Top 77 Randy Quotes

Coming up the ranks, I’ve got to see those who were sons of professional wrestlers get in the ring when they were five years old. I would wrestle around with them. Guys like The Rock and Randy Orton.

The toughest opponent for me would have been Randy Savage, the Macho Man, because his intensity paralleled mine.

Being outspoken was important… I helped make the UFC what it is today with Chuck Liddell, Royce Gracie, and Randy Couture. Some said I was outspoken in a bad way, but I was just trying to educate the fans what being a UFC fighter is all about.

My dream mixed-tag match has always been against the ‘Macho Man’ Randy Savage and Miss Elizabeth.

As far as heroes thorough the years, I’d say definitely Alabama and Randy Owen, Conway Twitty was a big influence of mine, George Strait, Lionel Richie.

When I was a kid, I wanted to be a pro wrestler. Other kids wanted to be cops and astronauts, but I wanted to be Hulk Hogan, the Ultimate Warrior, ‘Macho Man’ Randy Savage, Brutus ‘The Barber’ Beefcake, and Jake ‘The Snake.’ I wanted to be those guys! I used to tape matches on my trampoline and body-slam my brother.

People always say that Randy Moss can’t stick to the rules. Even my own rules.

Any woman who has ever worked in a gutsy male environment knows that the correct response to a randy remark is an even more salacious retort. But timid feminists don’t see it that way. To them, the proper reply is a lawsuit – that safe, modern version of the old slap in the face.

All of them had so much to offer us as far as, you know, knowledge in the music industry, and especially Randy and Paula because, you know, they’ve been artists.

After I started training with some of the best in the world and fighting in the UFC, I started really wanting fights with guys I used to idolize and watch on TV. Guys like Tito Ortiz and Randy Couture.

Talking about a fight with Randy Couture is a jinx for me.

My uncle inspired me, and it was because of him that I become a wrestler, but besides him, the one Superstar that really caught my attention growing up as a kid was ‘Macho Man’ Randy Savage.

My uncle Lionel ended up being a bug guy at 20th Century Fox, which my father had been – and, of course, my cousin Randy – you know, one of the great American songwriters. It was a storied family and, in many ways, very tough to emerge from.

Clemens and Maddux have defined our era, I believe. And Randy Johnson is right behind them and still going.

Dez Bryant isn’t Peyton Manning, Tom Brady, Drew Brees or Russell Wilson. Dez Bryant is a typical, me-first NFL receiver diva, cut from the same cloth as Terrell Owens, Chad Johnson, Randy Moss and Keyshawn Johnson, sprinkled with a heavy dash of Pacman Jones.

For Randy Neugebauer, the Texas Republican who chairs the investigations subcommittee, the top sources of funding for his 2012 reelection campaign are from the insurance, banking, finance, securities and real estate industries.

I want to be on ‘SmackDown’ because it has AJ Styles, Randy Orton, and John Cena – a lot of dream matches I can do.

Randy Wittman told me not to shoot 3-pointers. That got me very uncomfortable. There were certain labels tagged on me very early in my career, spots on the floor where I felt uncomfortable.

Cris Carter and Randy Moss – they’re the guys who made me want to play football and be a receiver.

I like Bach. I like Randy Newman.

They can’t have Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling lose a game.

When I wrestled Randy Orton, that was probably the biggest match of my career at that point, because that was when I had the other shot at the WWE championship.

I was more influenced by players like Randy Rhoads and Eddie Van Halen than by the guys in southern rock bands.

When Savage died, that was hard on me. I didn’t even hardly know Randy, but I just turned 51 this past December, and he was 58 when he died. I’m like, ‘Hey man, just because I’m in that line of work, do I have an expiration date? Am I supposed to go?’ I always wonder, but I don’t harbor it.

I’ve lived a lot in the last 12 years or however long its been since Boy Meets World. I have a lot more to draw upon in playing Randy than I did playing Frankie. Although, I did have a lot of fun playing that role.

I’ve been part of so many pay-per-views, and I’ve been in the ring with John Cena and Dean Ambrose and Randy Orton and Chris Jericho and Roman Reigns… all the top names. And I’ve been Intercontinental champion twice.

