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Terry Funk Quotes
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Terry Funk
American
Wrestler
Born:
Jun 30
,
1944
Business
Fans
Great
He
Me
Wrestling
I would like to see another Johnny Valentine.
Terry Funk
Valentine
Would
See
Johnny
Like
Another
In ECW, hardcore wrestling wasn't done just for the fun of it. It was done for a purpose, for a reason. And for me, it was done to exist and produce a revenue for my family.
Terry Funk
Family
Me
Wrestling
Purpose
Revenue
Exist
Done
Just
Produce
Reason
Fun
Hardcore
McMahon has made a lot of guys very rich, but he may also be taking years off their lives.
Terry Funk
Made
Rich
Guys
He
Taking
Also
Years
Lot
Off
Very
May
McMahon
Lives
I came up with all kinds of stuff. That was part of being great and having creativity. I'm not just bragging about myself. I'm just saying.
Terry Funk
Saying
Myself
Great
Creativity
Kinds
I Came
About
Having
Part
Stuff
Came
Bragging
Up
Just
Being
I still recall the first time I laid eyes on Ric. Dusty Rhodes and Dick Murdoch were wrestling, at the time, in Minnesota, and they took a liking to this kid who'd been hanging around the matches. That kid was Ric Flair, and they brought him to my ranch in Amarillo, Texas.
Terry Funk
Time
Eyes
First
Took
Ranch
Kid
Minnesota
Brought
Wrestling
Liking
Him
Around
First Time
Matches
Still
Were
Been
Texas
Flair
Dusty
Hanging
Laid
Recall
Personally, I like to think I'm like my old man. I like to think I have the brains he did.
Terry Funk
Man
Old
Think
He
Like
Brains
Did
Personally
Old Man
My father left a bit of his life with me. He gave me a gift, as did so many other wrestlers, like Mike DiBiase, Bob Geigel, Verne Gagne and Gene Kiniski. They all left me with something.
Terry Funk
Life
Me
Gift
Father
Other
Gave
Bit
Gene
Something
Wrestlers
He
Like
His
Left
Did
Bob
Mike
Many
I think CM Punk is a hell of an in-ring performer.
Terry Funk
Punk
Hell
Think
I Think
Performer
Do I feel confident about my health? I don't think that anybody ever should feel confident about their health if they are 72 years old, and getting ready to go in to the ring. If they are then they are probably some kind of an idiot and that is more than likely what I am.
Terry Funk
Health
I Am
Old
Idiot
Think
Kind
Ring
I Feel
Some
About
More
Feel
Likely
Ready
Am
Go
Years
Than
Getting
Confident
Anybody
Then
Should
Ever
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 receive a lot of the attention from the local wrestling periodicals. I decided that I would become an oddity, and that's how I have existed ever since.
Terry Funk
Myself
Become
Took
Local
Wildest
Out
Would
Wrestling
Attention
Since
Name
Make
How
Oddity
Existed
Lot
Order
Decided
Craziest
Notice
Ever
Receive
Stan Hansen was a tough-as-nails freshman middle linebacker when I was a senior at West Texas State. He was a damn good football player, but he developed some problems with his knees. When football didn't work out he asked me about professional wrestling.
Terry Funk
Work
Good
Me
Problems
Damn
State
Out
Some
About
Wrestling
Developed
Football
He
Knees
Football Player
Freshman
His
West
Texas
Senior
Middle
Work Out
Asked
Stan
Professional
Player
My point was to always have my spectators leave saying 'hot damn I got my money's worth.'
Terry Funk
Saying
Money
Worth
Damn
Point
Hot
Always
Got
Leave
Spectators
Extreme rules, hardcore wrestling - whatever they want to call it - was born out of a necessity to survive.
Terry Funk
Whatever
Extreme
Rules
Out
Born
Wrestling
Call
Survive
Want
To Survive
Hardcore
Necessity
What makes that turnstile turn? That's what made wrestling what it has become. The fans dictate the direction of the wrestling industry.
Terry Funk
Fans
Made
Become
Direction
Wrestling
Industry
Makes
Dictate
Turn
I crossed over into the WWE, but a lot of guys never did cross over.
Terry Funk
Cross
Crossed
Guys
Never
Over
WWE
Lot
Did
I've had my elbows operated on, both my knees are shot, I've got stitches everywhere.
Terry Funk
Everywhere
Both
Had
Knees
Operated
Got
Elbows
Shot
I have a knack - and still do - where I can look at a guy and tell you if he's going to draw you money or not. That's very difficult to do. I haven't met too many people who can do that.
Terry Funk
You
People
Money
Too Many People
Met
Difficult
Too
Draw
I Can
Tell
Guy
Knack
He
Look
Still
Very
Going
Where
Who
Many
Ric Flair is a wonderful person, and he was such a great in-ring performer. He had a great deal to do with the direction of the business. There are great characters that have come into this business, but Flair can't be duplicated.
Terry Funk
Great
Business
Wonderful
Great Deal
Characters
Direction
Had
He
Performer
Come
Deal
Duplicated
Person
Flair
If I had a son, I would steer him away from wrestling. It was fun for me, but for most it's not healthy in the long run.
Terry Funk
Me
Son
Long
Healthy
Run
Would
Wrestling
Steer
Long Run
Had
Most
Him
Fun
Away
You have not just weekly ratings, but minutes where they say during a show, 'This guy's boring, get him off.' This has produced a thing in our society where we have no shame and the worst offense is to be boring.
Terry Funk
You
Society
Our
Say
Worst
Boring
Minutes
Guy
Ratings
Shame
Weekly
Him
Off
Offense
Get
Just
Where
Produced
Show
They Say
Thing
AJ Styles is of a different genre, and he's a wonderful part of wrestling, doing things that a lot of guys can't do.
Terry Funk
Wonderful
Guys
Wrestling
He
Part
Genre
Styles
Doing
Lot
Different
Things
I am sick and tired of Cassius Clay going around and saying he is the greatest and what a tremendous boxer he has been.
Terry Funk
Saying
Tired
I Am
Sick
Sick And Tired
Tremendous
Has-Been
Clay
He
Boxer
Around
Greatest
Am
Been
Going
This love of wrestling has been in my family with my dad, my brother, and myself.
Terry Funk
Love
Myself
Family
Has-Been
Brother
Wrestling
Been
Dad
It's the fans that dictate what wrestling is. That's the one constant from 1917 to 2017.
Terry Funk
Fans
Constant
Wrestling
Dictate
There never was one like Ric Flair, and there will never be another one like him.
Terry Funk
Will
Never
Like
Him
Another
Flair
I have had about 15 operations due to the wrestling profession, and I have a problem with an abdominal hernia.
Terry Funk
Problem
About
Wrestling
Had
Operations
Due
Profession
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