Top 45 Roddy Piper Quotes

Burt Reynolds, the first time I met him, he introduced me at Madison Square Garden at Wrestlemania X.

My first match lasted 10 seconds, and I lost.

It’s very humbling to know that the industry has cast me as the greatest heel in the history of the business.

For anyone who’s not familiar with ‘Piper’s Pit,’ they need to know one thing – there’s absolutely no rules.

I lived on the street myself.

Back in the early days of WWE, I remember doing 20 interviews every Tuesday, one right after the other on different topics.

CM Punk is a very talented man, and I’m a big fan of his.

They say that wrestlers are actors, and they couldn’t be more wrong. The truth is wrestling and acting could not be more opposite. Wrestling is explosion, and acting is implosion.

I was trained by, at the time, the toughest man in the world. Not according to him, either. His name is ‘Judo’ Gene Lebell, and he trained Bruce Lee, Chuck Norris. He’s the godfather of MMA.

Guys like Ole Anderson, Gene Anderson, Mad Dog Vachon, Johnny Valentine. I love them to death. I’ll love them forever.

A lot of guys that were trailblazers, if we were to go back to the actual time, were just really scared and had no choice, but the water’s rushing in, and you either swim or sink.

I’ve had over seven thousand pro fights.

I was 15 years old when I started wrestling full time, and I know what I had to go through to get here.

The very first individual that breaks out in my mind as a top villain is Gorgeous George, and it’s hard to beat the first guy.

WWE and I have a long history, and I remember some very fun days back in the day.

You never let somebody come from outside the business, have their way with the business, and then leave the next day and laugh at you. How the hell does David Arquette become World Champion?

‘Piper’s Pit’ was totally unscripted – everything just happened – thus, innovation was a challenging must to accomplish.

If you are the heel, and if you are doing your job right, you are most hated.

I never faked my emotions or my desire to be a winner.

We got an old saying: I would rather you punch my teeth down my throat than throw a popcorn punch!

I’m as real as they come.

I’m not as sharp as I used to be.

When I was 14, I was 5th in the world playing bagpipes – that’s how I got the name Roddy the Piper, and then, you know, eventually it just became ‘Roddy Piper.’

There was a lot of work that people don’t know about that I did to establish my villain persona. There were a lot of miles on the road that went into it, thousands upon thousands of hours of writing on yellow pads while driving in my car with the dome light on.

I’m a very lucky person.

I’ve been in 30 car crashes, none of ’em my fault, I swear on a stack of midgets… OK, they were probably all my fault.

I am really good with Lego!

I’m kind of a go-get-’em kind of guy.

Wrestling saved my life.

Vince McMahon got really angry at me for leaving the WWE-F-G, whatever it is now.

‘Pro Wrestlers vs. Zombies’ is a comedy. It was fun. You just don’t take it serious. You just go there, get your popcorn, and sit down.

I left home when I was 13. When I was 15, I was living in a youth hostel, and I was the 167-pound amateur wrestling champion.

Only thing I ever thought I’d see is a picture with me in a uniform with stripes on it and a number under my mug shot.

I put my heart into my career, and the people knew that I did that; and I went from being the most hated man to one of the best loved.

Wrestling has a tremendous entrance plan. You come in, and it’s, ‘Boy, here you are. It’s rock and roll; it’s wonderful.’ It’s got no exit plan.

Kurt Angle and Matt Hardy… I have so much respect for them.

Getting into the voice-over booth, there are no cameras and no inhibitions.

I did three television shows in Poughkeepsie in one day, with Adrian Adonis and The Iron Sheik. They gave us no food.

The WWE gave me a family and a life.

You walk into an arena with 10,000 people and no security and everybody hating you, it takes some gumption.

It seems like I have been fighting someone, something, someplace, in some manner, my whole life.

Ask me for my shirt off my back, I’ll give it to you. Tell me? Not a chance.

You’ve got to realize, I’ve been stabbed three times; I’m not too used to this kind of love from people. It has been unbelievable the amount of support I’ve gotten. I’m getting letters, packages, e-mails, and phone calls from so many people. It’s just overwhelming.

I only had an A game… no matter where I was.

Wrestlers are the best.