Wrestling Quotes (224 Quotes)



    As women glide from their twenties to thirties, Shazzer argues, the balance of power subtly shifts. Even the most outrageous minxes lose their nerve, wrestling with the first twinges of existential angst: fears of dying alone and being found three weeks later half-eaten by an Alsatian.



    It's almost like while you are working for the WWF everything is fine and good, but if you are no longer employed by them they want you to just drop off the face of the earth and it's like you never existed.


    I can't complain. We came up here and got a third and a sixth and both kids are coming back. I think a lot of our kids got a chance to come up and see some good wrestling. That will make them want to work even harder for next year.


    I certainly would have regretted not getting into wrestling. It's been very lucrative for me and I've been fortunate to get into it and make money and not do anything stupid where I invested in something that collapsed.

    This squares off a wrestling match between branded content and means of distribution with Disney's array of household media names pitched against Time Warner's hefty strength in cable distribution.


    I was told not to go to Madison Square Garden anymore and many of these things are unheard of if you're in wrestling. They blackballed me out of the company.


    He learned a lot on the living room floor. He comes from a wrestling background. He has great body awareness and that's the toughest thing to coach. He knows where he is at at all times and that is developed over a long period of time, from continuing to wrestle.



    They talked about wanting to start a wrestling program, but they never could figure out a way to get it done. When this opportunity came up, I wasn't about to turn it down. This is what I wanted to do.

    The shooters hated him because here was Buddy, no wrestling ability, yet he's in the main event and they're not. It all comes down to performance. Not a wrestler. A great show person. As far as real wrestling, forget it.

    We start out the year like no one knows anything about wrestling, then we tweak the more advanced kids. And no one here will lose a match because they are out of shape.


    I always thought I was an all-right writer, so I decided to join the newspaper. It's been fun. I get to write about wrestling, basketball and even write about outside sports like the Bears and college football.

    This is what I work for. This is really what I want to do. I eat, sleep and dream wrestling. Now I understand why I have to be in the wrestling room. It's paying off.

    It's full-time work, wrestling, appearances and stuff. I couldn't put my full effort into a newspaper column and I'd probably do a lousy job at it.




    I think the sport of wrestling, which I became involved with at the age of 14... I competed until I was 34, kind of old for a contact sport. I coached the sport until I was 47. I think the discipline of wrestling has given me the discipline I have to write.

    My dad started me in wrestling. I have been around (wrestling) my whole life. I was born around Christmas and my dad had me in the wrestling room in mid-January.

    I thought we wrestled well today, but there is still a lot of wrestling to be done. Nick and Andy (Simmons) dominated their weight classes, and we had some thrilling matches at other weights as well.

    We've improved our schedule to help all our wrestlers. We want to be ready for the tough competition at the end of the season. Wrestling is a challenge every time you step on the mat, and we want to learn from our experiences.


    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.




    At this point I have no interest in returning to wrestling. I am pursuing my acting career. But I never say never. I enjoyed the three years I was in the wrestling industry.

    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.

    The state tournament and seeing him was something I always looked forward to. To me, I wish we could do more to celebrate and acknowledge what he's done for the sport of wrestling in the state. He was a great man there's no doubt about it.


    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.

    I think the sign of a successful program is when your former wrestlers come back to coach, so we're very lucky to have all of them with us. Wrestling was never a really big sport on campus, and there were times when we were in a drought.



    WWF has been a rival organization to the WCW for quite some time, ... With the new infusion of stars and the cross-branded story lines, this does nothing but raise the specter potential for us. We're very pleased to have come to agreement to purchase that brand.

    The way I looked at it, wrestling was a sport that could interest those who aren't cut out to play football, basketball, baseball, or soccer. Wrestling is a sport for everyone. There are no height or weight restrictions or limitations. It doesn't matter what grade you're in. Even gender. We had two girls who came out for the team. It really is a sport that includes everyone.



    Ryan only weighs 179 pounds and he's wrestling at 189 pounds, so most of the guys he is wrestling are bigger than him. Most of the guys he is wrestling are cutting weight to wrestle. For him to do what he did shows the type of heart he has. And he decided he would go 189 so his brother (Sean) could go 171. That shows you what type of person he is.


    He was thinking too much and not wrestling. For Paul to be successful, he needs to force his style on the guy and come out aggressive. He knows that. It's a very deep class, but Paul could surprise some people.

    Foley, Savage and Bret Hart have been doing just fine outside of the world of wrestling, ... What else has Ric Flair got Id like to punch Ric Flair right in the nose - but Id probably have to kick somebody in the ass to do it In the infamous words of Dick Cheney, go fk yourself Ric and be glad that someone like me doesnt shove your head squarely up your ass someday.



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