Quotes about Wrestling

Wrestling needs to be about the art form again. It needs to be about painting a picture and having a really good match. Votes: 7

All great achievements require time. Votes: 5

The superior man blames himself. The inferior man blames others. Votes: 5

Life is 10 percent what you make it, and 90 percent how you take it. Votes: 4

Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent. Votes: 4

The time will come when winter will ask what you were doing all summer. Votes: 4

Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment. Votes: 4

Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that. Votes: 4

The reason why worry kills more people than work is that more people worry than work. Votes: 4

Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out. Votes: 4

Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced. Votes: 4

Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are. Votes: 4

The Difficult is that which can be done immediately; the Impossible that which takes a little longer. Votes: 4

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. Votes: 4

Men who try to do something and fail are infinitely better than those who try to do nothing and succeed. Votes: 4

An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men. Votes: 4

More enduringly than any other sport, wrestling teaches self-control and pride. Some have wrestled without great skill - none have wrestled without pride. Votes: 4

Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You will find that they haven't half the strength you think they have. Votes: 4

Wrestling hurts. Your body's not meant to take that abuse. I've closed that door, but I don't know that I've locked it for good. Votes: 4

The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential... these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence. Votes: 4

Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved. Votes: 4

The 1st period is won by the best technician. The 2nd period is won by the kid in the best shape. The 3rd period is won by the kid with the biggest heart. Votes: 4

Everything is practice. Votes: 3

Wrestling is ballet with violence. Votes: 3

Wrestling is realer than reality TV. Votes: 3

ECW stands for Extremely Crappy Wrestling. Votes: 3

Wrestling was like stand-up comedy for me. Votes: 3

Ric Flair, the Slim Whitman of Pro-Wrestling. Votes: 3

Wrestling... what men do during boys basketball season. Votes: 3

Wrestling is only gay when you make eye contact. Votes: 3

Wrestling's a form of expression, and it expresses vastness. Votes: 3

Wrestling - It isn't just a passion, it's my future. Votes: 3

Wrestling is one of those things that make me emotional. Votes: 3

Wrestling is one of the last truly rebellious American things left. Votes: 3

Wrestling and boxing is like Ping-Pong and rugby. There's no connection. Votes: 3

As they say, anything can happen in the World Wrestling Federation. Votes: 3

Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs. Votes: 3

High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation. Votes: 3

Wrestling is a team sport, and an individual sport all rolled into one. Votes: 3

Wrestling is part of what I do, but far from the only thing. Votes: 3

Wrestling is very similar to gay sex, but you don't have to wear condoms. Votes: 3

You know why there were only 220 Mexicans at the Alamo? They only had one car. Votes: 3

Camping in the backyard last night for Father's Day! Wrestling, stories, s'mores...it was awesome! Votes: 3

We are Hollywood. We're entertainment, and that's what the World Wrestling Federation is all about. Votes: 3

Wrestling school was probably one of the hardest things I've ever done. It just killed me. Votes: 3

I am Chris Jericho, your new hero! And I am the new millenium for the World Wrestling Federation! Votes: 3

Hopefully I can become the Babe Ruth of the World Wrestling Federation and be the champion at the same time. Votes: 3

Wrestling is an art form. I don't worry about those who don't get it; I worry about satisfying those who do. Votes: 3

Wrestling pretty much consumes my thoughts. I think for people that are really successful in this business, that's the way it is. Votes: 3

A live performance is the same no matter what genre it is. Wrestling, rock 'n roll, hosting, acting - it's the same thing. Votes: 3

Wrestling became very stale and boring for me, and I wasn't really making any money with it. So I decided to get into fighting. Votes: 3

Wrestling and acting couldn't be anymore different in terms of what it takes to entertain. Wrestling is explosion, acting is implosion. One really screws up the other. Votes: 3

The people who are the worst at news, who kind of engage in what I call the World Wrestling of news, have kind of set the bar for where news is. Votes: 3

