Bob Backlund Quotes

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Bob Backlund

Profession : Wrestler

Birth : August 14, 1949

I have to sleep to stay alive. I have to eat to stay alive.

Bob Backlund

My favorite part about the wrestling industry is the fan base. I really enjoy going out to see fans and conversing with them outside the ring.

Bob Backlund

I wanted to be bad because the good guys were lying, cheating and swearing. Let me be bad by being good and I became a bad guy by being a good person.

Bob Backlund

When they have you in the short-arm scissor, they keep you in it for quite a while, and you're fighting to get out. And the more enthusiasm you can do when you're fighting to get out, the better. But if you're not in shape, you're not going to keep up with that rate.

Bob Backlund

Vince McMahon Sr. was the man who was behind me so much. I wasn't in a clique. I didn't schmooze with other promoters when I was coming up.

Bob Backlund

Guys like Brock Lesnar that come from amateur wrestling love the business just as much as they loved the athletics in amateur wrestling.

Bob Backlund

I respect everybody. We're all equal, we're all human beings and we're all here to do good things.

Bob Backlund

I tell myself I have to work out to stay alive. I'm not just staying alive to stay alive, I mean stay alive and live a quality life.

Bob Backlund

My wife is an individual and we want our daughter to be her own person in life.

Bob Backlund

In '85, I read a book that helped me forget about the past and work on the future as far as success goes, and it was Napoleon Hill.

Bob Backlund

I learned to love the oil business as much as I love the wrestling business.

Bob Backlund

I didn't have any problem whether I won or lost as long as I had as good as a match as I could.

Bob Backlund

The Harvard Step Test really makes your heart rate go down. I do that a few times a day and a high number of squats with other stretching and weight routines.

Bob Backlund

I'd like to go to schools and give speeches to people about training, working hard and getting ahead in life.

Bob Backlund

I could exercise in the closet, if I have to.

Bob Backlund

I got the title because I learned about the value of hard work.

Bob Backlund

I understand the saying 'it's lonely at the top.'

Bob Backlund

One of my biggest things is I don't want to have to lie around all day and take pills to stay alive. And I think working out is a better alternative to some doctor giving me pills all day. I don't want that to happen. It's a big reason I work out.

Bob Backlund

An All-American Boy does things right and works hard.

Bob Backlund

That's how I got started in the wrestling business. I was broke, I was homeless, and I was sleeping in the trunk of my car. It made me very conscious to never try to live beyond my means or try to keep up with the Joneses.

Bob Backlund