100 Quotes by Bruno Sammartino

In my day, I, myself, in my prime, in the late-'50s-mid-'70s I was about 270-275. After I broke my neck and I was in the hospital for a month or so, I dropped the weight to about 250 and I kept that weight until I retired.

You look at success and thank God and the fans for the success. It's why I always feel indebted to the fans.

In 1959 I had broken the bench press record by lifting 565 pounds, and I could lift 715 pounds from a squat.

I could never imagine myself living anywhere but Pittsburgh.

I really don't understand because I love opera, because I respect the Michelangelos and da Vincis, that it should be shocking because I am a wrestler. Because I am a wrestler does it mean that I am some kind of a robot who only knows to go into the squared circle and pound on somebody?

I watched other boys play baseball and other games, but I was too sickly to join in the fun.

I am not a guy who can write speeches and when I speak I speak from the heart, I just say what I feel and what I believe in.

I'm totally dedicated to training no one trains harder than I do.

I would be a fool to tell you that there was no fixing. You ask if wrestling is for real? Well, I think my own body answers that question.