Wrestling seemed like something I might be good at, so I stuck with it and gave it a shot. I ended up in a pretty good place. I was very fortunate. Votes: 3

intensity is a law of prayer. God is found by those who seek Him with all their heart. Wrestling prayer prevails. The fervent effectual prayer of the righteous is of great force. Votes: 3

Wrestling is a performance. Its entertainment, we [wrestlers] tell stories. We make our fans happy by telling stories but the long and short of it its pretty much the same thing as acting. Votes: 3

Wrestling has grown so big... it's almost a culture. And it's a culture of all types of vibes, just like hip-hop has all kinds of vibes and rap has all kinds of vibes. Votes: 3

Wrestling is pretty DIY. I've been doing it for 12 years, completely on my own. It's like being in a band or running a zine - except that I get to kick people in the face. Votes: 3

Wrestling is a fraternity, and the boys will work their butts off for you as long as you respect them and don't lie. You can't anyone walk all over you or everybody will walk all over you. Votes: 3

Wrestling was like stand-up comedy for me. Every night I had a live audience of 25,000 people to win over. My goal was never to be the loudest or the craziest. It was to be the most entertaining. Votes: 3

Wrestling has positively impacted my life in many ways, but perhaps the one singular thing that I gained from wrestling that stands out the most is ­ wrestling provided me with the opportunity to learn mental toughness! Votes: 3

I signed a $150,000 contract with TNA Wrestling for a year. I ended up 8 appearances for 40 minutes. Then I signed a second contract and they didn't use me. So, I'd like to thank them for $300,000 for 40 minutes' worth of work. Votes: 3

When I saw that Wrestlemania had broken an indoor attendance record, I just walked into a wrestling office, Championship Wrestling in Florida, during the offseason, and they introduced me to Hiro Matsuda, who became my mentor... and the rest is history! Votes: 3

Through wrestling, through the hard work and the sweat, through the victories and the defeats, we learn a great deal about ourselves. Wrestling shows you your limits, your weaknesses, your strengths and, ultimately, you grow because of what it shows you. Votes: 3

Wrestling was my first success, the first thing that confirmed that I could be good at anything. Devoting yourself to wrestling, or tennis, or skiing, or dance, or to a musical instrument is a longing to be disciplined for a purpose. Votes: 3

The best ones - Hulk Hogan believes in Hulkamania. It's not a thing he's selling here. It's real. He knows it's real because he goes to the Mall Of America and everybody goes insane, right? Wrestling is real. Those characters are real. Votes: 3

There are people who think that wrestling is an ignoble sport. Wrestling is not sport, it is a spectacle, and it is no more ignoble to attend a wrestled performance of suffering than a performance of the sorrows of Arnolphe or Andromaque. Votes: 3

Wrestling is the only sport I've ever competed in that puts you totally in a situation of constant motion without breaks. I could play football or baseball, swim -- but there's always some kind of situation that would break my thoughts, break my concentration. Votes: 3

Wrestling has been a way of life with me day in and day out. I won't get too far away from it. I might walk through the wrestling room once a week. I could go every day if I wanted. But just walk through, make sure it's still there. Votes: 3

