Ricky Steamboat Quotes

As they say, anything can happen in the World Wrestling Federation.

Wrestlers are a bunch of wanna-be football players.

I used to like to see The Millionaires versus The Hulkamaniacs. That team versus team atmosphere where you have 10 guys or 8 guys, and it comes down to 3-on-1 - that got exciting for me.

I've rung my bells so many times, especially back in the day when chair shots to the head were legal. My goodness, I took so many of those.

You watch some of the stuff Cesaro does in the ring; with his size, the way he moves around the ring, the moves he hits, the way he picks up guys twice his size. It's just a different level.

Pro wrestling is entertainment, but people get hurt all of the time.

Wrestlers are the best.

In the old days wrestling had a certain showmanship. All those people paid their dues. They knew how to wrestle.

A lot of people misunderstand what is Strong Style. Hard hits? Stiff? I don't think so. Strong Style is a kind of philosophy.

As soon as I get on the mic that's something you can't really match with me, so whenever I accompany Andrade to the ring I make sure that no matter what it was I was doing, I make sure that I was a part of it and to make sure that the moment you will remember when Zelina does a crazy thing.

I'm happy wrestling.

I am new school, but Ultimo Dragon taught me that wrestling is a fight. He taught me the importance of the fighting spirit in the ring.

Extreme rules, hardcore wrestling - whatever they want to call it - was born out of a necessity to survive.

I was a huge fan of Raven because of the way he redefined how a champion should wrestle.

Oh, I was a big Tony Atlas fan. I think I tried to throw my first dropkick because of Tony - and almost broke my shoulder.

Triple H is one of the greatest in-ring performers of all-time.

I don't think there is anybody, including Jeff Hardy, who puts their body through as much abuse as A. J. Styles.

That wrestling ring is home for me; it's my passion. I love what I do.

Anyone that's been with WWE, there's frustrations of feeling like you can only do so much. The women are told not to punch or to kick, to do power bombs and the power moves, and none of that exists in 'Lucha Underground.'

I can't tell you how many spot shows little Johnny Nitro, like, pulled the chair out in the arena in Shelbyville Fair and did a moonsault only to get chewed out by Rip Rogers and Jim Cornette about it. I mean, I did years of it.

I used to love wrestling Beth Phoenix, and I loved everything Beth Phoenix did in the ring because it was like, 'Goodness. That beautiful woman is so strong.'

When I was a kid, I wanted to be a pro wrestler. Other kids wanted to be cops and astronauts, but I wanted to be Hulk Hogan, the Ultimate Warrior, 'Macho Man' Randy Savage, Brutus 'The Barber' Beefcake, and Jake 'The Snake.' I wanted to be those guys! I used to tape matches on my trampoline and body-slam my brother.

Wrestling went from being sometimes comical to very serious, and there was a lot of depth regarding the vastness in which people performed.

I would like to wrestle some guys again like Dolph Ziggler, Ken Anderson, and many others in the business.

You will go one on one with the Great One!