Roddy Piper
Ask me for my shirt off my back, I'll give it to you. Tell me? Not a chance.Collection: Chance
Guys like Ole Anderson, Gene Anderson, Mad Dog Vachon, Johnny Valentine. I love them to death. I'll love them forever.Collection: Death
In the morning, I'm juicing two apples, two carrots, two celery, two beets, two ginger. I'm drinking that every morning to try to keep the cancer away.Collection: Morning
For years and hundreds of thousands of miles, I drove with one knee, with the eight-track and the light dome on in the car, and a yellow pad, just writing down random ideas. I had notebooks and notebooks. The next morning, I'd go, 'Whoa, what was I thinking?' But there'd be one or two ideas that weren't that bad.Collection: Morning
I've been in 30 car crashes, none of 'em my fault, I swear on a stack of midgets... OK, they were probably all my fault.Collection: Car
When I get to Heaven, I'll want to fight.
I never faked my emotions or my desire to be a winner.
The WWE gave me a family and a life.
Bagpipes is a woodwind instrument, so you have to warm it up. But in a wrestling dressing room? You've got to be kidding me.
I only had an A game... no matter where I was.
Only thing I ever thought I'd see is a picture with me in a uniform with stripes on it and a number under my mug shot.
I'd never seen a professional wrestling match. First one I saw, I was in. It was just an accident.
I'm kind of a go-get-'em kind of guy.
Burt Reynolds, the first time I met him, he introduced me at Madison Square Garden at Wrestlemania X.
I've had over seven thousand pro fights.
I broke my right ankle. Four ribs. One rib went into my liver. My spleen. My back in two places.
Wrestlers are the best.
I'm not as sharp as I used to be.
The business has taken a toll on me.
You never let somebody come from outside the business, have their way with the business, and then leave the next day and laugh at you. How the hell does David Arquette become World Champion?
I'm very proud of The Rock.
A lot of guys that were trailblazers, if we were to go back to the actual time, were just really scared and had no choice, but the water's rushing in, and you either swim or sink.
I was 15 years old when I started wrestling full time, and I know what I had to go through to get here.
When I was 14, I was 5th in the world playing bagpipes - that's how I got the name Roddy the Piper, and then, you know, eventually it just became 'Roddy Piper.'
My first match lasted 10 seconds, and I lost.
I'm as real as they come.
The bottom line is, don't be a lifer. Get in, get a business, get five years of what you can, and get out. What happens is they start listening to the promoters, 'You'll get the next main event.' And then, all of a sudden, you become a lifer. That's the kiss of death there. Get in shape, go in, get the money, get out, and have a wonderful life.
I owe everything to my fans. They were the ones who cheered for me, and they were the ones who gave me the means to provide for my kids.
I was trained by, at the time, the toughest man in the world. Not according to him, either. His name is 'Judo' Gene Lebell, and he trained Bruce Lee, Chuck Norris. He's the godfather of MMA.
I'm a villain at heart. I'm a born villain.
It's one thing to talk the talk; it's another thing to walk after getting whacked with a coconut.
One night, I knocked out Mr. T, kicked Cyndi Lauper, chased Dick Clark back to his locker room, and slapped Little Richard.
It seems like I have been fighting someone, something, someplace, in some manner, my whole life.
I am really good with Lego!
Getting into the voice-over booth, there are no cameras and no inhibitions.
I put my heart into my career, and the people knew that I did that; and I went from being the most hated man to one of the best loved.
I hate a bully, and I hate racists.
Many hotels, I just sat there and - I call it the silent scream - I don't know why, you just sit there, and tears will just come down, and you'll just sit there for hours, man. There's no place to turn, and when you do turn, who cares? You're just a dumb professional wrestler.
It was by accident I got into wrestling. Somebody didn't show up, and I just filled in.
The heel runs the match.
Wrestling has a tremendous entrance plan. You come in, and it's, 'Boy, here you are. It's rock and roll; it's wonderful.' It's got no exit plan.
I've got a lot on my shoulders, but I've got the most beautiful family in the world.
We got an old saying: I would rather you punch my teeth down my throat than throw a popcorn punch!
For anyone who's not familiar with 'Piper's Pit,' they need to know one thing - there's absolutely no rules.
Only people who can't draw money need belts.
I was going nine times a week. You get to a point where you don't really know who you are. You're running on high octane, and you'll take all comers in every arena because there was no police. Every arena, you'd take on everybody that would come in the ring.
If you are the heel, and if you are doing your job right, you are most hated.
I was raised by the last of the Gorgeous George era. You don't let somebody come from some other business, walk in your business, make a fool of ya and go back into his business and laugh at ya. So if you watch Wrestlemania the very first one, I was the general and here was the rule: don't let Mr. T throw a punch; keep it strictly amateur with him.
If you've got some to say to Ric Flair, you come say it to me, and I'll make the translation.
I left home when I was 13. When I was 15, I was living in a youth hostel, and I was the 167-pound amateur wrestling champion.