Mance Warner Says He Wouldn’t Change His Career If He Could: ‘I Did It My Way’

Mance Warner is content with how his career has gone, noting that he’s glad he was able to do things his own way. The GCW World Champion recently spoke with Fightful’s Sean Ross Sapp and looked back at his career path. You can see a couple of highlights below:

On his confidence as a performer: “I think so. It’s one of them things where you either got it or you don’t. People gotta work on it, but guys like me, I grew up watching this shit. I knew when I was a little kid, this is what I’m gonna do. Ain’t no one gonna stop me. Ain’t no one gonna tell me, ‘You can’t do this, can’t do that,’ and look where it’s brought me. I got the gold, I’m the champ. I did it my way. I didn’t kiss no ass. I pissed off a whole bunch of people. I turned on my friends and family, and I loved every damn second of it,” said Warner.

On if he would give his younger self any advice: “Nothing. Because I did it my way. Go in there. Hell, I was out there. Did that. I hit the road, go to every company there is. But at some point, something clicks and you go, ‘I could keep doing it this way and stand in line. Or I could,’ the light goes off and you go, ‘This is my job. This is my career. It’s about me now, not everyone else. I don’t care if the fans are happy. I don’t care if they want to hear Simple Man. It don’t matter. I’m a piece of shit and I’m going to do everything that I want to do at every event I’m at and it pays off.’