A biography for Bob Backlundhasn’t been written yet.
“I read a book in 2005 called 'Think and Grow Rich' that changed my life.”
“Let me be bad by being good and I became a bad guy by being a good person.”
“When I was inducted into the Hall of Fame, Donald Trump was inducted on the same night. When I was done with my speech, he came over to me and said I could light up New York City if they could plug me into it.”
“People want to loaf, but they didn't loaf when they were in the ring with me.”
“My mission is to do good things and motivate people to be positive and do good things.”
“I wanted to be bad because the good guys were lying, cheating and swearing. Let me be bad by being good and I became a bad guy by being a good person.”
“The Harvard Step Test really makes your heart rate go down. I do that a few times a day and a high number of squats with other stretching and weight routines.”
“I tell myself I have to work out to stay alive. I'm not just staying alive to stay alive, I mean stay alive and live a quality life.”
“We have to start doing a better job of being role models for our children. They are the future and we aren't doing a very good job at all at showing them the proper way to conduct themselves.”
“I want America strong, and want to do things with people.”
“Most of the people in my business, they're a lot different than I am.”
“My wife is an individual and we want our daughter to be her own person in life.”
“We live in the greatest country in the world and there are opportunities out there. You can't stay at home with your parents and just sit there, you have to get out there and do it.”
“I'd like to go to schools and give speeches to people about training, working hard and getting ahead in life.”
“Some wrestlers believe that being elusive is the way to get the fans to love you, but I think just the opposite. You need to get out there and show the people that you appreciate their support.”