It's the fans that dictate what wrestling is. That's the one constant from 1917 to 2017. — Terry Funk Copy Share Image
McMahon has made a lot of guys very rich, but he may also be taking years off their lives. — Terry Funk Copy Share Image
My father never bragged on me as a football player or when I started ! wrestling. But I always knew he was… — Terry Funk Copy Share Image
Extreme rules, hardcore wrestling - whatever they want to call it - was born out of a necessity to survive. — Terry Funk Copy Share Image
Boxing was not as big as wrestling in Japan, but people knew Leon Spinks. — Terry Funk Copy Share Image
I've loved wrestling from the first moment I stepped between the ropes. Don't know where I'd be without it. — Terry Funk Copy Share Image
AJ Styles is of a different genre, and he's a wonderful part of wrestling, doing things that a lot of guys can't… — Terry Funk Copy Share Image
There never was one like Ric Flair, and there will never be another one like him. — Terry Funk Copy Share Image
The truth of the matter is that Dusty Rhodes helped put more money in my pocket than anybody I've ever wrestled. In… — Terry Funk Copy Share Image
Vince and WWE, they're not fresh. Yes, Vince does big business. They have the best talent in the world, but they have… — Terry Funk Copy Share Image
In ECW, hardcore wrestling wasn't done just for the fun of it. It was done for a purpose, for a reason. And… — Terry Funk Copy Share Image
Stan Hansen was a tough-as-nails freshman middle linebacker when I was a senior at West Texas State. He was a damn good… — Terry Funk Copy Share Image
I still recall the first time I laid eyes on Ric. Dusty Rhodes and Dick Murdoch were wrestling, at the time, in… — Terry Funk Copy Share Image
I don't want to die. The last thing I want to do is go in a wrestling ring with a bunch of… — Terry Funk Copy Share Image
In order to make a name for myself I took notice of the craziest wildest son-of-a-guns out there, and how they would… — Terry Funk Copy Share Image
There are a lot of things that I remember about Dusty Rhodes. There are so many things that stick out about him.… — Terry Funk Copy Share Image
My first match was against Sputnik Monroe at the Amarillo Sports Arena. It was scheduled for only ten minutes. Sputnik got me… — Terry Funk Copy Share Image
I simply could not have done as well in either football or wrestling if I had not taken Energol. — Terry Funk Copy Share Image
I think we have too much violence in wrestling, on TV in general, and society as a whole. — Terry Funk Copy Share Image
I like to have Ric Flair in the ring one more time in the MMA or the UFC. I'd like to beat… — Terry Funk Copy Share Image
And what this ECW is doing is educating you people once again that there IS wrestling, spelt W-R-E-S-T-L-I-N-G, out there. — Terry Funk Copy Share Image
I don't want to wrestle past 35. There's just too much physical strain with 250-pound men slamming into each other. — Terry Funk Copy Share Image
That is the thing that wrestling is, we are who we are. Even when we are established we are not actors. We… — Terry Funk Copy Share Image
If I had a son, I would steer him away from wrestling. It was fun for me, but for most it's not… — Terry Funk Copy Share Image
This love of wrestling has been in my family with my dad, my brother, and myself. — Terry Funk Copy Share Image
I will give Cassius Clay $250,000 if he will just get into the ring with me anywhere in a combination boxing-wrestling match. — Terry Funk Copy Share Image
I have had about 15 operations due to the wrestling profession, and I have a problem with an abdominal hernia. — Terry Funk Copy Share Image
My pop was in the business and he loved it very much. He actually went ahead and passed away while wrestling. — Terry Funk Copy Share Image
What makes that turnstile turn? That's what made wrestling what it has become. The fans dictate the direction of the wrestling industry. — Terry Funk Copy Share Image
I am sick and tired of Cassius Clay going around and saying he is the greatest and what a tremendous boxer he… — Terry Funk Copy Share Image
Jimmy Snuka was one of the great performers in the business. In ring performance wise he was phenomenal. — Terry Funk Copy Share Image
Wrestling is truly my life, and I love being part of the professional wrestling world. — Terry Funk Copy Share Image
Ric Flair is a wonderful person, and he was such a great in-ring performer. He had a great deal to do with… — Terry Funk Copy Share Image
My father left a bit of his life with me. He gave me a gift, as did so many other wrestlers, like… — Terry Funk Copy Share Image
I'm not gonna squeal out that this is my 23rd retirement, my real, real retirement. But you know there comes a time where you… — Terry Funk Copy Share
I have an abdominal hernia which I tore and had operated on, and it's not the easiest thing in the world to get over.… — Terry Funk Copy Share
I have a knack - and still do - where I can look at a guy and tell you if he's going to draw… — Terry Funk Copy Share
You must be very creative in our business. Creating in this business is making something new, but it is also touching on something old. — Terry Funk Copy Share
I've loved wrestling from the first moment I stepped between the ropes. Don't know where I'd be without it. — Terry Funk Copy Share
Extreme rules, hardcore wrestling - whatever they want to call it - was born out of a necessity to survive. — Terry Funk Copy Share
Sometimes it's great to have a backbone, but you've got to be careful. Remember that sometimes, when you hurt your backbone, you can't get… — Terry Funk Copy Share
I don't want to die. The last thing I want to do is go in a wrestling ring with a bunch of people watching.… — Terry Funk Copy Share
There never was one like Ric Flair, and there will never be another one like him. — Terry Funk Copy Share
Do I feel confident about my health? I don't think that anybody ever should feel confident about their health if they are 72 years… — Terry Funk Copy Share
I came up with all kinds of stuff. That was part of being great and having creativity. I'm not just bragging about myself. I'm… — Terry Funk Copy Share
Jim Ross has such compassion for the fans. That's because this is natural for him, it's a love, just like the love Gordon Solie… — Terry Funk Copy Share
Stan Hansen was a tough-as-nails freshman middle linebacker when I was a senior at West Texas State. He was a damn good football player,… — Terry Funk Copy Share
