My coaches were great. My mom and dad. My dad never missed a wrestling meet.
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.
When I was in seventh grade, I was a scrawny boy with no muscles, so I went out for wrestling. My intention was to develop secret wrestling skills so that if I were jumped by a bully, I'd shout, 'Ha!' and he'd be on the ground in a headlock.
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.
More enduringly than any other sport, wrestling teaches self-control and pride. Some have wrestled without great skill - none have wrestled without pride.
To be honest, I was not very good in studies; I was an average student. I used to work hard, whether it was for wrestling or studies, as I considered myself not that talented. I used to mug up everything during exams.
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.
You just remember back when you were watching as a kid and going, 'Man, Sting's so cool,' and now I'm wrestling the guy. It's breathtaking.
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!
I was a big fan of amateur wrestling, and I loved it and dedicated my whole life to it for 20-something years, and it's not really a glory-getting sport.
I don't know if a pro wrestling career prepares you for Hollywood. When you get out there, and you're in an arena for 20,000 people or 90,000 people, it's a lot different than being on a quiet set with 100 people, so I think you get used to dealing with cameras.
Without knocking Impact Wrestling, your contribution was largely limited to what you could do in the TV show. WWE is a bigger company with a bigger infrastructure and a lot more ways to make a contribution.
I don't understand American football at all. It looks like all-in wrestling with crash helmets.
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.
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.
I'm not scared to go to the ground. I've been wrestling my whole life. I've done a lot of jiu jitsu, but I like standing up, and every fight starts there.
If I want to be called 'The Rock,' I'll be called 'The Rock.' If I want to go back to wrestling, I'll go back to wrestling.
I always equate wrestling to having been in the Marine Corps.
MMA was like wrestling; I love competition.
Honestly, I try to think about when I first got into wrestling, and I remember Wrestle Mania VI being the first time that I watched Wrestle Mania as it happened.
Wrestling is like improv. You have to feel and sense what the other person is going to do next and respond faster than they do.
In 1985, if you were a wrestling fan, you were into Hogan; that's just the way it was.
Writing is the hardest way of earning a living, with the possible exception of wrestling alligators.
One of the great things about wrestling is how it interrogates this silly idea that you have one authentic self.
Making the City Of Joy gave me the best political education of my life. It became a wrestling match between an Englishman who had gradually ceased to be a Marxist, and a culture that was becoming more Marxist by the day.
Many of those who have paid the ultimate price for freedom have come through the wrestling ranks. We need to honor them and win this decision to have wrestling - the world's oldest sport - remain a part of the most prestigious athletic competition in the world, the Olympics.
A live performance is the same no matter what genre it is. Wrestling, rock 'n roll, hosting, acting - it's the same thing.
Wrestling is a big game and has a good scope in India.
Wrestling is something I feel really confident in now.
I just started watching wrestling in 2008, and I've loved it ever since. I told my mom I wanted to become a wrestler.
Hopefully I can become the Babe Ruth of the World Wrestling Federation and be the champion at the same time.
Once you start talking to people, you find out there's a lot more wrestling fans than you think there are.
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.
When I was a kid, I wrestled my high school amateur wrestling in junior year.
If you're a wrestling fan, and you watch it on TV, that's great, but there's nothing quite like being there live.
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.