Quotes from Roddy Piper

I never faked my emotions or my desire to be a winner.

It's very humbling to know that the industry has cast me as the greatest heel in the history of the business.

You'll find sympathy in the dictionary between sh*t and suicide.

I'm not gonna make 65. Let's just face facts, guys.

I've had over seven thousand pro fights.

I'm as real as they come.

The bottom line is, don't be a lifer. Get in, get a business, get five years of what you can, and get out. What happens is they start listening to the promoters, 'You'll get the next main event.' And then, all of a sudden, you become a lifer. That's the kiss of death there. Get in shape, go in, get the money, get out, and have a wonderful life.

We got an old saying: I would rather you punch my teeth down my throat than throw a popcorn punch!

'Piper's Pit' was totally unscripted - everything just happened - thus, innovation was a challenging must to accomplish.

Bret Hart is my cousin, I'm told. Didn't know that until I was, I don't know, 28, 25.

I put my heart into my career, and the people knew that I did that; and I went from being the most hated man to one of the best loved.

You walk into an arena with 10,000 people and no security and everybody hating you, it takes some gumption.

When I get to Heaven, I'll want to fight.

If you are the heel, and if you are doing your job right, you are most hated.

The heel runs the match.

You never let somebody come from outside the business, have their way with the business, and then leave the next day and laugh at you. How the hell does David Arquette become World Champion?

The business has taken a toll on me.

Burt Reynolds, the first time I met him, he introduced me at Madison Square Garden at Wrestlemania X.

Many hotels, I just sat there and - I call it the silent scream - I don't know why, you just sit there, and tears will just come down, and you'll just sit there for hours, man. There's no place to turn, and when you do turn, who cares? You're just a dumb professional wrestler.

Wrestlers are the best.

I left home when I was 13. When I was 15, I was living in a youth hostel, and I was the 167-pound amateur wrestling champion.

They say that wrestlers are actors, and they couldn't be more wrong. The truth is wrestling and acting could not be more opposite. Wrestling is explosion, and acting is implosion.

Real wrestling fans always knew Hogan couldn't wrestle. And he's not exactly an intellectual, either... The path he chose is very simple. He wears spandex in the airport. That's his identification as a man.

Wrestling has a tremendous entrance plan. You come in, and it's, 'Boy, here you are. It's rock and roll; it's wonderful.' It's got no exit plan.