A biography for Terry Funkhasn’t been written yet.
“I think we have too much violence in wrestling, on TV in general, and society as a whole.”
“Wrestling is all about the power of the individual.”
“McMahon has made a lot of guys very rich, but he may also be taking years off their lives.”
“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.”
“This goes to all the individuals out there, be in control of your business don't let your business take control of you.”
“There is no age limit to wrestling.”
“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.”
“I crossed over into the WWE, but a lot of guys never did cross over.”
“I'm not gonna squeal out that this is my 23rd retirement, my real, real retirement. But you know there comes a time where you need to look to go in another direction in life, and I have entered that time.”
“That is the thing that wrestling is, we are who we are. Even when we are established we are not actors. We are wrestlers.”
“I have an abdominal hernia which I tore and had operated on, and it's not the easiest thing in the world to get over. I'm gonna go on down the road, but hopefully I can get over the damn thing.”
“Wrestling is truly my life, and I love being part of the professional wrestling world.”
“I don't want to wrestle past 35. There's just too much physical strain with 250-pound men slamming into each other.”
“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.”
“There never was one like Ric Flair, and there will never be another one like him.”
“I will give Cassius Clay $250,000 if he will just get into the ring with me anywhere in a combination boxing-wrestling match.”
“Vince and WWE, they're not fresh. Yes, Vince does big business. They have the best talent in the world, but they have no fresh ideas. They should be selling out every arena.”
“My father never bragged on me as a football player or when I started ! wrestling. But I always knew he was there if I needed him.”
“I simply could not have done as well in either football or wrestling if I had not taken Energol.”
“I've loved wrestling from the first moment I stepped between the ropes. Don't know where I'd be without it.”