The Washington Post recently interviewed John
Cena at the Susan G. Komen race this weekend. Below are some
highlights:
Cena on his charity work: “When you walk down
this career path — you say I’ve been doing this close to a decade — your goals
change as your career goes on. You want to spend your time making a difference
after you’ve become successful. I guess that’s the easiest way to say it. With
this, early detection is the way to fight and beat this thing. D.C. has the
highest mortality rate in breast cancer. So to be able to grand marshal the
Global Race in D.C., it makes a difference. Hopefully it will help save some
people’s lives.”
On occasional bad publicity for the WWE: “I
think that bad news is relative. You hear bad news through all of sports, in all
of life. It’s not just entertainers or athletes. There are people with problems
in life. The way I stay on top of that is, honestly, regularly scheduled
check-ups, listening to my body, making sure I push myself to the limit and not
beyond. You can only do what you handle.”
Cena on WWE efforts to improve talent wellness:
“With the addition of impact testing, the addition of drug testing, the
formulation of developmental territories where these younger WWE superstars are
getting the best medical attention, the best financial advice, getting future
advice — the company has literally leaps and bounds improved the work
environment to the best it’s ever been. Being a WWE superstar is now a greater
achievement and a greater luxury than it’s ever been.”
His thoughts on getting negative crowd
reactions: “Dude … On April 6 we just celebrated the 30th
anniversary of Wrestlemania. I distinctly remember Wrestlemania 22 in Chicago,
hearing the loudest one-sided reaction opposite me I’ve ever heard. Since then
it’s been like that. It’s been eight years now. That stuff doesn’t transfer. The
few audience members that it does transfer, they don’t have a proper sense of
what’s going on.”
