100 Quotes by Bruno Sammartino

I didn't care for Steve Austin because of his mouth. He was a very, very vulgar individual and anybody who is like that I can never be a fan of. So, any of his positives were overshadowed by the negatives.

A lotta stuff has been written about me that I never said. Stories that were lies. One guy wrote that young as I was during World War II, I actually got a rifle and fought off the Germans. Which is ridiculous, insane. I was just six.

I'm so grateful to America and my hometown of Pittsburgh. I love my city. I'm proud of being from here.

What the heck did people see in me?

I weighed 84 pounds when I was 14. I was an easy target for the other kids.

There were promises made to me as far as if I became a professional wrestler, that I was going to be given every opportunity to be a headliner... and that's the only reason why I accepted.

When you're in sports, you have such a limited time and then, it's all over with, finished.

Wrestling isn't looked upon like the other sports of football, baseball, basketball and hockey.

If I were to tell you that my day was all pure wrestling, I wouldn't be honest with you. Because there were crooked promoters. There were a lot of guys that knew that they couldn't even compete with other guys. But to suggest that every match was like that wouldn't be true.