the stands at WrestleMania 30 thinking, 'I have to be a part of this one day.'

Day

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Chris Jericho was always someone I looked up to. I was a WWE fan growing up, and I remember his debut.

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I've wrestled in front of great crowds in Montreal, and I've wrestled absolutely terrible crowds where you're in front of, like, 200 people.

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I stopped playing video games, I stopped playing other sports, and I just dove head first into wrestling and it's been my…

Dove

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Everybody at the Performance Center is trying to help you in their own way, and they give you their opinion on what…

Help

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All I can say is that Triple H is literally the most dedicated man in sports entertainment. Nobody works as hard as…

Body work

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I was drafted way later than I should have been, and all that shows me is people don't see my true value.

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Thank God for FaceTime. I can't imagine wrestlers from the '80s being on the road all the time without cell phones and…

Cell phone

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The first time I was in the ring, I wasn't good at it, and I honestly thought, 'Maybe this isn't for me.'…

Day

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I was a wrestling fan long enough, and once in a while, I would get bored. I'd be on board with a…

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The Hell in a Cell match that always sticks in my mind is the original Michaels versus Undertaker match. It was really…

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I like having titles. I feel like when I walk out and I don't have a title, it's strange. Even in the…

Being

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There's a lot of people out there who are just miserable in their own lives, I guess, and just trying to make…

Miserable

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John Cena and Roman Reigns get insane reactions where half the crowd loves them and half the crowd despises them. When you're…

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To be clear, NXT is a great place to be at, you know what I mean? ... Obviously, everybody aspires to be…

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I went into NXT with no expectations. That's what I was told when I was hired - have no expectations, just do…

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When I'm on, people watch; people pay attention.

Attention

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Cockroaches can't survive me, and neither can Dean Ambrose.

Ambrose

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I'll never forget fighting on top of a cell with Shane McMahon.

Cell

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I've always found a way to stand out from the crowd.

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I'm genuine, and I think people can see that when they watch.

Authenticity

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I've been a top guy since I walked in - since I beat John Cena in my first match.

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I was in NXT for six months, and it was some of the best times I've had in my career.

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Jim Cornette and I have never really seen eye-to-eye.

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