Terry Funk

I don't want to wrestle past 35. There's just too much physical strain with 250-pound men slamming into each other.

It's been a wonderful, wonderful career. It's been just a great run that the Lord gave me and I damn sure appreciate it and thank Him for it and for Him giving me the body and the ability to do what I have done for years.

I have had about 15 operations due to the wrestling profession, and I have a problem with an abdominal hernia.

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.

When I was a kid, everyone wanted to be cowboys and Indians.

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 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.

My point was to always have my spectators leave saying 'hot damn I got my money's worth.'

Sometimes it's great to have a backbone, but you've got to be careful. Remember that sometimes, when you hurt your backbone, you can't get it fixed because you don't have enough money.

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.

I am sick and tired of Cassius Clay going around and saying he is the greatest and what a tremendous boxer he has been.

What is hardcore? Hardcore is not just being hardcore, hardcore is going in the ring and giving 100% of yourself. Hardcore is great fans.