Wrestling Quotes by Rocky Johnson

I kept myself in shape, and the stuff they were doing in the South, I wouldn't go for. They wanted to whip me on…

— Rocky Johnson

I worked for promoters that I couldn't stand and they couldn't stand me. But they knew if they put my name out there, I…

— Rocky Johnson

I like to think I proved a wrestler's skin color doesn't matter.

— Rocky Johnson

Promoters know the business.

— Rocky Johnson

I'm glad my son doesn't have to be labeled black or Samoan or mixed. He has instead been labeled as the best.

— Rocky Johnson

The system in which I came up in was that every territory had to have a black, a white... if you went to Texas…

— Rocky Johnson

I've got more soul than I can control.

— Rocky Johnson

A good promoter is one that treats you with respect and as a human being.

— Rocky Johnson

When I wrestled, I always considered myself an athlete and a wrestler.

— Rocky Johnson

They call Florida the wrestling graveyard because it's where we all end up. The weather is easier on us here.

— Rocky Johnson

It seems every bouncer, every bodybuilder wants to become a wrestler. Every day, people will come up to me and ask about it. So…

— Rocky Johnson

Jack Johnson was the first black heavyweight champion, so I took part of his name. I admired Rocky Marciano, so I took part of…

— Rocky Johnson

I worked with guys in Japan that were champions and they came over here for six months or a year and they treated them…

— Rocky Johnson

Georgia is too cold and wet for me. I have knee problems and hip problems.

— Rocky Johnson

I was partners with Mil Mascaras and we were champions for about a year. We got over good because we had two different styles.…

— Rocky Johnson