Roddy Piper Quotes

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

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 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.

One day, I was flipping through the channels and I happened to flip the channel onto wrestling. I had never seen it before; I didn't know what it was. I was hooked instantly.

Texas was a hotbed for professional wrestling when I was growing up.

WWE is such a universal form of entertainment. I believe that you can watch WWE in mute and still know what is going on.

There's no secret I love professional wrestling. It's not just the money all the time, I love wrestling, and I love fighting.

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.

When it comes to wrestling, I use that word instead of sports entertainment, I use wrestling all the time, because I am a wrestling fan.

I admire plenty of people, I admire Daniel Bryan, I admire CM Punk, I admire Antonio Cesaro, Wade Barrett, Sheamus; all the fellows that have been out and earned their spot on this roster.

Long before the late '90s, being a pro-wrestler was a dream of mine. At that time, I was going around the block, searching for VHS tapes so I can watch Hulk Hogan.

I'm still a wrestling fan: That's how I started out, that's how I will end the day.

I have always loved wrestling and grew up watching it - my earliest memories include watching Hulk Hogan.

I think wrestling was the most fantastical thing I was exposed to.

I'm not tired of wrestling; I love wrestling. Del Rio fans - I love my Del Rio fans.

I watched professional wrestling at a very early age.

I'm a wrestling fan - before I was a wrestler, I was a wrestling fan. I like watching wrestling.

You can catch me following good wrestlers wherever they are.

Pro wrestling has always been ingrained into American culture. It was one of the first things that was ever on television, so everybody watched it. Countless people tell me, 'I got into wrestling because my grandfather watched it.' It was always there.

When I fell in love with wrestling, I fell in love with the characters and the over-the-top kind of personalities and the wrestling aspect of it.

When I was a kid, I was a big fan of the regional scene. I read 'Pro Wrestling Illustrated,' and I watched Portland Wrestling and everything I could.

What attracted me to wrestling was the entertainment factor. I loved watching how into the show the fans get, and also how physical it is.

When I was nine years old and dreamed of being a pro wrestler, the thing I was most fascinated by was how much love the wrestlers got.

When you see Bret Hart versus Steve Austin, it just seemed so much more real than Hulk Hogan versus Sgt. Slaughter.

I never imagined as a kid that anybody could beat up 'Mr. Wonderful' Paul Orndorff because Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan convinced me he was the toughest guy, that Andre The Giant was bigger than life, that Hulk Hogan was amazing and dug down deep.