100 Quotes by Bruno Sammartino

I've had 10 major operations. Four back surgeries. A hip replacement. A broken neck... But I consider myself lucky. I keep thinking after all these surgeries, my luck is going to run out.

I'm very violent in the ring. I don't know if it's the Italian temper, I can get very nasty in there. But outside, I'm the easiest-going guy in the world.

If I had only Inoki to meet, I could wrestle until I was 60 years old.

Professional wrestling, when you're talking money, like they say, it's the root of all evil.

I held the title for almost eight years the first time and then I lost it at the Garden. But, then I came back and took it again for another four years.

Inoki is nothing but a third rater in my estimation.

They say it's all fake, but there's nothing fake when a guy picks you up and slams you down or throws you out of the ring onto a concrete floor. They say, 'Yeah, but you know how to land.' Well, you try landing on a concrete floor.

There were a lot of tough guys who were tremendous wrestlers.

We didn't have shoes until we came over to America.