Jim Ross Quotes

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Jim Ross

Profession : Entertainer

Birth : January 3, 1952

Jericho uses tried and true, fundamental pro wrestling villain techniques to make him effective. He's a master in ring psychologist.

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I can't change history but only learn from it.

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Many talents hurt themselves by over thinking the business and doing too much which waters every thing down and makes major moves mean less.

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I'm a fan of Lucha Underground and hope they are successful.

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When one chooses a life as a public personality they give up certain levels of privacy but in one's home and intimate moments everyone should be protected.

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When you grow up on a farm, you grow up fast.

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You can't go to Amazon and order a book on how you handle grief. There's books on it, sure. But there's no tried and true manual. You just have to live that out. There's no formula to heal.

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I've just been so blessed in my journey. Fat kid from Oklahoma, buddy - Southern accent and Bell's palsy, becoming a broadcaster and hanging around a fickle business for 40 years. You wonder how in the hell that happened. It was somebody's plan.

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One of my biggest fears, in both my personal and business life, is residing too long in my comfort zone.

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People think you can wave a magic wand and create a star, that couldn't be further from the truth. People think that a promoter has all the cards and the talents are merely pawns and they have very little do with the bigger success, when they have most of their success because of what they do.

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I can never agree with people that say 'Cena's overexposed.'

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Like many kids, I grew up sports-minded.

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I don't like losing at anything, but it's not the end of the world if you beat me.

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I've always believed that if you are in the WWE system, that in two years or less, the staff should be able to tell who's a keeper and who's not.

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The first thing that you need to be a draw, to be a star, is the intangible 'It' factor. You cannot manufacture 'It,' you cannot replicate 'It.'

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There's a lot of brands around the world that want to get exposed in the U.S.A.

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I used to roll my eyes when I heard the term 'workaholic,' but I guess if the shoe fits, you got to wear it.

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If there was a Mount Rushmore for pro wrestling cities, Chicago and New York would be on there.

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Whether I stay on the air on a weekly basis or I don't, that's not my call. But I've had such a blessed career that if it ended tomorrow, I've got nothing to complain about.

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It doesn't matter if you have a six-minute match on 'Superstars,' go out and steal the show. Go have a great, solid match. Somebody's going to say, 'Who cares about 'Superstars?' Nobody watches it. And it's only six minutes.' That's the wrong attitude. That's a loser's attitude, and that's what I've told dozens of talents.

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