Bob Backlund Quotes

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Bob Backlund

Profession : Wrestler

Birth : August 14, 1949

I'm a dad, I'm a family man, I believe family is the most important unit on the face of the earth. If anything is going to get fixed, family will do it.

Bob Backlund

I have a policy before I get out of bed, I convince myself that I'm going to have a positive mental attitude all day, and I never capitulate on that rule.

Bob Backlund

When I was inducted into the Hall of Fame, Donald Trump was inducted on the same night. When I was done with my speech, he came over to me and said I could light up New York City if they could plug me into it.

Bob Backlund

The chicken wing and the cross-face were in the business but I was the first one to clasp my hands when I had both of them on. So I was sort-of the inventor of it.

Bob Backlund

As Mr. Backlund, I truly believed in what I was saying. I believed in every word that I said. I believed that society had fallen off a cliff morally compared to the '80s.

Bob Backlund

Darren Young was looking for someone to train him and finally he came and asked me if I wouldn't mind to be his life coach. I said, 'I sure would, you're a great man and good for the business.'

Bob Backlund

Don't throw your garbage out the window of your car anymore because you're defacing our country.

Bob Backlund

When I got put into the Hall of Fame in 2013, I told Triple H I would like to get back in the business and put a little bit more W in it and I was serious about it. I don't know if he is ever going to take me up on the offer. I do think about it every now and then.

Bob Backlund

To go and win a gold medal in the Olympics, not too many people get a chance to do that and it is such a great accomplishment.

Bob Backlund

I flunked third grade in Princeton, Minn. It was embarrassing. It was downing.

Bob Backlund

Bruno Sammartino is the greatest wrestling champion ever in the world. I wrestled more than he did but he was a strong man, he pushed a lot, threw people around and he was the greatest. I actually did more wrestling maneuvers then he did but that wasn't his thing.

Bob Backlund

I worked as hard as I could in the ring to make the matches enjoyable as much as I could.

Bob Backlund

Who would you rather have represent you? A regular guy like me or a lifelong politician?

Bob Backlund

My business was wrestling and I wanted to be ready to go in the ring and do my best and I didn't have time to worry about what was going on behind the scenes and I didn't want to know.

Bob Backlund

I had a policy that you had to recite the presidents of the U.S.A. to me before you could get my signature.

Bob Backlund

I believed that people should be held responsible for their own actions. And I believed that hard work and dedication paid off.

Bob Backlund

I was working out in a gym in Minneapolis and I met this guy named Eddie Sharkey. He had a school there where wrestlers like Red Bastien, Billy Red Lyons and Mad Dog Vachon were working out. Those were some very interesting characters, but they were all good athletes, so I joined.

Bob Backlund

In amateur wrestling, you are always wanting to win matches and win matches and win matches. I changed my goal when I got into professional wrestling and I said I wanted to go out there and entertain at the highest level I could.

Bob Backlund

I go around and talk to a lot of kids at wrestling tournaments. I talk to the moms and dads.

Bob Backlund

When I won the championship, my whole life changed. I was known all over the world.

Bob Backlund