Well, Im wrestling alligators. Votes: 0

Well, I'm wrestling alligators. Votes: 0

Theres no drama like wrestling. Votes: 0

Tiffany is wrestling in Jell-O. Votes: 0

In fact, pro wrestling is strong. Votes: 0

I'm the man that made wrestling famous. Votes: 0

Everybody's out there wrestling like a robot. Votes: 0

There are no tough guys in wrestling. Votes: 0

Pro wrestling is what my dad did Votes: 0

Academics and wrestling, you cant separate the two. Votes: 0

Luckily I stayed in shape due to wrestling. Votes: 0

I never want to hide my wrestling background. Votes: 0

Promiscuity turns sex into a sport, like arm-wrestling. Votes: 0

I used to be fond of Indian arm wrestling. Votes: 0

Only death can seperate me from the wrestling world. Votes: 0

I've been wrestling for 15 years so my body hurts. Votes: 0

I don't want anything to take away from wrestling. Votes: 0

When I was wrestling, I was 19, I was young. Votes: 0

If Shakespeare was alive today, he'd be writing wrestling shows. Votes: 0

Oh, here he comes now, the May West of pro-wrestling. Votes: 0

The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing. Votes: 0

Midget wrestling on channel 3, it costs me 50 bucks a month. Votes: 0

"Exciting" is a dull world to describe the wrestling business. Votes: 0

I do not think wrestling is going to save the world. Votes: 0

I encourage you to find your punk-rock, your lucha-libre, your pro-wrestling Votes: 0

Most people don't know that wrestling came out of the circus. Votes: 0

I always equate wrestling to having been in the Marine Corps. Votes: 0

I never watched wrestling, I was never a fan of wrestling really. Votes: 0

I spent most of my time wrestling looking up at the lights. Votes: 0

War has rules, mud wrestling has rules - politics has no rules. Votes: 0

You do take a beating in professional wrestling. But I love it. Votes: 0

There's so many documentaries out there right now and everything's exposing wrestling. Votes: 0

I grew up in North Carolina, and I grew up on wrestling. Votes: 0

More endearingly than any other sport, wrestling teaches self control and pride. Votes: 0

This ain't no garden party, brother, thisis wrestling, where only the strongest survive. Votes: 0

...good-Samaritanism in London is considered an extreme sport - like base-jumping or crocodile-wrestling. Votes: 0

It's amazing that even though I've lost everything else, I still have wrestling. Votes: 0

I won a dancing contest to get into wrestling. That involved fans voting. Votes: 0

I love doing funny promos like the ones I did wrestling Rey Mysterio. Votes: 0

Jesse Ventura took American politics and raised it to the level of professional wrestling. Votes: 0

In Judaism faith means wrestling with God as Jacob once wrestled with an angel... Votes: 0

In boxing, you don't know what's going to happen. In wrestling, it's already prearranged. Votes: 0

I collect wrestling figures from overseas, like Japanese wrestling figures and Mexican wrestling figures. Votes: 0

As good as I was at wrestling, I never thought I was any good. Votes: 0

Inside the room, a man and a woman were wrestling. They were both naked. Votes: 0

Art is mainly about wrestling with material reality, not striving after a spiritual ideal. Votes: 0

Writing is hard. I learned how to work hard from wrestling, not English courses. Votes: 0

I don't drink. I don't smoke. I don't do drugs. My addiction is wrestling. Votes: 0

Football is at least as 'gay' as rugby, Greco-Roman wrestling and the film '300.' Votes: 0

I force myself to care about the music end by wrestling with it for years. Votes: 0

I wasn't aware of Green Arrow as a kid. My thing growing up was wrestling. Votes: 0

We believe that our RAW team will, basically, exploit Shane's McMahon lack of regular wrestling. Votes: 0

I don't understand American football at all. It looks like all-in wrestling with crash helmets. Votes: 0

I believe that professional wrestling is clean and everything else in the world is fixed. Votes: 0

Every day one has to earn the name of 'writer' over again, with much wrestling. Votes: 0

Boxing and wrestling are evidence that mankind has not rid itself of all savage behavior. Votes: 0

My coaches were great. My mom and dad. My dad never missed a wrestling meet. Votes: 0

Writing is the hardest way of earning a living, with the possible exception of wrestling alligators. Votes: 0

Writing is the hardest way of earning a living, with the possible exception of wrestling alligators. Votes: 0

I'm a huge wrestling fan. Wrestlers have so many great qualities that athletes need to have. Votes: 0

I think pro wrestling doesn't seem to get a lot of mainstream attention until somebody dies. Votes: 0

When you are wrestling for possession of a sword, the man with the handle always wins. Votes: 0