I’ve heard that I could be facing Randy Couture. That would a great.

I would have always liked to have worked with Randy Orton because of the Diamond Cutter and the RKO.

I think young people can spot when people believe what they are saying and when people aren’t believing what they are saying, and when I was a kid, I really did believe what Ric Flair and Randy Savage and Bret Hart said in their promos. I think there has to be some believability.

I look up to fighters like Vitor Belfort, Anderson Silva, Chuck Liddell and Randy Couture. A lot of the fighters that fought into their older age and for me, as a warrior, I just love it.

My heroes were Eddie Van Halen – especially after Van Halen I, II, III, and IV – Randy Rhoads, Ace Frehley and dudes like that. My brother played drums and we jammed in the garage and started writing our own stuff.

Alabama – they were the masters of that. They could come out with ‘Mountain Music’ or ‘Tennessee River’ and then turn around and come out with ‘Feels So Right.’ Go out and have fun and be those guys that like to party, then turn around and make every woman in America want Randy Owen.

You know, Simon he’s an artist representative, but Randy and Paula actually were in the industry as artists so they had, you know, the information that they offered to us from their aspect.

I feel like Randy Couture has helped build the history in this sport.

A lot of political music to me can be rather pedantic and corny, and when it’s done right – like Bruce Springsteen or Jackson Browne or great satire from Randy Newman, there’s nothing better.

The first real gig I went to was Randy Crawford in 1980. Seeing a big star like that was just fantastic.

At 185 in the UFC they had Rich Franklin and Anderson Silva, and I couldn’t go to 205 – they had Randy Couture, Chuck Liddell and all of those big guys. I just wasn’t mature enough, so if I hadn’t fought at 170 I probably wouldn’t have had the career I’ve had.

If I’m studying in NXT and trying to make it to the main roster, I would be watching Randy Orton.

I’ve been in the ring with so many guys, and I’ve been in the ring quite a bit with Randy. The WWE live events are… a little bit different from what you see on TV. It seems to flow better; more matches, longer wrestling.

The first time I arrived in Hollywood for the Grammy Awards, I thought I’d bump into people who mattered, such as Ry Cooder or Randy Newman. I was disappointed to see the people I’d always thought of as pop stars. They would charge around the stage rather than enjoy the music.

I would have to say Ric Flair and Randy Savage were two of my favorite guys to work with; I had some good main-event type matches with both.

Some guys are real noble guys, like Rich Franklin or Randy Couture. These guys are just really good people who happen to fight.

Randy Newman and I grew up together in Los Angeles. We are both products of the film studio era. Randy is one of the great songwriters of our time and one of the fun people to be with.

Randy Edsall is a good, strong, decent man who is working his tail off on behalf of the University of Maryland. And there are more people that want to spend their days burning things down than building it up. At least just stop rooting against him. You know, give the guy a chance.

I’m honored to face such a great fighter as Randy Couture.

And that’s why, you know, it’s players like Randy Moss that unfortunately put a stain on the entire league.

I’ve had a dozen novels published and have made far more than a dozen mistakes. Which is why Randy Susan Meyers and I wrote a guidebook to help authors avoid making our mistakes.

I used to play around and sing Randy Travis for my dad. I’d always be able to just mimic things.

I looked at Randy White… I looked at Klecko. I looked at Gino Marchetti. I looked at a lot of players. Bob Lilly. There are players I looked at over the years when I was a young player and tried to steal a little bit from their game and fit it into my game. And Joe Klecko was someone I thought was a bear to deal with.

I love ‘Macho Man’ Randy Savage, Shawn Michaels and Eddie Guerrero.

I beat Randy Orton, one of the all-time greats, you know. Why can’t I beat a Brock Lesnar?

I think the rise of progressives is the biggest storyline there is, whether it’s Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez or Kara Eastman or Randy Bryce, Richard Ojeda – real populist progressives that are willing to actually fight for the progressive message rather than the lukewarm establishment Democrats.

Randy Newman seemed like an even worse singer than me. I liked Ray Charles, Levi Stubbs, Jack Jones, Joe Tex, Wilson Pickett.

I believe Randy Orton is one of the greatest of all time.