66 Quotes by Terry Funk

My first match was against Sputnik Monroe at the Amarillo Sports Arena. It was scheduled for only ten minutes. Sputnik got me down and was on top of me for the first eight minutes. My father came running down to the ring and yelled for me to get up. I don't know how I got up but I did. I was a lot more scared of my father than I was Sputnik.

I turned pro as a wrestler a few days after my last football game.

I don't want to wrestle past 35. There's just too much physical strain with 250-pound men slamming into each other.

I've had more than 200 stitches taken in my head.

Stan Hansen was a tough-as-nails freshman middle linebacker when I was a senior at West Texas State. He was a damn good football player, but he developed some problems with his knees. When football didn't work out he asked me about professional wrestling.

My father was strict. He knew how to have a good relationship with Dory Jr. and I. He was our best friend, but we had a lot of fear.

My father never bragged on me as a football player or when I started ! wrestling. But I always knew he was there if I needed him.

You must be very creative in our business. Creating in this business is making something new, but it is also touching on something old.

I take Energol to improve my wind and stamina.