--- title: "5 Amateur Quotes By Kurt Angle" description: "5 Amateur quotes by Kurt Angle. Plus more from Kurt Angle and more Amateur sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3e/kurt-angle-12859_above_it-took-me-a-few-years-to-explain-to-my_996158.png" --- > [It took me a few years to explain to my colleagues and my mentors and the people that I looked up to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-angle/it-took-me-a-few-years-to-explain-to-my-colleagues-and-my-mentors-and/) [Kurt Angle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-angle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d3e/kurt-angle-12859_above_it-took-me-a-few-years-to-explain-to-my_996158.png) > [Amateur wrestling, you can go by instinct. Pro wrestling, you have to memorize, and you have to go by what moves you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-angle/amateur-wrestling-you-can-go-by-instinct-pro-wrestling-you-have-to/) [Kurt Angle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-angle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c95/kurt-angle-12859_amateur_amateur-wrestling-you-can-go-by-instinct_1334993.png) > [I'm not going to be a guy that retires and keeps coming back. When I'm gone, I'm gone. Same thing as amateur…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-angle/i-m-not-going-to-be-a-guy-that-retires-and-keeps-coming-back-when-i-m/) [Kurt Angle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-angle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fd/kurt-angle-12859_amateur_i-m-not-going-to-be-a-guy-that-retires-a_1775831.png) > [You go from Olympic wrestling into pro wrestling, and it's a very difficult transition, but if you make it, you can earn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-angle/you-go-from-olympic-wrestling-into-pro-wrestling-and-it-s-a-very/) [Kurt Angle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-angle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a60/kurt-angle-12859_amateur_you-go-from-olympic-wrestling-into-pro-w_1861380.png) > [My true love is with amateur wrestlin;, that's where I was born. I've always wanted to wrestle.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-angle/my-true-love-is-with-amateur-wrestlin-that-s-where-i-was-born-i-ve/) [Kurt Angle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-angle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fcd/kurt-angle-12859_always_my-true-love-is-with-amateur-wrestlin-th_2921006.png) ## Other authors on Amateur ## More by Kurt Angle > [I became the first ever Euro-continental champion in WWF history. Well, besides D-Lo Brown, but he doesn't count.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-angle/i-became-the-first-ever-euro-continental-champion-in-wwf-history-well/) [Kurt Angle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-angle/) > [Pro wrestling was there, and I was good at it, thank God. I started getting a lot of offers, but unfortunately, at WWE I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-angle/pro-wrestling-was-there-and-i-was-good-at-it-thank-god-i-started/) [Kurt Angle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-angle/) > [I wasn't surprised at all. In fact, I thought, why stop there? Why not add the Big Show, or Chris Jericho, or the whole…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-angle/i-wasn-t-surprised-at-all-in-fact-i-thought-why-stop-there-why-not/) [Kurt Angle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-angle/) > [I feel like a real cowboy! Yippi Ki Yay!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-angle/i-feel-like-a-real-cowboy-yippi-ki-yay/) [Kurt Angle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-angle/) > [Hey, I drank milk that was a DAY past its expiration date. Now THAT is extreme!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-angle/hey-i-drank-milk-that-was-a-day-past-its-expiration-date-now-that-is/) [Kurt Angle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-angle/) > [If your Olympic Hero were to use the Worm in the 1996 Olympic Games, it would be so embarassing to all the other atheletes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-angle/if-your-olympic-hero-were-to-use-the-worm-in-the-1996-olympic-games/) [Kurt Angle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-angle/) > [Oh it's TRUE, it's DAMN true.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-angle/oh-it-s-true-it-s-damn-true/) [Kurt Angle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-angle/) > [You do not boo an Olympic Gold Medalist. I'm the best in the world. I came here for you. You dont' boo me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-angle/you-do-not-boo-an-olympic-gold-medalist-i-m-the-best-in-the-world-i/) [Kurt Angle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-angle/) > [Ive been chastised for going into mixed martial arts and backing out. But the reason I backed out was the terms - they wanted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-angle/ive-been-chastised-for-going-into-mixed-martial-arts-and-backing-out/) [Kurt Angle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-angle/) > [The hard part for me was being an Olympic gold medalist and having that persona; you don't see too many Olympic gold medalists go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-angle/the-hard-part-for-me-was-being-an-olympic-gold-medalist-and-having/) [Kurt Angle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-angle/) > [In Canada, you can't even have a barbecue in your backyard without being attacked by a moose or even a grizzly bear. Then again,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-angle/in-canada-you-can-t-even-have-a-barbecue-in-your-backyard-without/) [Kurt Angle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-angle/) > [There are so many things that have evolved since I wrestled. They don't have periods anymore. They have rounds... it confuses the younger demographic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-angle/there-are-so-many-things-that-have-evolved-since-i-wrestled-they-don/) [Kurt Angle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-angle/) > [There are many young Americans that are very distant from our political process.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-angle/there-are-many-young-americans-that-are-very-distant-from-our/) [Kurt Angle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-angle/) > [We take pride in making our Knockouts Division about wrestling, not about looking pretty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-angle/we-take-pride-in-making-our-knockouts-division-about-wrestling-not/) [Kurt Angle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-angle/) > [Join me in Olympic Heros for Abstinence. The best sex is no sex.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-angle/join-me-in-olympic-heros-for-abstinence-the-best-sex-is-no-sex/) [Kurt Angle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-angle/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/amateur/kurt-angle/#itemlist", "name": "5 Amateur Quotes By Kurt Angle", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It took me a few years to explain to my colleagues and my mentors and the people that I looked up to and I wrestled that I'm not in wrestling anymore. I'm in sports entertainment. 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