There are so many young fans out there who have only seen me wrestle on tape. — Ricky Steamboat Copy Share Image
I learned so much from Ric Flair... just listening to him guide me early in my career. — Ricky Steamboat Copy Share Image
You know I'm very happy with WWE, the company in which I still work. — Ricky Steamboat Copy Share Image
I can remember that my match with Savage at WM3 lasted less than 20 minutes. — Ricky Steamboat Copy Share Image
When you get two guys that gel together, you can feel greatness in the ring. — Ricky Steamboat Copy Share Image
I'd like to work with Seth Rollins, and I'd put him over right in the middle. — Ricky Steamboat Copy Share Image
I had a good run with the WWF. A lot of good matches, a lot of fun. — Ricky Steamboat Copy Share Image
I always felt that whatever I was asked to do that my ability in the ring would speak for itself. — Ricky Steamboat Copy Share Image
You can feel greatness in the ring. You can get two guys that gel together and it's just like poetry or a… — Ricky Steamboat Copy Share Image
I honestly think that we're getting away from the basic structure of wrestling and it causes wrestlers' careers to come up short… — Ricky Steamboat Copy Share Image
There are fans out there who have never seen Andre The Giant wrestle but have heard the name and heard stories about… — Ricky Steamboat Copy Share Image
I know one thing, after the match with Savage at Wrestlemania III, I was gassed. I went back to the locker room… — Ricky Steamboat Copy Share Image
The one thing I'll never forget is the fan base. Without them, there would be no WWE. There would be no wrestling. — Ricky Steamboat Copy Share Image
A lot of guys would say that I was like a 'damn chameleon'. It doesn't matter who you are in the ring… — Ricky Steamboat Copy Share Image
I feel that we really had some good, athletic women wrestling out there and they work just as hard as the guys… — Ricky Steamboat Copy Share Image
I don't like to use the word 'fake.' A lot of our stuff is choreographed. But there is a lot of physicality… — Ricky Steamboat Copy Share Image
The one moment above all that fans bring up from my career when they run into me is the Savage match. Here… — Ricky Steamboat Copy Share Image
I understand that wrestling now has changed as opposed to what it was when I worked, but I still think you can… — Ricky Steamboat Copy Share Image
If you think of the guys that I was in the ring with, when I looked across the ring at the other… — Ricky Steamboat Copy Share Image
I learned early on as a baby-face you had adapt to their style. Ravishing Rick Rude had his own style and his… — Ricky Steamboat Copy Share Image
Whenever two guys got together, you asked, 'What body part would you like to work?' In my case, it was the arm.… — Ricky Steamboat Copy Share Image
I've got 8 and 10 year old kids telling me about the match I had with Savage at WrestleMania III and that… — Ricky Steamboat Copy Share Image
Before, there were only four pay per views throughout the whole year. Guys who were doing soap opera storylines could build them… — Ricky Steamboat Copy Share Image
When I went to WWE, the level of work I put out every night was just balls to the wall. — Ricky Steamboat Copy Share Image
The WWE has a great school in Orlando and most of the trainers are of my upbringing. — Ricky Steamboat Copy Share Image
I'm happy to see NXT grow. Everything they are doing, they are going in the right direction. — Ricky Steamboat Copy Share Image
I worked with Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins, Bray Wyatt. Those guys have come along and are doing very well now. — Ricky Steamboat Copy Share Image
Flair was a guy who 90 percent of your match was called on the fly, while Savage was a guy who had… — Ricky Steamboat Copy Share Image
Who would have thought that Shane McMahon would have any kind of a chance versus Undertaker? — Ricky Steamboat Copy Share Image
I think of myself as rarity in the business, and one of the reasons is that I wrestled my entire career as… — Ricky Steamboat Copy Share Image
On my wish list, a guy I would have loved to work with in our prime would have been Shawn Michaels. — Ricky Steamboat Copy Share Image
I would have to say Ric Flair and Randy Savage were two of my favorite guys to work with; I had some… — Ricky Steamboat Copy Share Image
I just wanted to experience what it felt like on the other side of the fence. As we all know, the heels… — Ricky Steamboat Copy Share Image
I've wrestled in Hamilton and Toronto and the fans have always received me well there... It's always been one of my favorite… — Ricky Steamboat Copy Share Image
When I started in the business, getting in the ring, most nights I'd look across at a 15-20 year veteran. And every… — Ricky Steamboat Copy Share Image
Whenever you do big stuff in the ring - a big move or a big hit - you have to let that… — Ricky Steamboat Copy Share Image
The doctors have said that they don't want me in the ring bouncing around or getting picked up and slammed down. They… — Ricky Steamboat Copy Share Image
A lot of guys, if they're a face and they see their drawing ability start to falter, they'll turn heel and they're… — Ricky Steamboat Copy Share Image
A lot of times we would feed off of the crowd. A lot of things that we were doing in the match… — Ricky Steamboat Copy Share Image
You can have a good run for several years with one company and then be able to extend it with another. — Ricky Steamboat Copy Share
I walked into Eddie Graham's office, he took one look at me and said, 'You look a lot like Sam Steamboat. We're going to… — Ricky Steamboat Copy Share
I always felt that whatever I was asked to do that my ability in the ring would speak for itself. — Ricky Steamboat Copy Share
I remember the first time I climbed the cage - it was almost like a challenge from Snuka. I said, 'This is crazy. This… — Ricky Steamboat Copy Share
When you are a face for a long time and you turn heel, your stock value immediately goes up, especially if you're able to… — Ricky Steamboat Copy Share
I like to listen to the crowd, I really do. The crowd helps give me that extra boost of adrenaline. — Ricky Steamboat Copy Share
I've wrestled in Hamilton and Toronto and the fans have always received me well there... It's always been one of my favorite areas to… — Ricky Steamboat Copy Share
It's always great to meet and give back to the fans that had an opportunity to see me perform. — Ricky Steamboat Copy Share
Every match should have a story in it and I see a lot of that lacking. I see a lot of guys doing a… — Ricky Steamboat Copy Share
My back hurts real bad, every day. All those bumps took their toll. But life is good and I wouldn't have it any other… — Ricky Steamboat Copy Share
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… — Ricky Steamboat Copy Share
What was old can be brought back new, and I bring that to the table. I bring mannerisms, facials, body language, positioning. — Ricky Steamboat Copy Share
Whenever you do big stuff in the ring - a big move or a big hit - you have to let that moment breathe.… — Ricky Steamboat Copy Share
The doctors have said that they don't want me in the ring bouncing around or getting picked up and slammed down. They said the… — Ricky Steamboat Copy Share