I show more blind rage than Stevie Wonder and Ray Charles wrestling in a steel cage. Votes: 0

I've been wrestling with reality for most of my life. I'm pleased to say I've won. Votes: 0

You're wrestling seven days a week for four months straight. It's a great way to learn. Votes: 0

I breath wrestling. It's in my blood. I have kind of a confidence when I walk... Votes: 0

I don't know Jiu-Jitsu, I don't know wrestling, all I know is how to fight. Period. Votes: 0

Something about her suggested that her leisure activities included wrestling large woodland animals and banging bricks together. Votes: 0

We, as a wrestling community, better remember it is more than one individual that makes a winner. Votes: 0

The daughters of Sparta are never at home! They mingle with the young men in wrestling matches... Votes: 0

I think drugs and alcohol aren't a wrestling problem, it's a life problem, it's a people problem. Votes: 0

In Mexico, wrestling is part of the cultural fabric. The guys wear masks and they are real-life superheroes. Votes: 0

Artistic temperament sometimes seems a battleground, a dark angel of destruction and a bright angel of creativity wrestling. Votes: 0

I'm in professional wrestling, which is what I do for a living. I coordinate stunts. I memorize them. Votes: 0

Richard Wagner commenting on the music of Ludvig Van Beethoven: He was a Titan, wrestling with the Gods. Votes: 0

Im in professional wrestling, which is what I do for a living. I coordinate stunts. I memorize them. Votes: 0

I've always loved the showmanship of professional wrestling. While I love making movies, I love that platform, too. Votes: 0

When I'm in bed with a woman, my favorite move is a wrestling hold called the lip lock Votes: 0

Never get into a wrestling match with a pig. You both get dirty, and the pig likes it. Votes: 0

I never excelled at one sport or had a very strong passion for anything other than wrestling and bodybuilding. Votes: 0

Artists do not run away from non-being, but by encountering and wrestling with it, force it to produce being. Votes: 0

I owe a lot to my dad, just for having provided the wrestling business for us to get into. Votes: 0

I went to college. I had a double major in biology and physical education, but my major was wrestling. Votes: 0

We all grew up as huge wrestling fans, and we need to understand why we liked it so much. Votes: 0

Believe it or not, I kind of went into professional wrestling so I could get an avenue into acting. Votes: 0

There are many moments during a match when you are tense, wrestling with yourself. Tennis is a lesson in self-control. Votes: 0

One of the great things about wrestling is how it interrogates this silly idea that you have one authentic self. Votes: 0

To be present - really, truly present - in art and life requires empathizing with uncertainty and wrestling with risk. Votes: 0

And what this ECW is doing is educating you people once again that there IS wrestling, spelt W-R-E-S-T-L-I-N-G, out there. Votes: 0

Stop protesting the hand you've been dealt! Become partners with your life instead of making it an exhausting wrestling match. Votes: 0

You're speechless sometimes when you think of the support you've had from the first day I've started wrestling to now. Votes: 0

No activity I know is more of a confidence builder and at the same time more 'humility training' than wrestling. Votes: 0

The two things that scare me most about wrestling fans is that they're allowed to vote and allowed to reproduce. Votes: 0

Professional wrestling is in my blood. I may have second guessed it in the past, but I know it now. Votes: 0

You might be a redneck if...you bought a VCR so you could tape wrestling while you are at work. Votes: 0

I love the business of pro wrestling and it is something I know better than anything else I know about. Votes: 0

From wrestling to my hip-hop thing, I've just been able to do so much and meet so many crazy characters. Votes: 0

Women are a problem, but if you haven't already guessed, they are the kind of problem I enjoy wrestling with. Votes: 0

Audiences will get just as tired of people wrestling on a bed as they did of Tom Mix kissing his horse. Votes: 0

Go figure a crazy, mixed-up country where ballet outsells boxing. I wouldn't be surprised if their wrestling was on the level. Votes: 0

