Darius Rucker Quotes

Ric Flair was such a huge part of my childhood and teen years. He's an icon.

I liked baseball and sports and Garbage Pail Kids and comic books. I know what it's like to really adore something.

The walls of our upstairs hallway testify that we once had photogenic children. There are rows of framed pictures that show them playing baseball, basketball, holding a toad, and smiling in the sunlight at their eager parents. Everything is orderly and bright.

One of my favorite characters to watch growing up was Sensational Sherri.

I used to collect autographs outside of the old Cleveland Stadium. I can still remember everyone who took the time and spent a few minutes to make your day. That sticks with you.

Growing up, I'd just be at home, playing tennis, spending my allowance on an ice-cream truck.

When I was young, football and theatre were the only places I was happy. I remember school as just what happened in between the things that I liked.

Video games and outdoor sports - that was my childhood.

When I was growing in the Callope project, we had an oval parkway. Pavement ran around this whole thing. We'd skate or ride bicycles. There were benches and trees out there. It was paradise to us. They finished building it the same year I was born.

When I was a kid, we played outside until we couldn't see and had to go in. I rode my bicycle and played tag football, kick the can, and hide-and-go-seek.

I spent much of my childhood on stations up north, loving that life and with many, many special memories, and so the country holds a very real place in my heart.

Whenever I think of my birthplace, Walton-on-Thames, my reference first and foremost is the river. I love the smell of the river; love its history, its gentleness. I was aware of its presence from my earliest years. Its majesty centered me, calmed me, was a solace to a certain extent.

For me, the Mount Rushmore of greats would be Ric Flair, Dusty Rhodes, Hulk Hogan, Bruno Sammartino or Lou Thesz. You can do either one of them in that fourth spot. But I think Ric Flair is the greatest of all time. He's the greatest I've ever seen... on the mic and in the ring.

My favourite smell is the smell of cut grass, and the sound of sprinklers going on.

Devon holds a special place in my heart. As a child, I normally went on holiday to Bantham and have lots of happy memories from my time there. I used to catch sand eels in the early morning and go fishing for bass throughout the day. I remember a gull taking my bait.

When I was a kid, if I liked something from merchandising, I'd have to go to the toy store.

I played with two lines of action figures when I was a kid: G.I. Joe and Star Wars.

Summerslam was a huge part of my childhood.

As a youngster, I really enjoyed watching cricket.

I'm walking around our apartment right now, and I see tons of action figures everywhere. There's Spider-Man stuff, old 1996 WWF figures, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Marvel stuff.

My memories from childhood always involve a football.

I was a big fan of wrestling growing up and of WWE.

My father took me to a lot of sports events as a child, and our TV stayed on ESPN.

I used to love going to the garden centre as a kid. It made me feel relaxed.

It all started as a dream. Just watching as a kid, just watching Hogan, just watching WWF - it was amazing.