I went to college. I had a double major in biology and physical education, but my major was wrestling.

— Dan Gable

I'm the man that made wrestling famous.

— Hulk Hogan

The Rough Beast snorted. “You don’t get it at all, buddy. It’s not about wrestling. It’s about stories. We’re storytellers.”Caperton studied him. “Somebody at my job just said that.”“It’s true! You have to be able to tell the story to get people on board for anything. A soft drink, a suck sesh, elective surgery, gardening, even your thing--public space? I prefer private space, but that’s cool. Anyway, nobody cares about anything if there isn’t a story attached. Ask the team that wrote the Bible. Ask Vincent Allan Poe.”“But doesn’t it seem kind of creepy?” Caperton said. “All of us just going around calling ourselves storytellers?”The Rough Beast shrugged. “Well, you can be negative. That’s the easy way out.

— Sam Lipsyte

My dad is the reason I actually started watching wrestling. My dad was never big into sports; we were all big into sports as kids, and he'd go to our Little League games or whatever and not really know what was going on, because he didn't know about sports, but he knew about wrestling.

— John Cena

The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.

— Marcus Aurelius

It is not over. Champions extend their limits and make things happen.

— Amit Ray

Everyone has the fire, but the champions know when to ignite the spark.

— Amit Ray

When you see the Statue of Liberty, you will be in America.

— Antonio Russo

More enduringly than any other sport, wrestling teaches self-control and pride. Some have wrestled without great skill - none have wrestled without pride.

— Dan Gable

You've got to get obsessed and stay obsessed.

— John Irving