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title: "4 Arena Quotes By Roddy Piper"
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> [My business in the beginning was very lawless and the more trouble I go into, the more the promoters liked me back…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roddy-piper/my-business-in-the-beginning-was-very-lawless-and-the-more-trouble-i/)

[Roddy Piper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roddy-piper/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/413/roddy-piper-4137_arena_my-business-in-the-beginning-was-very-la_942951.jpg)

> [You walk into an arena with 10,000 people and no security and everybody hating you, it takes some gumption.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roddy-piper/you-walk-into-an-arena-with-10-000-people-and-no-security-and/)

[Roddy Piper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roddy-piper/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d2b/roddy-piper-4137_cybersecurity_you-walk-into-an-arena-with-10-000-peopl_1084158.jpg)

> [He mighta spent a couple years under the arena training young wrestlers...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roddy-piper/he-mighta-spent-a-couple-years-under-the-arena-training-young/)

[Roddy Piper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roddy-piper/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/999/roddy-piper-4137_arena_he-mighta-spent-a-couple-years-under-the_2437452.jpg)

> [I was going nine times a week. You get to a point where you don't really know who you are. You're running…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roddy-piper/i-was-going-nine-times-a-week-you-get-to-a-point-where-you-don-t/)

[Roddy Piper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roddy-piper/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df4/roddy-piper-4137_arena_i-was-going-nine-times-a-week-you-get-to_2997977.jpg)

## Other authors on Arena

## More by Roddy Piper

> [If you've got some to say to Ric Flair, you come say it to me, and I'll make the translation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roddy-piper/if-you-ve-got-some-to-say-to-ric-flair-you-come-say-it-to-me-and-i-ll/)

[Roddy Piper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roddy-piper/)

> [I've been in 30 car crashes, none of 'em my fault, I swear on a stack of midgets... OK, they were probably all my fault.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roddy-piper/i-ve-been-in-30-car-crashes-none-of-em-my-fault-i-swear-on-a-stack-of/)

[Roddy Piper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roddy-piper/)

> [I like the fact that I can go away and lose myself so I don't have to live in the world of courage that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roddy-piper/i-like-the-fact-that-i-can-go-away-and-lose-myself-so-i-don-t-have-to/)

[Roddy Piper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roddy-piper/)

> [I'd never seen a professional wrestling match. First one I saw, I was in. It was just an accident.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roddy-piper/i-d-never-seen-a-professional-wrestling-match-first-one-i-saw-i-was/)

[Roddy Piper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roddy-piper/)

> [I never faked my emotions or my desire to be a winner.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roddy-piper/i-never-faked-my-emotions-or-my-desire-to-be-a-winner/)

[Roddy Piper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roddy-piper/)

> [Kurt Angle and Matt Hardy... I have so much respect for them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roddy-piper/kurt-angle-and-matt-hardy-i-have-so-much-respect-for-them/)

[Roddy Piper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roddy-piper/)

> [Did your parents build knows you a swing facing a wall when you were a kid?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roddy-piper/did-your-parents-build-knows-you-a-swing-facing-a-wall-when-you-were/)

[Roddy Piper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roddy-piper/)

> [There was a lot of work that people don't know about that I did to establish my villain persona. There were a lot of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roddy-piper/there-was-a-lot-of-work-that-people-don-t-know-about-that-i-did-to/)

[Roddy Piper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roddy-piper/)

> [I was the first wrestler ever in the history of wrestling to star in a major motion studio picture that became #1 box office…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roddy-piper/i-was-the-first-wrestler-ever-in-the-history-of-wrestling-to-star-in/)

[Roddy Piper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roddy-piper/)

> [Ric Flair is out there crying, his nose is running. He's probably drowning from the size of his nose running.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roddy-piper/ric-flair-is-out-there-crying-his-nose-is-running-he-s-probably/)

[Roddy Piper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roddy-piper/)

> [You'll find sympathy in the dictionary between sh\*t and suicide.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roddy-piper/you-ll-find-sympathy-in-the-dictionary-between-sh-t-and-suicide/)

[Roddy Piper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roddy-piper/)

> [A lot of guys that were trailblazers, if we were to go back to the actual time, were just really scared and had no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roddy-piper/a-lot-of-guys-that-were-trailblazers-if-we-were-to-go-back-to-the/)

[Roddy Piper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roddy-piper/)

> [I lived on the street myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roddy-piper/i-lived-on-the-street-myself/)

[Roddy Piper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roddy-piper/)

> [Sooner or later, everybody pays the Piper!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roddy-piper/sooner-or-later-everybody-pays-the-piper/)

[Roddy Piper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roddy-piper/)

> [My first match lasted 10 seconds, and I lost.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roddy-piper/my-first-match-lasted-10-seconds-and-i-lost/)

[Roddy Piper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roddy-piper/)

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