Terry Funk

I'm not gonna squeal out that this is my 23rd retirement, my real, real retirement. But you know there comes a time…

— Terry Funk

I have an abdominal hernia which I tore and had operated on, and it's not the easiest thing in the world to…

— Terry Funk

I have a knack - and still do - where I can look at a guy and tell you if he's going…

— Terry Funk

You must be very creative in our business. Creating in this business is making something new, but it is also touching on…

— Terry Funk

I've loved wrestling from the first moment I stepped between the ropes. Don't know where I'd be without it.

— Terry Funk

Extreme rules, hardcore wrestling - whatever they want to call it - was born out of a necessity to survive.

— Terry Funk

Sometimes it's great to have a backbone, but you've got to be careful. Remember that sometimes, when you hurt your backbone, you…

— Terry Funk

Wrestling is all about the power of the individual.

— Terry Funk

I don't want to die. The last thing I want to do is go in a wrestling ring with a bunch of…

— Terry Funk

There never was one like Ric Flair, and there will never be another one like him.

— Terry Funk

Do I feel confident about my health? I don't think that anybody ever should feel confident about their health if they are…

— Terry Funk

It's easier to make the NFL than WWE.

— Terry Funk

I came up with all kinds of stuff. That was part of being great and having creativity. I'm not just bragging about…

— Terry Funk

Jim Ross has such compassion for the fans. That's because this is natural for him, it's a love, just like the love…

— Terry Funk

Stan Hansen was a tough-as-nails freshman middle linebacker when I was a senior at West Texas State. He was a damn good…

— Terry Funk

I take Energol to improve my wind and stamina.

— Terry Funk

I am sick and tired of Cassius Clay going around and saying he is the greatest and what a tremendous boxer he…

— Terry Funk

In order to make a name for myself I took notice of the craziest wildest son-of-a-guns out there, and how they would…

— Terry Funk

Wrestling is eye-opening because it's constantly changing.

— Terry Funk

Personally, I like to think I'm like my old man. I like to think I have the brains he did.

— Terry Funk

Jimmy Snuka was one of the great performers in the business. In ring performance wise he was phenomenal.

— Terry Funk

If I had a son, I would steer him away from wrestling. It was fun for me, but for most it's not…

— Terry Funk

Ric Flair is a wonderful person, and he was such a great in-ring performer. He had a great deal to do with…

— Terry Funk

My father left a bit of his life with me. He gave me a gift, as did so many other wrestlers, like…

— Terry Funk

When I was a kid, everyone wanted to be cowboys and Indians.

— Terry Funk