Jim Ross Quotes

I love Vince McMahon. He came up with the Kurt Angle character. He ran with it, and then I was able to run with it. I thank him for the opportunity he gave me. Vince McMahon was one of my best friends, period.

As long as I can get Bobby Heenan in my corner, then I'm a happy man because, to me, Bobby Heenan is one of the most underrated performers of all time. He's in my top five of all time performers because I don't think people realize just how good he was.

I know him as Terry. Hulk Hogan has probably done more for wrestling than anybody has. He got Hollywood involved in wrestling. Hogan was a big guy, but that big ol' guy could move, and he knew how to get those people going. He had it all. He got pro wrestling to a whole new level.

Triple H was a big help to me.

Anytime you do anything with Ric Flair, it's kind of a strange and different atmosphere until you know that's what he's going to do, and it couldn't be any better. Besides myself, he was probably the next in line as it pertains to credibility in the wrestling world.

Kurt Angle was amazing. He was the person who got me into pro wrestling. He found me when I was at the Olympic training center just wrestling, amateur wrestling.

I'm the man that made wrestling famous.

Just like everyone else, I was a big fan of Paul Bearer and Percy Pringle and all of the other names that he went by.

'Bullet' Bob was one of the most important parts of Smoky Mountain from the start. He was a retired wrestling legend and talked better than anyone on the roster.

I wouldn't be in WWE without Michael Cole.

You have Superstars, and then you have mega Superstars. Brock Lesnar is a mega Superstar.

Without Roddy Piper, you can't have an equal good. He was a great villain and so believable. He wasn't playing a part ever.

Most people would die to have Hulk Hogan as a dad.

I'm a huge fan of Don Leo Jonathan. I love that era of wrestling.

I owe a lot to Roddy Piper.

Kurt Angle is an Olympic gold medalist, one of the greatest in-ring performers of all-time.

Jake 'The Snake' Roberts, man - brilliant mind.

I think Impact Wrestling can stand on its own without Ric Flair, but it's always nice to have a guy like that around.

In wrestling, if there is a legend, Roddy Piper is a legend, no doubt about it. Nobody was ever like he was.

WWE is my home, and I will always stay with the WWE in some part, whether it's an ambassador, or maybe one day you'll see Nikki Bella as a GM, and no one can touch me.

To have a Japanese wrestler standing as the face of professional wrestling, there's only one person for that spot, and it's me.

The truth of the matter is that Dusty Rhodes helped put more money in my pocket than anybody I've ever wrestled. In his time he was the most charismatic and talented performer in the business, and I know he doesn't look like it, but he was a pretty good athlete too.

'Mean Gene,' as he was universally known, made every WWE Superstar he interacted with appear larger than life. He had the gift of gab as one of WWE's most tenured personalities.

People dream to be in the WWE, but my dream is to be the best in the WWE. They can have the money and fame. My dream is to become known as the greatest wrestler of all time.

William Regal has been the most influential person in my entire career.