Aside from accidentally by my kids, like wrestling around with my kids, no one has ever punched me in the face. Votes: 0

If wrestling can be considered an art form, then [Ric Flair] is using oils, and the many others merely water colors. Votes: 0

Success is a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired. You quit when the gorilla is tired." Votes: 0

I did try out for football and wrestling but they wouldn't let me on the teams because I had blue hair. Votes: 0

Success is a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired. You quit when the gorilla is tired. Votes: 0

As far as wrestling goes, as long as my body is able to withstand the physical beating, I will keep wrestling. Votes: 0

I have passion for music just like I have passion for wrestling, just like I have passion for creating and acting. Votes: 0

From the wrestling of his own soul with the great enemy, comes that depth and mystery which startles us in Hamlet. Votes: 0

I don't think college wrestling is in danger of extinction by any means. But I am concerned if one program drops. Votes: 0

It's a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired - you quit when the gorilla is tired. Votes: 0

After watching wrestling for 20 years, I thought I had enough confidence to do it. There were no wrestling schools at the time. Votes: 0

For every little kid who still believes in Santa Claus, there is at least one adult who still believes in professional wrestling. Votes: 0

Sports bars are also a great place for guys to meet other guys--either for sex or for wrestling, whichever feels more right. Votes: 0

Assessing existence while failing to embrace the insights of modern physics would be like wrestling in the dark with an unknown opponent. Votes: 0

When we give children advice or instant solutions, we deprive them of the experience that comes from wrestling with their own problems. Votes: 0

In wrestling, my mustache made me look more like a villain. A good mustache can give you the look of the devil. Votes: 0

I like a women who's got some balls, some strength. As long as I can beat her at arm wrestling, that's fine. Votes: 0

I like the wrestling and executing the throws. My dad was a wrestler and he showed me some of those techniques, too. Votes: 0

A lot of my intensity in wrestling was due to my mental preparation before the matches. I got myself into a different world. Votes: 0

Wrestlers, you don't just get better from wrestling live. To improve technique, you have to learn it, then drill it. Drilling is key! Votes: 0

There's only 10 guys making big bucks in wrestling, and the rest of them they're making good money, but they're not blowing it away. Votes: 0

We should be rolling in the dirt, gardening, wrestling with some brambles and skinning animals for supper. These are important immune system builders. Votes: 0

In my era of wrestling, there were no guaranteed contracts, so it was inherent that you draw the crowd in to make money. Votes: 0

Most people aren't familiar enough with what actually goes on in professional wrestling to know just how badly women are treated in WWE narratives." Votes: 0

Most people aren't familiar enough with what actually goes on in professional wrestling to know just how badly women are treated in WWE narratives. Votes: 0

When you start out in the wrestling business, you make a lot of mistakes, tripping over your own feet and looking like a fool. Votes: 0

In Hollywood, there really is a stigma against wrestling. I think that's why people think wrestlers are Neanderthals who can't string two words together. Votes: 0

And so I'm stupid for thinking they might be useful. Because of something Johanna Mason said while she was oiling her breasts for wrestling. Votes: 0

America is the only country where a significant proportion of the population believes that professional wrestling is real but the moon landing was faked. Votes: 0

If you watch wrestling, you now know the hip-hop culture is being represented with wrestling. For the longest time, the cultures have almost been parallel. Votes: 0

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. Votes: 0

I became a wrestling fan in college. So, I was more of a wrestling fan as an adult than when I was a little kid. Votes: 0

I do find myself drawn more to pieces that I feel are wrestling with the way that we're living now, what we're all going through. Votes: 0

You're lucky if I watch 10 minutes of wrestling a month. Most of the time, I channel surf, and I lose interest after a few minutes. Votes: 0

There is no normal life that is free of pain. It's the very wrestling with our problems that can be the impetus for our growth. Votes: 0

Darkness is a lot of what art is and certainly in our community a lot of it is people sort of wrestling with their demons. Votes: 0

