A biography for Bob Backlundhasn’t been written yet.
“I didn't say one thing and go out and do another. When I said something, I meant it and lived it, and I still do.”
“When you have a set program in your match it gets old to do the same thing over and over and over again.”
“You can't be lying to kids and expecting them not to do it and you're going out and doing the same things you're asking them not to do.”
“I'm disciplined.”
“I worked as hard as I could in the ring to make the matches enjoyable as much as I could.”
“When you work out it makes you feel better. It became my life's blood. It keeps me going every day.”
“I was able to slowly climb to the top of the wrestling business thanks to the principles I learned in junior high and high school.”
“I always really liked Allentown. The people were very down to earth. It reminded me a lot of my hometown in Minnesota.”
“Don't throw your garbage out the window of your car anymore because you're defacing our country.”
“An All-American Boy does things right and works hard.”
“My business was wrestling and I wanted to be ready to go in the ring and do my best and I didn't have time to worry about what was going on behind the scenes and I didn't want to know.”
“If something hasn't worked for 44 years, you have to try something different.”
“I'm a lifelong American.”
“I believed that people should be held responsible for their own actions. And I believed that hard work and dedication paid off.”
“In amateur wrestling, you are always wanting to win matches and win matches and win matches. I changed my goal when I got into professional wrestling and I said I wanted to go out there and entertain at the highest level I could.”
“I will be a role model, I wanna be a role model, and I will not cheat.”
“I understand the saying 'it's lonely at the top.'”
“I go around and talk to a lot of kids at wrestling tournaments. I talk to the moms and dads.”
“Andre the Giant and I had beers together a few times.”
“As Mr. Backlund, I truly believed in what I was saying. I believed in every word that I said. I believed that society had fallen off a cliff morally compared to the '80s.”