Top 60 Big Show Quotes

Miami is always my favorite town to work because it’s a short drive home.

People always talk about my heel/face turns. One of the jokes in America is I’ve had more turns than NASCAR.

Arn Anderson – I loved ‘The Enforcer’ Arn. He cut the best promos. He always looked cool because he had that Polo with the rope chain, the rose-colored glasses, and that mean beard.

The Internet is filled with so-called experts who couldn’t lace up a pair of boots.

I’m really impressed with Sheamus. The thing about Sheamus is he’s very, very physical. He’s a brawler. He’s strong, he’s hungry, and if he’s smart, he’ll learn to avoid my right fist.

I can look at every one of my faults, see they’re there, and go out and try to improve on it.

The Internet connection from the road can be spotty, so usually when I’m on the tour bus, I’m playing ‘God of War.’

There is nothing that anyone can stop you from doing if you really want.

The best match I’ve ever been in match-wise, I wrestled The Undertaker in France in a coliseum that was built in 300 A.D. by the Romans. It was the most amazing match I’ve ever been in.

At 12, I was, like, 6-2. At 13, I was, like, 6-5 or 6-6. I had always stuck out as a bit of a freak, so athletics gave me a chance to make friends and, I guess, find my ‘cool’ vibe, if there’s such a thing when you’re in high school.

The only time I had an ego is I when wanted to have a reverse Undertaker record at WrestleMania, and they messed it up!

I started out thinking I was going to play in the NBA; now I travel the world as a WWE Superstar. Life changes.

I’m not under any pressure other than to go out and have fun.

I’m kind of a Jack of all trades, master of none.

I’m a big ‘Call of Duty’ fan, and I used to play a lot online while I was in the bus, but I hate to be the guy who is lagging everybody out.

You always have to embrace your size.

I never thought I’d be good enough. I really didn’t. There’s probably some fans out there who say I’m still not good enough, and that’s OK.

Diversity makes us better and allows us to grow, which is what I want for WWE.

I owe my start in professional wrestling to the red-headed kid from ‘The Partridge Family.’ I was discovered by Hulk Hogan, Jimmy Hart, and Ric Flair in Chicago when I was introduced to those three gentlemen by Danny Bonaduce.

I have a lot of respect for Shaq. He’s one of the greatest NBA centers of all time.

I’d love to wrestle Baron Corbin and Finn Balor.

Of course I will always be an ambassador for the WWE, so definitely anytime they need me for something, I’m only a phone call away.

One of the first media tours I did was with The Rock – no one knew who I was, as I had just come from WCW; they thought I was The Rock’s bodyguard.

When I walked down the ramp and stood in the ring, I made other big guys look small.

I’m definitely looking to do more animation stuff.

I’ve had a blessed, blessed, fantastic career. I have no regrets whatsoever in my career.

I’ve wrestled some of the strongest, most athletic guys this business has ever seen. Brock Lesnar, John Cena, Mark Henry, Kane. These guys are phenomenal, phenomenal athletes and powerhouses.

Standing toe to toe with another fighter, I could probably do well, but a smart fighter is not going to stand toe to toe with me, and they’re going to move to a weakness.

I wouldn’t want to get Shaq’s mom mad, I’ll tell you that much. If she told me to do something, I would do it in a heartbeat. I wouldn’t want her mad at me. That woman is serious.

I liked being the monster that was bigger than everybody around me.

It’s funny, I used to ask guys who were in shape all the time, like Triple H, ‘What do you do?’ It was hard to get information out of them, and I understand why now. When you take the time and do the research, it’s more about what suits you, not what suits everybody.

The Attitude Era was so great because you had the best collection of superstars of any one time period. You had The Rock, Stone Cold, Undertaker, Mick Foley.

Not by any means do I think that I’m The Rock or Mark Wahlberg. I understand that I’m not like them, being a leading guy, but I’m a great comedy sidekick, and, who knows, I can be in the X-Men or something.

Wichita’s a fun place. It’s a great place to go to school. It’s a big university, but at the same time, it’s not too big.

I do a lot of gaming.

A lot of U.K. wrestlers are very good at chain wrestling, telling a story through holds, while American wrestling is a little more flashy, with lots of high-spots.

So there are ups and downs, but the best is just the looks on people’s faces when they meet me for the first time, because I am a real-life, walking, talking giant. It’s not every day you see someone like me walking down the street.

There are a lot of projects I want to do with producing and acting outside of wrestling.

The only way to get better is to wrestle better people and work with better guys; that’s the only way to get better in our business.

I was a fan of ‘The Jetsons’ growing up.

For so many years of my career, I was The Big Show. So in the back of my mind – whether it was ‘fat’ or aesthetically not pleasing or whatever crap people want to sling around – I enjoyed being The Big Show. I enjoyed being 450 pounds.

I was trained by Terry Taylor and Triple H. Triple H always hated when I say that.

I think I’ll always have a home in WWE.

Kane’s gloves get pretty rank. He grabs you for a chokeslam, and you just want to faint.

I’ll be that guy who’s 80 years old and still has a job. There is no ‘retire’ for me.

The toughest problem for us as giants is finding someone that we can work with and wrestle.

I think competition is the best thing for everyone. Competition is what makes us evolve, from when we were itty bitty little tadpoles in prehistoric times to what we’ve turned into now. Competition makes us evolve and makes us push ourselves better.

Being a WWE superstar is about giving, and I think there’s a few guys who get that.

I think, for me, I really looked at nutrition, talked to some people who knew a lot about nutrition, looked at different meal plans… calorie intake and what I was trying to do. I started slowly. I didn’t start as a ‘diet.’ I started as a lifestyle change.

WWE is home; it’s a family. I’ll always be a part of this as long as I can contribute in some positive way. But I know there’s a time when the sun sets on everything.

I like to think, personally, that Shaq got scared. He saw the six-pack and realized if he faced me at WrestleMania, he was going to be Fat Shaq.

Defining moments are the moments that either define you, or you define the moment.

I love representing WWE, like, with Make-A-Wish, Be a STAR, Special Olympics.

I am able to carry storylines. When you’re good at what you do, you’re going to work. That’s a good thing. But from the standpoint of being an attraction, sometimes too much isn’t good. So it’s a difficult fine line.

Brock Lesnar is a guy who doesn’t do a lot of live events, doesn’t do a lot of house shows, but every time he steps in the ring, it has a big-fight feel.

I got to meet Hulk Hogan. He took a liking to me because of my size. He saw that I was a good athlete and could move. He told me at the time, he says, ‘You got a big dollar sign in your forehead, kid,’ and I said, ‘Well, please show it to me, because I’m broke.’

I have fun every day I go to work.

WrestleMania is one of those events where you want to put the most different, most extravagant, most exotic show you can out there.

The Undertaker is the John Wayne of our business. I watched him come out and deliver some of the best matches night after night.

That’s why John Cena was No. 1 for so many years. Because every time John got in the ring with somebody, he made them better than they were.