On her frustrations regarding her lack of TV time over the past year:
I know Ive seemed a little bit frustrated as of late in some of my promos and stuff, but I honestly feel that for the past year Ive probably been on less than 10 shows. Ive barely done anything. Its awesome to be able to come back and win the number one contendership and go for the title, but Im sick and tired of feeling like Im sitting at home and watching all these other people. I did get injured and I was sick, but I was already off TV when I got hurt.
Its so frustrating when you know that youre one of the best in the world, and youre sitting at home. I love going out there and making magic and telling a story, but I dont love pretending that Im okay sitting at home when Im not. Im just being real and being honest about it. Its not me trying to be this awful person. Im the one who has to look at myself in the mirror and if Im not happy with what Im doing or not doing, then Im the one who has to face that. So thats kind of where Im at. I know people question that like Oh are you turning heel? And Im like No, not really. Im just being honest.
On the forgotten state of the TNA Knockouts Tag Team Championship:
I dont understand the logic behind that because in my opinion, besides the X Division Championship, the female tag team championship is the only thing we have that nobody else has. I think our ladies division is so unique and so different that it gives you something else to fight for. I dont know why theyre sitting around ODB and EYs waists, and theyre not even defending them and nobody else is getting a shot at them. Theres no storyline; theres nothing wrapped around them. They just kind of won the belts and that was it. Then we forgot about them.
I dont think we have enough girls right now to even have a tag division, unfortunately. But there are enough girls in our circle that we can use. In my opinion, it would be awesome if there were more full-time contracted girls because not only would it give us more girls to work with in the title picture, but also in the tag division being able to pair up with the right people and kind of see who works together and who doesnt, whats going to make money and whats not, what kind of gimmicks and characters like Jumping Bomb Angels and Glamour Girls it all works.
On her popularity compared to Velvet Sky:
I was glad that Velvet was back; I thought it was awesome. But what was the point in bringing me back [in December] if you were just going to bring her back a week later and then I was going to sit at home? It didnt make any sense to me unless it would have worked into some kind of storyline or something like that. It still could, you never know.
Velvet started in TNA and thats where she built her fan base. Shes got hardcore TNA fans, whereas I have hardcore Mickie James fans. I dont mean to take anything away from her because she does have hardcore Velvet Sky fans, but I brought 80-90 percent of my fan base with me. I do have a larger audience, but she has a larger TNA loyal fan base.