Bruno Sammartino

With Paul Levesque and the conversations we have had I've found him to be a straight shooter and everything he said with…

— Bruno Sammartino

Haystacks Calhoun has never been lifted because he has never been in the ring with Bruno Sammartino.

— Bruno Sammartino

They call me 'The Maniac' as far as training goes. I'm a fanatic. I run 10 miles every day and I train…

— Bruno Sammartino

People are always asking me where they can get some of my matches on tapes and DVDs. The people always tell me…

— Bruno Sammartino

I would be a fool to tell you that there was no fixing. You ask if wrestling is for real? Well, I…

— Bruno Sammartino

I could never imagine myself living anywhere but Pittsburgh.

— Bruno Sammartino

Wrestling isn't looked upon like the other sports of football, baseball, basketball and hockey.

— Bruno Sammartino

We hid from the Nazis in the mountains. Sometimes there was nothing to eat but snow.

— Bruno Sammartino

When you're in sports, you have such a limited time and then, it's all over with, finished.

— Bruno Sammartino

In every city, I had my favorite place. In Baltimore, it was Sabatino's.

— Bruno Sammartino

I wasn't a 97-pound weakling. I was an 80-pound weakling.

— Bruno Sammartino

Everything that I am, everything that I've done, everything that I hope to be is because of my mom.

— Bruno Sammartino

I only survived because of my mother's love and care.

— Bruno Sammartino

They said Babe Ruth built Yankee Stadium and Bruno Sammartino built the Garden. It always was my favorite place.

— Bruno Sammartino

I was born in Pizzoferrato, a little village of 1000, in the Abruzzi region of Italy.

— Bruno Sammartino

I sweat an awful lot.

— Bruno Sammartino

Kurt Angle, I knew he was from Pittsburgh and I knew his background very well and his amateur days and, of course,…

— Bruno Sammartino

In my day, I, myself, in my prime, in the late-'50s-mid-'70s I was about 270-275. After I broke my neck and I…

— Bruno Sammartino

I always used to get goosebumps in Madison Square Garden, because as soon as I started making my entrance, people would be…

— Bruno Sammartino

I held the title for almost eight years the first time and then I lost it at the Garden. But, then I…

— Bruno Sammartino

I was never a fan of Hogan because I was never impressed with his quality of performance in the ring.

— Bruno Sammartino

Let's face it, I'm a has-been.

— Bruno Sammartino

Throughout the '60s and '70s, I saw many operas in New York and Philadelphia. When people found out about that, they were…

— Bruno Sammartino

The things that Billy Graham says, I really have no idea why he says them. He talks about things without really knowing…

— Bruno Sammartino

Professional wrestling, when you're talking money, like they say, it's the root of all evil.

— Bruno Sammartino