100 Quotes by Bruno Sammartino

Let's face it, I'm a has-been.

Wrestling was my way of making a living. I did the very best I could.

If anybody can really beat me, fine. But that's the only way I'll go down.

Everything that I am, everything that I've done, everything that I hope to be is because of my mom.

I never had a gimmick. All I had was a pair of boots and a pair of tights.

I like a match that shows strength, stamina, scientific technique.

People have no clue how demanding my schedule was back in the day. There were times when I might be home for just one or two days a month.

I complained about the gimmicks. All the nonsense and garbage. After a while I just said I would not wrestle with the guys wearing masks, or guys that had some get-up on. It was demeaning. I refuse to go onto the mat against a Christmas tree.

I was never going to do anything that would have brought shame to my family. I owed too much, and I wanted them to be proud to say that they were Bruno Sammartino's mother and father.