Below are some excerpts from Amy's own autobiography, Lita: A Less Traveled R.O.A.D. - The Reality of Amy Dumas, released in September 2003. Enjoy!

» One night we were hotel wrestling and I got into a match with Jerry Lynn. He wasn't one of the regulars, so he didn't understand that this was serious business. When we started hotel room wrestling, the shit was on! Even though it was all playful and joking around, the goal was still the same as any real shoot fight - to make your opponent tap out.

We started wrestling, and Jerry was laughing until he realized that I wasn't fooling around. He was totally taken aback. I could see the look on his face as he thought, Oh, shit - this girl is really trying to make me tap! I actually have to get into wrestling mode!

- Chapter 20, Page 113

» When I came to WWE, Chyna was unquestionably the women's locker room leader. Miss Kitty - the Kat, Jerry "the King" Lawler's then-wife - was Chyna's little shadow. The other girls - Jacqueline, Ivory, Terri and Tori - were all pretty mellow.

Of all the women, I clicked best with Tori. Luna Vachon was there at the time, but we knew each other from the indies and got along real well. Possibly because of my friendship with Tori and Luna, my time under the microscope wasn't as long as it is for some people. I was at ease with them, which made the whole environment much more comfortable.

- Chapter 25, Page 139

» That match is most significant for being the debut of one of my trademarks. I had gone shopping with a few friends in Atlanta a few weeks earlier, and that night, I was showing off my purchases to Edge. I put on this outfit - it was actually what I wore in my very first promo pics, a tin-foil red top and red rocker pants with big bell bottoms. I came out and asked Edge what he thought.

"Well, not like this," I said, realizing that my black thong was showing out of my pants.

"I don't know," Edge said. "I think it looks pretty cool like that."

"You think?"

"Oh yeah. I really think you've got something there."

- Chapter 29, Pages 171-172

» By the way, I hate cheesecake! I have a huge sweet tooth - in fact, I probably have more than one sweet tooth. I'd eat nothing but steamed chicken and veggies all day long if I knew that at two AM I could sit in my hotel room and eat chocolate cake or peanut butter cookies. Mmmmmm! I think those things just taste better at night, though maybe they just taste better when you shouldn't be eating them. But no matter how much I love sweets, I really do hate cheesecake.

- Chapter 31, Pages 181-182

» The Rock - who was the Special Guest Referee - got involved in the finish, hitting Steph with a Spinebuster. Again, he signaled for me to get up top for the moonsault. Unlike the previous time, when he did that in the tag match with Trish, Stephanie was at a very reachable distance and I landed a perfect moonsault - one-two-three! I was the new WWE Women's Champion!

- Chapter 33, Page 195

» As a member of Team Extreme, I've probably worked with Edge and Christian and the Dudley Boyz more than anybody else in the WWE. I consider myself as tight with Edge and Christian as I am with any of the boys. Apart from the North Carolina tingent - Matt, Jeff, Shannon Moore and The Hurricane - I'd say my closest friends in the business are Edge, Christian, and Jericho.

Those guys are just so easy to get along with. We all share common interests. More importantly, I feel like we're all on the same page as far as how we view the world and the wrestling business.

- Chapter 34, Page 202

» Vince said that he was definitely aware that there was a lot of buzz going on about me. In fact, he'd recently been getting a lot of calls from Playboy. It seems they were interested in shooing me. Very interested.

"I just want you to know it's entirely your decision," Vince said.

"Thanks for telling me," I replied, "but my intial reaction is that I don't think it's for me."

- Chapter 36, Page 212

» Matt and I had so many ideas for things we could do as a couple. We suggested things like getting filmed in the shower together - we thought it could've been sexy as hell. Obviously I wouldn't suggest things like that if I wasn't paired with someone who wasn't my real boyfriend. But since Matt and I are really together, why not take advantage of that fact?

- Chapter 39, Page 233

» When we got to the top of the stage, Trish came inches away from stepping backwards into one of the pits - she had one foot completely off the stage and was just about to fall in when I saw her and grabbed her hand. I pulled her to me like we were having a celebratory hug, but in reality, we were both freaking out that she was this close to getting hurt.

"Oh my God," Trish said as we hugged, "I almost fell in there!"

"Oh my God," I said holding her close, "I know!"

We got back to gorilla and everybody was congratulating us for having a good match, but we were both past it. "Did you see that? Trish almost fell!"

The match was the farthest thing from our minds - we were just happy that Trish didn't get killed!

- Chapter 43, Page 251

» After a brief feeling-out process, we tried to work on the hurricanrana. I explained to her how she'd need to twist her body and roll with my motion.

"No problem," she said.

Because there was no safety harness, we opted to work with a crash pad - a stunt device used to cushion a fall. I explained that it might be hard to twist with the give of the pad, but I definitely didn't want to do it with just the concrete floor underneath us.

We decided to give it a go. I jumped off a desk, up onto her shoulders, and as I was swinging through, she lost her balance and buckled at the knees. As her legs collapsed under her, she dropped me and I landed square on my head and shoulders.

After I hit I was more frightened than I've ever been, especially being all by myself in such a foreign environment. The first thing I did as I laid there on the crash pad was wiggle my fingers and toes. The fact that I was able to do it calmed me down considerably.

- Chapter 49, Pages 293-294

» The CAT scan revealed the truth at last - I had three complete breaks and a ruptured disc between my C6 and C7 vertebrae. We went back to the orthopedist, who suggested that I should go to the hospital and speak to a neurosurgeon - let's call him "Dr. Morriss."

- Chapter 50, Pages 303-304

» The nurse took my IV out sometime in the middle of that first night. The next day Matt and I took a walk around the hospital grounds. We didn't go very far and we couldn't go very fast, but it was nice just going outside and getting some fresh air.

Dr. Youngblood told me that Chris Benoit walked fifty stairs the day after his surgery. I told Matt and my mom that I had to do the same thing - in fact, I was determined to break his record. That afternoon, when my mom took Matt to the airport to go to England, I went to the stairwell and very slowly walked fifty-two stairs. It felt great - it gave me a real sense of accomplishment.

- Chapter 51, Page 317

» I would never wish injury or harm on anyone but at the same time, I wish the people involved could experience just one day of what I've been going through. It's especially frustrating to me knowing that the person directly responsible, the girl that actually dropped me on my head, is continuing her life just as she did before she dropped me on my head. She didn't lose any sleep over what happened. Her life is exactly the same, whereas my life has been forever changed.

- Chapter 52, Page 326

» Working at the shelter was such an escape. When I was there, I wasn't thinking about my neck or how much time I was going to miss from my wrestling career. I was busy and I was around people that couldn't care less if and when I got back in the ring. They liked me for who I am, not because I'm on TV. That really helped me relax and come out of the dark place that I'd gotten myself into.

- Chapter 53, Page 331

» As much as I didn't want to think about it, I knew Cody was getting ready to go. I had done some reading about losing a pet, and it said that sometimes pets will hold on longer than they really want to because they can sense that their owner is not ready for them to leave. I went out there and laid down next to Cody, petting him, saying, "It's okay, Co. It's okay."

I didn't want to try and coax him up. I didn't want him to do anything he didn't want to do. I just wanted him to know that I loved him and that he didn't have to fight anymore.

- Chapter 55, Page 341

» Some wrestlers create characters that are complete products of their imaginations, while others - like myself - are more like an exaggerated version of their true selves. It's only natural that Lita would evolve, because Amy has grown so much over the last few years.

- Chapter 55, Page 347