First of all, I was a wrestling fan when I was young. Even when I figured out what wrestling was, I was still a fan. Votes: 0

I discovered early in life that if you take gym first period, you can go into the wrestling room and sit in the corner and sleep. Votes: 0

I was done with wrestling and I was teaching with competition behind me. It was that experience that gave me confidence and propelled me to fight. Votes: 0

Are you wrestling faster than the audience can process? The answer to that question is often times yes. If that is true, then you are failing. Votes: 0

Due to the injuries that I will have for the rest of my life, it is physically impossible for me to consider any career in wrestling. Votes: 0

I still will sit down at the piano and play when I am wrestling with something emotionally or just want to move into the musical world. Votes: 0

She was no longer wrestling with the grief, but could sit down with it as a lasting companion and make it a sharer in her thoughts. Votes: 0

People will respect what wrestling has to offer to this world. It will take educating themselves on more than just guys in there swinging for the fences. Votes: 0

My wrestling and family go together. It's always been that way, from day one with my mom and dad, my sister, my wife, four daughters, grandsons, son-in-laws. Votes: 0

There's a confidence and a mental toughness that comes from the very highest level of competition, whatever the sport is. Whether it's boxing or wrestling, or whatever. Votes: 0

I think teenagers bring a lot of intellectual sophistication. They're wrestling with big questions. It's just that, a lot of times they do that separately from adults. Votes: 0

ESPN has this problem with sports, it's impossible to fill 24 hours with sports programming so they have to resort to things like poker and arm wrestling tournaments. Votes: 0

I don't like to have gimmicks. I don't like to have gadgets and stuff. I just like to go out there and entertain the fans by wrestling. Votes: 0

If anybody dared say wrestling was fake, you'd punch 'em. And you never used the word show. If you used the word show it was an insult. Votes: 0

I coach a high school wrestling team and a middle school team. I consider myself a coach and an activist, so I'm really involved in the community. Votes: 0

The cutthroat part of it is that professional wrestling has no union. There are a number of people that are taken advantage of on a daily basis. Votes: 0

Most of the time spent wrestling with technologies that don't quite work yet is just not worth it for end users, however much fun it is for nerds. Votes: 0

Judging from what looks like the popularity of this classic wrestling show is that the people like what they have grown to know and love here in Memphis Votes: 0

If professional wrestling did not exist, could you come up with this idea? Could you envision the popularity of huge men in tiny bathing suits, pretending to fight? Votes: 0

I don't think I've mastered anything. I'm still wrestling with the same frustrations, the same issues, the same problems as I always did. That's what life is like. Votes: 0

They were wrestling with canvases, using violent colors and huge brush strokes. I arrived with gray, silent, sober, oppressed paintings. One critic said they were paintings that thought. Votes: 0

I'm one of those people who sees Frank Zappa in a cup of coffee, or elephants wrestling in clouds. But also, conscious creation of all kinds moves me. Votes: 0

Life is like a wrestling match- we struggle to fight but we never know that the only side that wins is the one with great love in it. Votes: 0

I can’t think of any negative [aspects of working in the wrestling industry]. The positive are the money, the comradery, the prestige, the notoriety. A lot of pluses. Votes: 0

The reality, or substance, of professional wrestling is the ability to perpetuate a fantasy. I never distinguished between fantasy and reality. I made my fantasy reality for over 60 years. Votes: 0

I was dating a guy that was a huge wrestling fan and I'm embarrassed to say it now but I used to make fun of him for watching it. Votes: 0

Kyokoshin I've done most, but I competed in Sports Karate also, that's my style that I come from, and mixed with the wrestling that's how I got the takedowns. Votes: 0

The only difference with wrestling is we're like a live performance. So we're feeding off the audience and if they do't like something, they can let us know immediately. Votes: 0

I'm delighted to be back in coaching. Our goal is to put Iowa wrestling back on top, and I want to do everything I can to make it happen. Votes: 0

