MTV Onair - Toughenough

Jamie talks about strength and the finale:

I feel that over the course of the show I've learned a lot about what I have inside of me. I know a lot more about my limits and myself. I'm stronger than I thought I was mentally and physically. This is an experience that I would never pass up, should it happen to me again. It's amazing that I was able to be a part of it.

There were no real low points for me, there were just doubts in my ability and myself. I wondered if I had the ability to do this forever. Will my body hold up? The thing that held me back at times was my confidence in the ring. Sometimes I would do really well, and then sometimes I regressed. And that's what gets me down.

I have a few different highpoints. Watching wrestling I always knew what a moonsault was, but I didn't know that I could do it. I saw it on TV and then I actually learned how to do it. Also, being able to go to Iceland was another high point. It was amazing to go there with everyone. I've never been out of the country! However, the biggest highpoint is learning how to wrestle. I now know how to take care of myself and other people in the ring. I have always had the confidence in myself to say, "yeah I'm going to make it all the way." But at the same time, I look at the people I'm up against and then I say well maybe I am good enough, or maybe I'm not.

I think the show was put together pretty well. The camera catches people at different times and then they decide what they want to show. Some people have high moments and sometimes they're not so high. The moments caught on camera have their pluses and minuses, but that's what the show's about. Everybody has a good day and everybody has a bad day, it all depends on what they want to show. I can live with that.

The training in LA is a lot different than it is in Connecticut. The difference between the two is that in LA we were learning the moves, and now in Connecticut we're learning more about how to put everything together. It's a lot faster pace here. Everyone is still feeling the pressure, though. I know I want to win as much as the other four guys. We just want to know who it's going to be. If I lose I lose. The cut in the finale affects me, but it doesn't matter. If I'm the first loser, second loser, or third loser, I still didn't win the competition.

This has been a great experience and I wouldn't have given it up for the world. Thanks to my friends and family for all their support. I hope I win, and good luck to all the other fellas.