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> [I would be a fool to tell you that there was no fixing. You ask if wrestling is for real? Well, I think my own body answers that question.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruno-sammartino/i-would-be-a-fool-to-tell-you-that-there-was-no-fixing-you-ask-if/)

[Bruno Sammartino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruno-sammartino/)

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## More by Bruno Sammartino

> [I'm not bragging, but my reputation among my peers was Bruno was a horse I never got tired.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruno-sammartino/i-m-not-bragging-but-my-reputation-among-my-peers-was-bruno-was-a/)

[Bruno Sammartino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruno-sammartino/)

> [I didn't care if I was aching or hurting. I wanted to give the fans their money's worth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruno-sammartino/i-didn-t-care-if-i-was-aching-or-hurting-i-wanted-to-give-the-fans/)

[Bruno Sammartino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruno-sammartino/)

> [After I retired, I spent a quarter of a century in the business, and when I retired and a new regime took over, Vince…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruno-sammartino/after-i-retired-i-spent-a-quarter-of-a-century-in-the-business-and/)

[Bruno Sammartino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruno-sammartino/)

> [Inoki is nothing but a third rater in my estimation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruno-sammartino/inoki-is-nothing-but-a-third-rater-in-my-estimation/)

[Bruno Sammartino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruno-sammartino/)

> [In Argentina, in Brazil, I remember going to Australia, all the trips I did in Japan, you know how they'd advertise me? 'From Madison…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruno-sammartino/in-argentina-in-brazil-i-remember-going-to-australia-all-the-trips-i/)

[Bruno Sammartino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruno-sammartino/)

> [Wrestling is how I made my living and supported my family, but it's over. I don't want anything to do with it anymore.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruno-sammartino/wrestling-is-how-i-made-my-living-and-supported-my-family-but-it-s/)

[Bruno Sammartino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruno-sammartino/)

> [If anybody can really beat me, fine. But that's the only way I'll go down.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruno-sammartino/if-anybody-can-really-beat-me-fine-but-that-s-the-only-way-i-ll-go/)

[Bruno Sammartino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruno-sammartino/)

> [Professional wrestlers are human beings like anybody else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruno-sammartino/professional-wrestlers-are-human-beings-like-anybody-else/)

[Bruno Sammartino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruno-sammartino/)

> [Anytime that people feel that you accomplished enough to enter into a Hall of Fame, of course this is a tremendous, tremendous thrill for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruno-sammartino/anytime-that-people-feel-that-you-accomplished-enough-to-enter-into-a/)

[Bruno Sammartino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruno-sammartino/)

> [I think guys like Cena work very hard.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruno-sammartino/i-think-guys-like-cena-work-very-hard/)

[Bruno Sammartino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruno-sammartino/)

> [If I were to tell you that my day was all pure wrestling, I wouldn't be honest with you. Because there were crooked promoters.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruno-sammartino/if-i-were-to-tell-you-that-my-day-was-all-pure-wrestling-i-wouldn-t/)

[Bruno Sammartino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruno-sammartino/)

> [I lost a brother and a sister, and I came down with rheumatic fever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruno-sammartino/i-lost-a-brother-and-a-sister-and-i-came-down-with-rheumatic-fever/)

[Bruno Sammartino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruno-sammartino/)

> [There's nothing like wrestling in front of people you know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruno-sammartino/there-s-nothing-like-wrestling-in-front-of-people-you-know/)

[Bruno Sammartino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruno-sammartino/)

> [I very seldom look at wrestling magazines. Whenever I do, I get angry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruno-sammartino/i-very-seldom-look-at-wrestling-magazines-whenever-i-do-i-get-angry/)

[Bruno Sammartino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruno-sammartino/)

> [She was absolutely my hero. She would do without if she could help somebody else. My mom showed the courage of the lion to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruno-sammartino/she-was-absolutely-my-hero-she-would-do-without-if-she-could-help/)

[Bruno Sammartino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruno-sammartino/)

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