Quotes from Jim Ross

Broadcasting is a team effort and two, or three, individuals not functioning as a team cannot be as effective as they can if they set aside their own agendas and focus on what they see on their TV monitors and embellish the TV personas of the talents involved. I've been blessed to have had many outstanding partners.

I've just been so blessed in my journey. Fat kid from Oklahoma, buddy - Southern accent and Bell's palsy, becoming a broadcaster and hanging around a fickle business for 40 years. You wonder how in the hell that happened. It was somebody's plan.

My folks, I don't think my mom or my dad ever missed a little league game or a football game.

My mother and father both died at 64.

Sometimes our passion will motivate us to say things that can easily be misunderstood.

I like Twitter because I'm a creature of the short-attention span theater. I can get a lot of sports opinions and other things and Twitter tells me what time it is, but not how to make the watch.

I'm a fan of Lucha Underground and hope they are successful.

I've always believed that if you are in the WWE system, that in two years or less, the staff should be able to tell who's a keeper and who's not.

All that I can say about Owen Hart, is that I hope that I can be, as good a man as him, so that I can see him again, someday.

The best incarnation of The Four Horsemen was undoubtedly the unit comprised of Ric Flair, Barry Windham, Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard, along with talented manager JJ Dillon, which will be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2012.

That may be the ultimate definition of toughness inside the squared circle - having the will to overcome a serious injury to return to elite status as a main eventer.

Sports-entertainment has provided me with many blessings, but nothing was ever more unpredictable and fun than hanging with Ric Flair, Barry Windham, Arn Anderson and Tully Blanchard, who, in my opinion, are the greatest incarnation of The Four Horsemen and the most important faction to ever step into the ring.

I had a very humble upbringing, earned everything I got, and learned how challenging it is in the pro wrestling business.

Pat Patterson works at The Brisco Brothers bodyshop Yeah, he does rear-end work!

I grew up in Oklahoma.

I've done everything. I've been ring crew, I've been driver for a blind promoter, I've been a valet, I've been a referee, I've been a ring announcer, I've been a corporate officer, play-by-play man, blah, blah, blah. No one has been on my journey.

I can make a valid argument that Bobby Heenan is pro wrestling's great performer.

Bobby Heenan did what every announcer should strive to do and that is to make talent bigger stars than they are and to embellish every talent's TV persona.

Jericho is generally considered a main event guy, as he should be. He's a future Hall of Famer, I believe. So any rub, for lack of a better term, that AJ Styles can get from Chris Jericho is positive.

Business is about to pick up here!

There's always another adventure if you keep your head above water and I don't have any desire to slow down because it keeps you young.

I don't like losing at anything, but it's not the end of the world if you beat me.

I can always get better at what I'm doing because I'm not nearly as good as I think I can be. I'm going to try to improve every chance I get.