Ted DiBiase Sr. Quotes

Ted DiBiase Sr.

Profession : Wrestler

Birth : January 18, 1954

Well, you know, I was a top heel in the company for a long time and whether I was moved over to a tag team with Mike Rotunda, you know, we were a top heel team.

Ted DiBiase Sr.

Wrestling is a business, it is show business and wrestling championships are props.

Ted DiBiase Sr.

Well, the mission statement of Heart of David is that we're a ministry of evangelism and encouragement. Evangelism meaning that I evangelize I travel on a weekly basis to churches not only churches but I find myself doing a lot more men's events, I talk to a lot more men and I go to a lot of prisons.

Ted DiBiase Sr.

I did make 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin the Million Dollar Champion on Raw. You know I saw the talent in Steve and I remember telling him - because a lot of people were telling him 'You need to do more' - I remember telling him, 'Don't do anything different, because what you do is believable, it's real.'

Ted DiBiase Sr.

Usually a manager is put with someone who has got good rings skills, but is not necessarily good on the mic. So I have no idea why they put me with Steve Austin, he didn't need any help!

Ted DiBiase Sr.

It's just one of those things. When you're a wrestler you're thinking about one guy, yourself, your character and whatever guy it is you're working with. When you're a writer and you're kind of in a booking type role, you're thinking about the entire roster so you're thinking about wrestling 24 hours a day.

Ted DiBiase Sr.

As a young man, I had a strong faith in God. It dwindled and I pretty much abandoned it when I went to college. Basically, what I tell everybody is what took over my life was my pride.

Ted DiBiase Sr.

I have the love and respect of my wife and my kids. I could look in the mirror and I'm happy with that guy now. He's okay. He's not a schmuck.

Ted DiBiase Sr.

The road can become a very lonely place. It's not what it's cracked up to be. Of course, it's what you make it.

Ted DiBiase Sr.

I tell young guys, you need to build accountability into your life to avoid the pitfalls.

Ted DiBiase Sr.

The Million Dollar Man thought he could buy anybody or anything and that was the essence of the character. About as evil as you can get!

Ted DiBiase Sr.

I travel all over the United States basically in evangelism, speaking in churches, speaking in prisons, speaking in rehab centers wherever I can basically sharing my story of redemption and the turnaround in my life.

Ted DiBiase Sr.

I tell people all day who say 'When you going to retire?' I said I never found the word retirement in the Bible, so I'm going to keep going till I'm not here.

Ted DiBiase Sr.

I remember when I was in Mid-South and they used to tape interviews every Wednesday morning, and I wasn't required to go to the interviews because I was a rookie and I wasn't cutting any interviews - I was a curtain jerker. But I went every Wednesday anyway because I was going to watch those guys and I was going to glean from them.

Ted DiBiase Sr.

I think with a lot of comics, their gift is improv. They don't have a script. They'll have a couple of good ideas they start with, and go from there. And it's the same in wrestling.

Ted DiBiase Sr.

Vulgarity, in my mind, is not cool.

Ted DiBiase Sr.

I tell everybody all the time: I had a 25-year wrestling career, and I'm most known for laughing.

Ted DiBiase Sr.

I was smarter when I was 15, 16 than when I was 18 to 26, because instead of caving in to being cool, I stuck close to my convictions and I was rewarded.

Ted DiBiase Sr.

I taught my boys it is easy to follow a crowd. Anybody can do that. It takes a man to stand up for your principles. You cut your own path in life. Chase after whatever your heart's desire is, and instead of following the crowd, let somebody else follow you. That takes a little guts.

Ted DiBiase Sr.