Top 25 Paul Orndorff Quotes

Bret Hart was a nobody from Canada, and Hogan was the greatest star in wrestling.

When Terry Funk, Harley Race had world titles, it meant more.

I know him as Terry. Hulk Hogan has probably done more for wrestling than anybody has. He got Hollywood involved in wrestling. Hogan was a big guy, but that big ol’ guy could move, and he knew how to get those people going. He had it all. He got pro wrestling to a whole new level.

I tried to be different; I didn’t want to be like everybody else.

Roddy actually was in the business longer then I was and started sooner than I did, and Roddy was a smart guy.

The fans can either hate you or like you, and they either hated me or liked me, but they always remembered me. I’m very proud of that.

When they hated me, it was hell. I used to fight the crowd before I even started my matches. It was crazy.

The good Lord gave me something, and he gave me intensity. He gave me a body, and he gave me the work and how hard I worked the body the way that it was.

I believed in making it look real. I was probably hard to work with because I wanted it to make real, and I knew how to wrestle.

I don’t care much for Canadians.

I went to the gym six days a week, three hours a day, and it was part – and it was my life.

I could have been Mr. America if I wanted to be, but I chose wrestling. I could have played pro-football, but I chose wrestling.

Holy cow, she was tough as nails, man. When I was starting, Moolah was the head woman. She could kick 90 percent of the guys’ butts.

I used my body, and Roddy used a lot of his brains.

In wrestling, if there is a legend, Roddy Piper is a legend, no doubt about it. Nobody was ever like he was.

You have to realize in this life and in your life that timing is everything.

I am not bragging – it may sound like it – but there was nobody in this business that had the aggression and had the body that I had – nobody!

I worked every night, and I’d go 25, 35, 45 minutes, and that is what made me, and that is that I knew how to work, and I knew how to work the people.

I like being a bad guy.

I like contact sports like football. I like collisions, and I was good at it.

Nobody was ever better than Roddy Piper was when it came to interviews. He didn’t pull no punches. He wasn’t afraid of nothin’ or nobody. He was a trip, and he was good people, too. He was a good friend. A damn good friend.

There’ll never, ever be another Vince McMahon. Whether you like him, dislike him, love him, or whatever, the guy was a smart man. He knew what to do, and he knew how to do it.

I was drafted by the New Orleans Saints, and quite frankly, I got worn out playing football. I got tired of it. With wrestling, there were so many variables that could go with it, so many directions you could go. Every night, it was different. Every night. It was a different town 7 nights a week and twice on Sunday.

I knew how to upset the people, and I did it in such a way that it was believable. That’s how I made a living at it for 20 years. I don’t regret a thing I done or said in wrestling. Nothing.

Tito Santana was one of the hardest working guys in the business. When Tito used to make that comeback, the people went crazy because he had so much fire. He had so much damn energy. He could just go and go and go.