Quotes from The Iron Sheik

Rob Thomas, the Action Bronson and the Riff Raff. Both the musicians, they know who I am and they know I come from oldest country in the world and if I want my words like the music. I forever love them like the Frank Sinatra.

I am the greatest heel, which means the bad guy in the wrestling history.

Mark Henry my black brother. I love him and his family.

The Ric Flair, I am his teacher from the Minnesota. We work together. He great performer, he great talker.

I love the people to see me as gold medal, Hall of Fame, world champion that knows how to make the world news and how to come from oldest counrty in the world to be most famous Iranian in the history.

World champion always say 'yes please' - never hold back when someone need humble.

You don't forget who the real Iron Sheik is. Who the real world champion, hall of fame Jesus of the twitter is. Only one Iron Sheik.

Your fans you never disrespect, but if they look like jabroni than you humble them till they respect you.

I make Hulk Hogan to be Hulkamania. Because I was a champion before him, I lost my belt to him.

I very easily could have broke Hulk Hogan leg because I was the real shooter. Hulk was the bodybuilder guitar player.

Sheikie the legend angry they remove wrestling from the Olympics.

In Sheikie's day, we wrestle. We not use gimmick like the table chair.

Impossible for wrestler to become doctor or the mechanic. All they know is the wrestling and forever they do this job.

I am a real Iranian, and I'm in entertainment but still I was a 100 per-cent wrestler.

The Vince McMahon tell me I am the best Middle Eastern wrestler ever. He tell me I need new name to show how strong I am like the iron. He want me to become like the Shah. He call me the Sheik.

I leave the Iran because bad things happening there when I was greatest Greco-Roman wrestler in the world.

Being a wrestler is not an easy life. It's very hard on the body. I loved it, but it is a hard life to live.

Football players cannot be wrestlers. Wrestling is a much tougher sport.

I was the most hated wrestler in WWE, No. 1 company in the world.

I was three times AAU All-American World Champion and I had rough time. I was broke, no money and everything was bad for me until WWE.

I love the WrestleMania, and I love my family WWE. The WWE know I am the legend forever.

I never close the door on my company. WWE always there for the legend, and I love my boss the Mr. Vince Kennedy McMahon forever. He always show me that I am part of WWE family.

Every hundred year, mother make baby like Iron Sheik, Michael Jordan and the Jesus. Only one chance to prove you are the real in a lifetime.

Wrestling toughest sport. We never take day off. We never have the offseason like the hockey or the football. We work year-round, and we never complain because you fight to be with biggest company in the world and you never ask for the time to rest.