Paul Orndorff

“I know him as Terry. Hulk Hogan has probably done more for wrestling than anybody has. He got Hollywood involved in wrestling. Hogan was a big guy, but that big ol' guy could move, and he knew how to get those people going. He had it all. He got pro wrestling to a whole new level.”

“I don't care much for Canadians.”

“Tito Santana was one of the hardest working guys in the business. When Tito used to make that comeback, the people went crazy because he had so much fire. He had so much damn energy. He could just go and go and go.”

“Roddy actually was in the business longer then I was and started sooner than I did, and Roddy was a smart guy.”

“Wrestling, it's all about playing with people's emotions. You need to be better than just a great athlete; you need to be the best. At one time, I might have been. When I look back, I remember how much I enjoyed it.”

“The good Lord gave me something, and he gave me intensity. He gave me a body, and he gave me the work and how hard I worked the body the way that it was.”

“When Terry Funk, Harley Race had world titles, it meant more.”

“In wrestling, if there is a legend, Roddy Piper is a legend, no doubt about it. Nobody was ever like he was.”

“I knew how to upset the people, and I did it in such a way that it was believable. That's how I made a living at it for 20 years. I don't regret a thing I done or said in wrestling. Nothing.”

“The fans can either hate you or like you, and they either hated me or liked me, but they always remembered me. I'm very proud of that.”

“You have to realize in this life and in your life that timing is everything.”

“I like being a bad guy.”

“I could have been Mr. America if I wanted to be, but I chose wrestling. I could have played pro-football, but I chose wrestling.”

“I worked every night, and I'd go 25, 35, 45 minutes, and that is what made me, and that is that I knew how to work, and I knew how to work the people.”

“I am not bragging - it may sound like it - but there was nobody in this business that had the aggression and had the body that I had - nobody!”

“When they hated me, it was hell. I used to fight the crowd before I even started my matches. It was crazy.”

“I went to the gym six days a week, three hours a day, and it was part - and it was my life.”

“Bret Hart was a nobody from Canada, and Hogan was the greatest star in wrestling.”

“Nobody was ever better than Roddy Piper was when it came to interviews. He didn't pull no punches. He wasn't afraid of nothin' or nobody. He was a trip, and he was good people, too. He was a good friend. A damn good friend.”

“I was drafted by the New Orleans Saints and was tired of dealing with injuries. I just got tired of playing football, if you want to know the truth, and I was sitting on the floor at my father in-law's house and started to watch pro wrestling. I've watched it for a little bit before, so I thought to myself, 'You know what? I can do that!'”