One hearty laugh together will bring enemies into a closer communion of heart than hours spent on both sides in inward wrestling with the mental demon of uncharitable feeling. Votes: 0

The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing, in so far as it stands ready against the accidental and the unforeseen, and is not apt to fall. Votes: 0

After wrestling with myself for six months, I began medical treatment. During that time I started a band with some friends of mine called Jack's Car, but that didn't last. Votes: 0

I had never imagined myself doing [wrestling]. Once I came to the realization that it was a possibility, I just tried to concentrate on what I thought people would enjoy. Votes: 0

I commend you on all you've done for PETA, wrestling the one-eyed trouser snake with your bare hands, gently cuddling it in your arms, and nurturing it back to health. Votes: 0

Salvation now consists of a deep wrestling in our souls with the sinfulness of our hearts, the depth of our depravity, and the desperation of our need for his grace. Votes: 0

If the Bible has taught us nothing else, and it hasn't, it's that girls should stick to girls sports, such as hot oil wrestling, foxy boxing, and such and such. Votes: 0

I love to give the fans what they want. They're what I miss most when I'm not wrestling. That time in the ring is like being in heaven for me. Votes: 0

When I was a kid at four years old, that's when I started amateur wrestling with my dad and family. And when that's instilled in you, it never goes away. Votes: 0

I have never seen a wrestling match or a prize fight, and I don't want to. When I find out a man is interested in these sports, I drop him. Votes: 0

People look at me, and they have a certain perception, and they slap a label on me. The guy you saw in a wrestling ring is not who I am. Votes: 0

Think about it - pro wrestling as an Olympic sport would be pretty cool. Look at figure skating or gymnastics - what is it? It's a choreographed performance that is judged. Votes: 0

You need good coaches with a good gym that teach you the essentials, like boxing, kickboxing, wrestling, and pretty much all the stuff that you need to be successful in MMA. Votes: 0

It was only supposed to be on WCW compilation; on that wrestling compilation. And for that I thought it was good. And then we threw it on our record as well. Votes: 0

Give me a sport that is greater than wrestling, that's more dominant than wrestling and with more champions in fighting than with wrestling. There isn't. The sport that's king is wrestling. Votes: 0

If you can refine your skills and eliminate your mistakes, you will start winning. That's the price you must pay to be successful in wrestling, and in most aspects of life. Votes: 0

Art and nature shall always be wrestling until they eventually conquer one another so that the victory is the same stroke and line: that which is conquered, conquers at the same time. Votes: 0

It's very painful to love someone who is wrestling with either an addiction or a mental illness because you want the best for them. And it seems so hard, and it's frustrating. Votes: 0

I really believe that professional wrestlers are not protected. I think everybody gets a big kick out of watching them and whether the wrestling is real or not, people love watching it. Votes: 0

If you're working a fight with let's say John Ruiz and...anyone and Ruiz goes jab, jab and grab, you better see whose landing the punches before it becomes a wrestling match. Votes: 0

I am wrestling with the overalls trend. I wore so many pairs in junior high, and no one thought they were cute. Perhaps I'll try them cuffed with a tasteful crop top? Votes: 0

To me, wrestling is therapy. No matter how bad my personal situation is, when I step into the ring, all my troubles disappear. My baggage stays in the back where it belongs. Votes: 0

Well, actually, the Second City thing came about because I was taking a few improv classes there. I thought that the improv classes would help with my wrestling career, which it has. Votes: 0

Not only was it that I surprised people by beating Bret Hart, but it was a great match. They still rate it as one of the best wrestling matches of all time. Votes: 0

Football is my base; that's where I learned to be tough. I was a strong safety, and that's what I do: I hit people. The mentality is football, the wrestling is precision. Votes: 0

Each culture has its own form of staged combat, evolved from its particular method of street fighting and cleaned up for presentation as a spectacle, e.g. savate, Cornish wrestling, karate, kung-fu. Votes: 0

