Bob Backlund Quotes

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Bob Backlund

Profession : Wrestler

Birth : August 14, 1949

American society has fallen into the biggest cavity our civilization has ever faced and people are tired of the same old politicians getting elected year-in and year-out.

Bob Backlund

We have to start doing a better job of being role models for our children. They are the future and we aren't doing a very good job at all at showing them the proper way to conduct themselves.

Bob Backlund

I always really liked Allentown. The people were very down to earth. It reminded me a lot of my hometown in Minnesota.

Bob Backlund

I used to sign autographs until sunrise at Madison Square Garden.

Bob Backlund

Some wrestlers believe that being elusive is the way to get the fans to love you, but I think just the opposite. You need to get out there and show the people that you appreciate their support.

Bob Backlund

My mission is to do good things and motivate people to be positive and do good things.

Bob Backlund

I never really wanted to be a bad guy. But I was more happy being a bad guy if I had to do what other people were doing to be good and be liked.

Bob Backlund

I built up a luminous vocabulary so I could educate the masses.

Bob Backlund

I met Mr. Piper when he was a young person getting in the business in the Olympic theater in Los Angeles. He was just starting and I had the championship for a while. I was over in Japan and they had asked me to go over and have a match with Roddy for 59 minutes and 30 seconds.

Bob Backlund

There's a lot of people that watch wrestling that don't give a hoot about voting.

Bob Backlund

I want America strong, and want to do things with people.

Bob Backlund

I like all of the wrestlers, I don't like the things some of them do.

Bob Backlund

You can't be lying to kids and expecting them not to do it and you're going out and doing the same things you're asking them not to do.

Bob Backlund

You have to stand up and you have to walk to walk or you're not the man. You don't walk the walk, that's the most important thing about being WWF champion or any champion at all.

Bob Backlund

Billy Superstar Graham dropped the WWF title to me, and that had the biggest influence because it changed my life.

Bob Backlund

I enjoyed the time in the ring because I was trying to entertain people and give them a show for their hard earned money they spent to come to the show.

Bob Backlund

I'm disciplined.

Bob Backlund

Most of the people in my business, they're a lot different than I am.

Bob Backlund

If something hasn't worked for 44 years, you have to try something different.

Bob Backlund

Exercise is the only real fountain of youth.

Bob Backlund