Booker T Quotes

Booker T

Profession : Wrestler

Birth : March 1, 1965

The thing is you never know what you can do until you try it. Even if you try, you still may fail, but that's when you have to go and prepare because if you're not prepared, you're preparing to fail.

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That's what my specialty's always been in the wrestling business - going out there and making my opponent look better than he can make himself look.

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Just being a commentator is not as easy as people think with going out there and talking for three hours. So, I don't call myself a commentator: I call myself an analyst.

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That's been the story of my life - obstacles: trying to figure a way over them, around them, under them; sometimes you have to go straight through them.

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The nWo almost singlehandedly ruined the business as far as good guys, bad guys, cowboys, and Indians.

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People don't want to see Hulk Hogan as the bad guy. Hulk Hogan is the ultimate good guy.

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Kevin Nash came to me; he goes, 'Book, hey, Book, man, you know, this nWo thing is getting real hot, bro. And, man, we need some color, man.' I swear to God, that's how he said it! 'We need some color, bro.' He goes, 'We want to bring you in.' I go, 'Man, thanks, but no thanks. No way.' I said, 'I'm a solo act, man.'

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I talk about Hulk Hogan being in my corner back in the day... Back in the day, if it wasn't for Hulk Hogan, I don't know if Booker T and Stevie Ray would've gotten the push that we got.

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I never had to deal with racism as a kid, by the grace of God somehow.

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I didn't run into racism until I got into the wrestling business.

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People see me smiling all the time... they see me pretty much happy all the time. I never carry a frown around.

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Anything worth having is worth working really, really hard for.

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I really do like seeing Bobby Lashley get the torch and exactly seeing what he can do with it.

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I know I'm not going to be working with the WWE forever. That's why I'm going to be the Mayor of the city of Houston, so I can move on to the next stage of my life.

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A lot of those young folks look up to me in the city of Houston. I give hope and inspiration and try to change people's lives for the better in the city of Houston.

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From the beginning of my career, when I first started on the independent circuit, when I went to Global Wrestling Federation in Dallas and then to WCW, all the way through it seems like titles have been around my waist for some reason, and I always give credit to the fans.

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I make sure I'm smiling every day, I'm laughing every day, no matter how sore or achy I am or whatever.

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Tell your kids you love them as much as you possibly can, because you're not promised one second to the next.

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My dream was to make it in life. I didn't know how it was going to be. My brother guided me toward a wrestling ring, and I gravitated to it very quickly. It seemed like deja vu for me, and I said, 'Wow, I think this might be it.'

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After I've sat back and looked at my body of work, thought about it, I go, 'Wow, I guess I am a Hall of Famer.'

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