I tell everybody all the time: I had a 25-year wrestling career, and I'm most known for laughing. — Ted DiBiase Sr Copy Share Image
I don't think Vince McMahon is evil or the devil. I think he's a very shrewd business man. — Ted DiBiase Sr Copy Share Image
Wrestling is a business, it is show business and wrestling championships are props. — Ted DiBiase Sr Copy Share Image
I have wrestled in front of 80,000 people at Wembley Stadium, and that is a pretty big thrill. — Ted DiBiase Sr Copy Share Image
Well, you know, I was a top heel in the company for a long time and whether I was moved over to… — Ted DiBiase Sr Copy Share Image
WCW started basically buying talent created by Vince McMahon because that's what they did with Hulk Hogan, Kevin Nash, Scott Hall and… — Ted DiBiase Sr Copy Share Image
No matter how many times you get beat, you don't mind seeing them get beat again. That's what a good heel is… — Ted DiBiase Sr Copy Share Image
The difference between Eric Bischoff and Vince McMahon is Vince McMahon knows how to create a star. Eric took a company and… — Ted DiBiase Sr Copy Share Image
Initially, when I saw some of the things Vince was doing, I thought he was killing the business. There was the comedy… — Ted DiBiase Sr Copy Share Image
My father died when I was 15, and my dad was a professional wrestler but as well as a national amateur champion… — Ted DiBiase Sr Copy Share Image
It doesn't take a lot of preparation for the Rumble compared to how you would prepare for a match where it's you… — Ted DiBiase Sr Copy Share Image
Usually a manager is put with someone who has got good rings skills, but is not necessarily good on the mic. So… — Ted DiBiase Sr Copy Share Image
When I first went to Georgia Championship Wrestling, the promoter at the time Jim Barnett brought in Robert Fuller, who later became… — Ted DiBiase Sr Copy Share Image
I guess what I'm trying to say is that Eric Bischoff doesn't know that much about wrestling. This guy was selling meat… — Ted DiBiase Sr Copy Share Image
Being a good worker in WWE is the worst curse that you can have. Instead of being given the title for being… — Ted DiBiase Sr Copy Share Image
The owner of Mid-South Wrestling, 'Cowboy' Bill Watts was and is extremely intelligent and unbelievable at understanding the psychology of our industry… — Ted DiBiase Sr Copy Share Image
We got in the ring and wrestled almost every night and didn't have many days off... The only thing I knew for… — Ted DiBiase Sr Copy Share Image
There's a lot of guys that made big money in wrestling because they just projected such a realistic character. And they weren't… — Ted DiBiase Sr Copy Share Image
Dusty Rhodes was a great athlete. Actually, he was a baseball player as well. He played football but he played baseball. That… — Ted DiBiase Sr Copy Share Image
I did make 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin the Million Dollar Champion on Raw. You know I saw the talent in Steve and… — Ted DiBiase Sr Copy Share Image
The Million Dollar Man the character is actually a Vince McMahon original. It was presented to me and Vince kind of started… — Ted DiBiase Sr Copy Share Image
Well, I think everyone would agree that Vince McMahon, although he doesn't get it right every time, he gets it right most… — Ted DiBiase Sr Copy Share Image
So I went to WCW for three years and quite frankly, it was the most miserable three years of my life in… — Ted DiBiase Sr Copy Share Image
I really spent the better part of the first 12 years of my career wrestling for Mid South. Fond memories, but a… — Ted DiBiase Sr Copy Share Image
People always ask 'What was your greatest match. What was your favorite moment?' Not realizing, you wrestle so much in a career… — Ted DiBiase Sr Copy Share Image
Jake Roberts started in Mid-South as a referee. We're pretty close, and we come from the same school of thought when it… — Ted DiBiase Sr Copy Share Image
I had, back in March of 92, Wrestlemania 8, just after that is when I had a major confrontation at home and… — Ted DiBiase Sr Copy Share Image
The Million Dollar Man was to professional wrestling what Ebenezer Scrooge is to Christmas. He was like a rich bully. He bullied… — Ted DiBiase Sr Copy Share Image
By the time Vince McMahon called upon me to become this character, the Million Dollar Man, I had already been wrestling for… — Ted DiBiase Sr Copy Share Image
I think with a lot of comics, their gift is improv. They don't have a script. They'll have a couple of good… — Ted DiBiase Sr Copy Share Image
When I tagged with Andre, and I loved tagging with Andre, but Andre started having some physical issues, so I did all… — Ted DiBiase Sr Copy Share Image
The truth is, the WWE has changed incredibly since my wrestling days. The work schedule is not as demanding overall, and the… — Ted DiBiase Sr Copy Share Image
Stan Hansen is arguably the most popular, most famous, foreign wrestler in Japanese wrestling history. One of the absolute biggest names in… — Ted DiBiase Sr Copy Share Image
I was not a big fan of the Attitude Era. Some of the things they did were very good and very funny… — Ted DiBiase Sr Copy Share Image
Wrestling fans are the best, because they are so loyal. You can play on emotion. The good guy gets knocked down, and… — Ted DiBiase Sr Copy Share Image
Well, the mission statement of Heart of David is that we're a ministry of evangelism and encouragement. Evangelism meaning that I evangelize I travel… — Ted DiBiase Sr Copy Share
The real art of what we do, at least back in the old-school days, was improv. If you were a great worker, you were… — Ted DiBiase Sr Copy Share
Wrestling is a business, it is show business and wrestling championships are props. — Ted DiBiase Sr Copy Share
Bobby Heenan to me, he was the best. Of all the guys that have been managers that can pick up a microphone and talk,… — Ted DiBiase Sr Copy Share
I am Heart of David because Heart of David Ministry, the Ministry is a Ministry of evangelism. It's like I'm the chief cook and… — Ted DiBiase Sr Copy Share
I have wrestled in front of 80,000 people at Wembley Stadium, and that is a pretty big thrill. — Ted DiBiase Sr Copy Share
When you're a celebrity, you don't have to find trouble because it will come find you. — Ted DiBiase Sr Copy Share
Yeah, the first television match that I'm going to have, I got put out there with Danny Hodge and I was scared to death. — Ted DiBiase Sr Copy Share
If I had to feel one thing towards Jim Hellwig, I guess it would be pity a little bit. — Ted DiBiase Sr Copy Share
I was real close with Jim Duggan and Jake Roberts. We all came out of Mid-South, so we all had that in common. — Ted DiBiase Sr Copy Share
The road can become a very lonely place. It's not what it's cracked up to be. Of course, it's what you make it. — Ted DiBiase Sr Copy Share
Usually a manager is put with someone who has got good rings skills, but is not necessarily good on the mic. So I have… — Ted DiBiase Sr Copy Share
You've got to have new stars and you need people to pass the torch to build those stars. — Ted DiBiase Sr Copy Share
I tell people all day who say 'When you going to retire?' I said I never found the word retirement in the Bible, so… — Ted DiBiase Sr Copy Share
The Million Dollar Man thought he could buy anybody or anything and that was the essence of the character. About as evil as you… — Ted DiBiase Sr Copy Share