If I play my cards right, I could bring network wrestling back to TV. Unfortunately, to most people, wrestling is a laughingstock. But fortunately, I'm reaching people who otherwise wouldn't watch it. Votes: 0

Even hidden in the most squalid Parisian halls, wrestling partakes of the nature of the great solar spectacles, Greek drama and bullfights: in both, a light without shadow generates an emotion without reserve. Votes: 0

It's almost like my career has been [based on voting]. I won a dancing contest to get into wrestling. That involved fans voting. And then on Dancing with the Stars, fans were voting. Votes: 0

Honestly, when I was a little girl, I would watch wrestling with my brother, like, all the time. The Ultimate Warrior was my favorite. I used the have the biggest crush on him! Votes: 0

As long as any pro wrestling we see on the TV screen doesn't insult my intelligence and can continually use common sense, basic logic and the presentation, I am pretty cool with it. Votes: 0

I spent my life - all my life - learning to wrestle. It's the only means of livelihood I've ever had and, uh, the only gimmick that I have in wrestling is wrestling. Votes: 0

I think that Ring of Honor is a true alternative in the world of pro wrestling. Some of the best in-ring pure competition in the world you will find in Ring of Honor. Votes: 0

I wasn't a wrestling fan growing up; I knew who Hulk Hogan was and stuff but I didn't watch it. I started watching wrestling about three years before I got involved with WCW. Votes: 0

I kept doing my own thing, working out with weights, wrestling, and doing other spots until I graduated from high school. Then I made a conscious decision to pursue MMA seriously and full time. Votes: 0

It's only because I've lived with brothers that I realize, after a moment, that he's not looking outside but rather inside, wrestling with something inside himself. And there's nothing for it but to wait. Votes: 0

I did start wrestling after I moved to Iowa, I think in the seventh grade. It's really a part of the Iowa culture so it's hard not to do it if you like sports. Votes: 0

This is not to say that I wasn't completely repulsed. I mean, I wasn't exactly proud that my stepbrother was in there tongue wrestling with the second stupidest person in our class, after himself. Votes: 0

I grew up in a town with a great wrestling tradition. Then I was a team sport queen in high school; I played softball, volleyball, and soccer. Oh, and I also did ski racing. Votes: 0

OSHA had come in and looked at the channel 5 studios and it sort of had something to do with wrestling, but they found that there were some safety concerns that had to be addressed. Votes: 0

I'm not necessarily one to be remembered as a great, great speaker in wrestling, but I want to share my feelings about the people who have influenced me over the course of my career. Votes: 0

We are creating a political demolition derby, not a presidential debate. Those strange impulses in the American soul that have produced mud wrestling and The Gong Show seem to have claimed the national campaign. Votes: 0

I have nice muscle tone in my arms. I can't really take credit for it, though - all the members of my family do. A lot of arm wrestling happened in our family growing up! Votes: 0

I want people to leave the theater wrestling with the idea that our pain - physical, emotional, and spiritual pain - is more than just a condition that needs to be silenced, numbed, or "fixed." Votes: 0

Is there a better wrestling villain on TV these days than CM Punk? Arguable question but for my sauce, Punk is right there at the top of the heap with a handful of his peers. Votes: 0

I find too often in the wrestling business, you just wrestle, get to the hotel, make your money. Sometimes I have to stop and remind myself to enjoy my life and not just rush through. Votes: 0

I think my fondest memories would be with Sting, and Steamboat, Dusty and er… I made a lot of money wrestling Wahoo McDaniel and Jack Mulligan too. It’d be hard to pinpoint one. Votes: 0

You can't fake wrestling. We can fake punch, but with wrestling you just have to go ahead and do it. You really need to see the hand hit the face, the head butting and everything. Votes: 0

This is a sport (wrestling) that has turned many boys into men and many men into leaders. And it is a sport in which you can be a giant regardless of how big you are. Votes: 0