Top 55 Booker T Quotes

Most people who are not of color, their parents didn’t need to tell them how to act around police or what to do if they ever got pulled over. Never, not once. We are taught that in the black neighborhoods. I’ve been profiled and pulled over, so it’s not like I don’t know.

I’ve never really considered myself a wrestler. I always considered myself an entertainer, but I always wanted to be better than the guy next to me.

That’s what cool about me being here and still being in the wrestling business. I can still give back, even being in the announcer’s booth. I still feel like I’m a role model and I have a job to do.

Of course I’ve always wanted to make a decent pay like everybody else.

Everybody is not born with a silver spoon in their mouth. There are only a very small percentage of those types of people, you know what I mean?

I got my name in the hat for 2019 Mayor of Houston, Texas.

WCW and WWE were two totally different environments. A lot of guys in WCW were making a lot of money, and the work schedule wasn’t that hard. You had to earn it in WWE.

It was something I was dreaming about, to be in WCW or WWE. At that time, it was an escape for me, out of the norm from being a neighborhood kid.

Boston is awesome, man. It’s a rush to go out there and perform.

Oh, man, first part of my career was awesome: having my big brother Steve Ray – he’s my blood brother, my real brother – having him watch my back for nearly 10 years in WCW.

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.

The NWO was one of a kind. It was led by three mega-superstars. They knew how to work the business, especially Kevin Nash. He was literally the brains behind that machine.

Aw, man, it’s huge to actually have a platform and let the world see Reality of Wrestling as well as to be able to compete with all the other independent companies around the world.

Muhammad Ali was my idol, and I always say, if Muhammad Ali had told me the exact same thing my mother, the principal, the security guard, my brothers… you know, the same thing they were telling me that I didn’t listen to, I would have listened, just because it came from Muhammad Ali.

I look at a guy like Chris Jericho. This guy, man, he’s one of the hardest workers.

If we truly want to make America great, we need to fix this racial inequality.

This can be the best job in the world, being a WWE superstar, but it can be the hardest job in the world at the same time.

There was a question in my mind, because I am black, if the fans would accept a black world champion. ‘Bash at the Bash’ was a topsy-turvy night. Finally, when the 1-2-3 came, the fans erupted. All my questions were answered; they really did want to see me win.

In professional wrestling, I’m sure in combat sports, there’s always gonna be testosterone.

People really don’t understand how hard it is and what it takes to be a WWE Superstar.

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.’

I never said that I was retired. I never said that I was never gonna put the boots on ever again.

It’s almost like the Monday Night Wars for me all over again. That’s the kind of feeling I get with Reality of Wrestling.

There’s been so many rivals, most of them Canadian guys like Rick Martel, Christian and Chris Benoit. Those guys were all ultimate professionals, every one of them.

I’ll tell you right now, man, if WWE was to call me and say, ‘Hey, Book, we want you to do a match with ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin,’ I’d do it!

There are no barriers, and there is no glass ceiling when you put in the work.

A guy who I always said was my favorite wrestler is Rey Mysterio.

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

You don’t just call a person out to a fight if you don’t know their background, what they’ve been through, and how to test them.

People ask me, ‘Man, are we gonna see one more match?’ And I’ve always said, ‘Hey, never say never, because you never know what you’re gonna do.’

If you’re not prepared to go out and steal the show every night, your job is going to be much more on the line on a regular basis. If you can master that, that’s something that you never really have to worry about.

The parts of life that drive me are getting that homeless person off the street and helping people receive the education they deserve. I want to be able to help the ones that want the help, but also guide the ones who don’t so they are also in a better position.

I always say that Sheri Martell was that one thing that put Harlem Heat on the map, made us a legitimate tag team.

Racism is something that is taught. We, as a people, need to work to get past that.

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.

Pro wrestling is a different animal than pro football and pro soccer. There is going to be a lot of money going out before the bulk of the money can come back in.

Corey Graves – he’s thrown jabs at me; I’ve thrown jabs back, you know? And you know, the thing is, Corey Graves, of course, yeah, he’s a college educated young man. His vernacular is a little different than mine.

I’m not homophobic or anything like that, but when gay people come out, it’s like, ‘You didn’t have to tell me that, because I’m still going to still give you a hug.’

My first contract with WCW was, like, $70,000 a year. I didn’t know you could make that kind of money doing this. I was like, ‘Wow. I think I’m going to stick around for a long time.’

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.’

It was a great ride, 10-time world tag team champion with my brother and then to work with Sheri Martell back in the days, you know, a dream come true.

People say, ‘Respect your elders,’ but I always go, ‘Respect your young people because they are our future.’

Throughout my whole time in wrestling on the road, going out and being around some of the whitest people in the world, I’ve never had any problems with anybody. It was never black or white. Booker T was just a wrestler. I did that by design.

I trained with a guy by the name of Scott Casey. He actually worked with WWE back in the day, but he didn’t become a big star. What I want to teach is what he taught me: that the smallest things are what people are really looking for.

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

Personally, I’m not a Republican, and I’m not a Democrat. People need to stop focusing on becoming part of a party and instead voting with their mind and their heart.

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.

I always wanted to be mentioned in the same breath as all of the great wrestlers.

Unions are something wrestlers have been talking about for many years. We would probably wish there was a union, but you have to understand wrestling is not a regulated sport.

Just because I wasn’t with my brother in the WWE, that doesn’t mean I wasn’t in the business.

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

When I left WWE, TNA offered me a deal. It was a sweet deal: ya sit at home the majority of the year. Just show up every now and then and make some money. That was a sweet deal for me; that was like a vacation.

I’ve got twin babies – a boy and a girl – and it’s great.

At the end of the day, it is about taking care of your family. Going out and doing the job like Stevie Ray would say, to the best of your ability until something better comes along. I say that because it’s very simple; we are all in the entertainment business.

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