Booker T Quotes

I was a huge fan of Rick Rude and Arn Anderson. There's many guys, many performers in the past who turned me into the sports entertainer I am today.

I have had the greatest wrestling career in the history of pro wrestling.

If you're going to have a Hall of Fame, you've got to have Owen Hart in the Hall of Fame.

Philadelphia is kind of like a Mecca for professional wrestling, especially the old ECW Arena down in South Philly. That's the place I always wanted to wrestle growing up, and I got that opportunity when I worked with Ring of Honor.

I was always a huge WWF wrestling fan, and Hulk Hogan was one of my biggest heroes.

I've always been a big fan of Jim Neidhart.

The 'Edge And Christian Show' is evergreen, I guess.

Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson were not giants, they were giants in the ring, they drew money, people loved them and that's what you find in the Young Bucks.

Ric Flair, The Freebirds, and The Rockers were great influences in my decision to become a wrestler.

I wrestled my guys growing up. I've wrestled with Hulk Hogan. I've wrestled against Shawn Michaels. I've wrestled against Ric Flair.

Honestly, I try to think about when I first got into wrestling, and I remember Wrestle Mania VI being the first time that I watched Wrestle Mania as it happened.

Nobody has wrestled everybody in the business like I have, especially not Bret Hart.

I've been talking to certain wrestlers on the phone lately, and certain female wrestlers that were huge stars ten years ago, and the first thing I ask them is 'do you still want to work?' Do they want to talk, or do they want to wrestle or do something else in the business?

The '80s were all about 'Saturday Night's Main Event.'

I'd love to wrestle a Bruiser Brody or Andre the Giant from the past.

Being part of 'Raw 1000' in the same ring with Undertaker and Kane leading an army of young hungry wrestlers was amazing.

I have a lot of respect for the folks over at WWE, and I have a ton of respect for what they've accomplished within the industry.

I grew up in Tampa, Florida, and St. Pete, Tampa, the Tampa Bay area, and that was the home of Championship Wrestling from Florida with Gordon Solie, Dusty Rhodes, and it was just... I mean, for storylines and angles and promos, it was second to none.

It was a great ride, 10-time world tag team champion with my brother and then to work with Sheri Martell back in the days, you know, a dream come true.

Many people ask me about WWE and if I'd go to WWE in the future. They ask me if I'm going now. I will not go. I want to make New Japan Pro-Wrestling bigger.

Wrestling has become its own thing separate from what it was in the past and now when people think of pro wrestlers they don't think of Hulk Hogan, they're thinking of guys like me.

I was a big fan of The Revival when they were in NXT. I thought they were as good as Tully Blanchard and Arn Anderson.

I knew I wanted to be a wrestler, so I became the best wrestler in wrestling history.

The Rhodes in WWE have a wonderful history. I'm glad they let me go. They are the house that built me, and you never know - I might be there again one day.

There's a lot of goals I've set in the WWE that I want to accomplish. I'm always setting goals for myself, and someday I want to be in the Hall of Fame.