Bob Backlund
Some wrestlers don't know how to wrestle, they are just entertainers.
An All-American Boy does things right and works hard.
When you work out it makes you feel better. It became my life's blood. It keeps me going every day.
I could exercise in the closet, if I have to.
I didn't move for two years when I was born. I didn't play with the other kids.
I flunked third grade in Princeton, Minn. It was embarrassing. It was downing.
My dad was a drinker. My mom was busy trying to keep the family together. My ability in school was poor. I started, wanted to do sports. I wanted to work hard and get stronger.
Who would you rather have represent you? A regular guy like me or a lifelong politician?
American society has fallen into the biggest cavity our civilization has ever faced and people are tired of the same old politicians getting elected year-in and year-out.
We have to start doing a better job of being role models for our children. They are the future and we aren't doing a very good job at all at showing them the proper way to conduct themselves.
I always really liked Allentown. The people were very down to earth. It reminded me a lot of my hometown in Minnesota.
I used to sign autographs until sunrise at Madison Square Garden.
Some wrestlers believe that being elusive is the way to get the fans to love you, but I think just the opposite. You need to get out there and show the people that you appreciate their support.
My mission is to do good things and motivate people to be positive and do good things.
I built up a luminous vocabulary so I could educate the masses.
I met Mr. Piper when he was a young person getting in the business in the Olympic theater in Los Angeles. He was just starting and I had the championship for a while. I was over in Japan and they had asked me to go over and have a match with Roddy for 59 minutes and 30 seconds.
There's a lot of people that watch wrestling that don't give a hoot about voting.
I want America strong, and want to do things with people.
I like all of the wrestlers, I don't like the things some of them do.
You can't be lying to kids and expecting them not to do it and you're going out and doing the same things you're asking them not to do.
You have to stand up and you have to walk to walk or you're not the man. You don't walk the walk, that's the most important thing about being WWF champion or any champion at all.
Billy Superstar Graham dropped the WWF title to me, and that had the biggest influence because it changed my life.
I enjoyed the time in the ring because I was trying to entertain people and give them a show for their hard earned money they spent to come to the show.
I loved wrestling.
My wife is an individual and we want our daughter to be her own person in life.
I'm disciplined.
Most of the people in my business, they're a lot different than I am.
If something hasn't worked for 44 years, you have to try something different.
Exercise is the only real fountain of youth.
I was one of those people who didn't care for the political arena.
The wrestling business and politics are both full-contact sports.
I'm a lifelong American.
I want to represent the people.
If you don't like school, tell yourself you love school and you'll learn something.
Your voice is stronger than you think it is, and your attendance is strong.
People know my name. Name recognition is very important in politics.
The average person that works every day for a living gets kind of tired of the political system. Nothing seems to change much.
I hope I don't sound like a typical politician.
I was the last person anyone expected to become WWF champion. I didn't get involved with characters. I didn't have big muscles. But I had intuitiveness and stick-to- it-iveness, and the desire to rise to the top.
I didn't say one thing and go out and do another. When I said something, I meant it and lived it, and I still do.
I'm ready to wrestle with anyone on the card. I'm not going to hide from anyone.
You figure out what your opponent will do next and what your counter will be. Then you decide how he will react to your counter and what your response should be.
It's not strength that counts but experience and technique.
I used to lift weights, but not now. I do calisthenics and yoga, which is very good for flexibility and stretching ligaments and tendons.
As President, I will institute a procedure in which all convicted criminals will have this brass ring will be surgically implanted into their foreheads-Americans have a right to know who they can trust. I don't care if you're 5, 6, or 7 years old, if you're a first-time offender, you're gonna go to Purgatory and it's not gonna be fun!Collection: Fun
I would wrestle Hulk Hogan when I'm 50 years old.Collection: Wrestling
I'm making the comeback of the century.Collection: Comeback
Ken Patera was the strongest man in the world, but he was probably the most gentleman in the ring.Collection: Men