If I had only Inoki to meet, I could wrestle until I was 60 years old. — Bruno Sammartino Copy Share Image
I very seldom look at wrestling magazines. Whenever I do, I get angry. — Bruno Sammartino Copy Share Image
Wrestling was my way of making a living. I did the very best I could. — Bruno Sammartino Copy Share Image
I would be a fool to tell you that there was no fixing. You ask if wrestling is for real? Well, I… — Bruno Sammartino Copy Share Image
Wrestling isn't looked upon like the other sports of football, baseball, basketball and hockey. — Bruno Sammartino Copy Share Image
Haystacks Calhoun has never been lifted because he has never been in the ring with Bruno Sammartino. — Bruno Sammartino Copy Share Image
Besides wrestling, in my younger years, I also competed in Olympic lifting and power lifting. — Bruno Sammartino Copy Share Image
I was never a fan of Hogan because I was never impressed with his quality of performance in the ring. — Bruno Sammartino Copy Share Image
In the old days wrestling had a certain showmanship. All those people paid their dues. They knew how to wrestle. — Bruno Sammartino Copy Share Image
Professional wrestling, when you're talking money, like they say, it's the root of all evil. — Bruno Sammartino Copy Share Image
Wrestling is how I made my living and supported my family, but it's over. I don't want anything to do with it… — Bruno Sammartino Copy Share Image
I didn't care for Steve Austin because of his mouth. He was a very, very vulgar individual and anybody who is like… — Bruno Sammartino Copy Share Image
There were promises made to me as far as if I became a professional wrestler, that I was going to be given… — Bruno Sammartino Copy Share Image
I had a lot of my success due to appearing at the Garden. I wrestled there over 200 times, it's where I… — Bruno Sammartino Copy Share Image
Stan Hansen was a different ballgame. I broke my neck wrestling him in Madison Square Garden. I spent a month in the… — Bruno Sammartino Copy Share Image
If I were to tell you that my day was all pure wrestling, I wouldn't be honest with you. Because there were… — Bruno Sammartino Copy Share Image
I complained about the gimmicks. All the nonsense and garbage. After a while I just said I would not wrestle with the… — Bruno Sammartino Copy Share Image
I really don't understand because I love opera, because I respect the Michelangelos and da Vincis, that it should be shocking because… — Bruno Sammartino Copy Share Image
They say it's all fake, but there's nothing fake when a guy picks you up and slams you down or throws you… — Bruno Sammartino Copy Share Image
Kurt Angle, I knew he was from Pittsburgh and I knew his background very well and his amateur days and, of course,… — Bruno Sammartino Copy Share Image
I'm very violent in the ring. I don't know if it's the Italian temper, I can get very nasty in there. But… — Bruno Sammartino Copy Share Image
In talking to Paul Levesque, I made it clear, I've had issues with WWE and wrestling in general, because there were other… — Bruno Sammartino Copy Share Image
After I retired, I spent a quarter of a century in the business, and when I retired and a new regime took… — Bruno Sammartino Copy Share Image
I'm not bragging, but my reputation among my peers was Bruno was a horse I never got tired. — Bruno Sammartino Copy Share
I didn't care if I was aching or hurting. I wanted to give the fans their money's worth. — Bruno Sammartino Copy Share
After I retired, I spent a quarter of a century in the business, and when I retired and a new regime took over, Vince… — Bruno Sammartino Copy Share
In Argentina, in Brazil, I remember going to Australia, all the trips I did in Japan, you know how they'd advertise me? 'From Madison… — Bruno Sammartino Copy Share
Wrestling is how I made my living and supported my family, but it's over. I don't want anything to do with it anymore. — Bruno Sammartino Copy Share
If anybody can really beat me, fine. But that's the only way I'll go down. — Bruno Sammartino Copy Share
Anytime that people feel that you accomplished enough to enter into a Hall of Fame, of course this is a tremendous, tremendous thrill for… — Bruno Sammartino Copy Share
If I were to tell you that my day was all pure wrestling, I wouldn't be honest with you. Because there were crooked promoters.… — Bruno Sammartino Copy Share
She was absolutely my hero. She would do without if she could help somebody else. My mom showed the courage of the lion to… — Bruno Sammartino Copy Share
