Rashad: ‘Let ‘em hate me’
“I’m never gonna please the haters, and I’m not gonna try to. At one point earlier in my career, I…
“I’m never gonna please the haters, and I’m not gonna try to. At one point earlier in my career, I did wish it wasn’t like that because I’m a likeable person. But I realized people are gonna hate me no matter what.
“My momma told me a long time ago, ‘not everybody has to like you.’ And it’s very true. I’m ok with that. I just gottta get back to doing me.
“Part of the reason I started standing up and banging so much was because everyone said all I do is lay and pray and I’m boring. So I said, alright, I’m gonna develop my standup, and then I started knocking people out, and it was all good.
“But then I get knocked out in one fight, and all of a sudden I suck. Then I go back to my wrestling and win, and everybody is like, ‘oh my God, all he does is lay and pray.’ I can’t win with these people. But you know what? If they’re gonna hate me, let ‘em hate me.”
