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Quotes from Ricky Steamboat

The WWE has a great school in Orlando and most of the trainers are of my upbringing.
~ Ricky Steamboat
When you are a face for a long time and you turn heel, your stock value immediately goes up, especially if you're able to pull it off in the ring and on the mic. Then you ride that horse as long as you can. When it starts to falter, and when attendance drops, then you can turn back babyface. And your stock value goes up again.
~ Ricky Steamboat
Flair was a guy who 90 percent of your match was called on the fly, while Savage was a guy who had 90 percent of it set in stone before the match began.
~ Ricky Steamboat
Whenever two guys got together, you asked, 'What body part would you like to work?' In my case, it was the arm. Most guys wanted to feed me for that arm drag. We always believed in storytelling, so if I had the arm, the heel would get away for a moment - or heel his way away - and then I would get back to it.
~ Ricky Steamboat
I'm back in the gym doing squats. I still do the old school stuff. I'm just not concerned about putting the weight on as much as just going through the motions to keep things lubricated and stretched out.
~ Ricky Steamboat
Guys like myself and Arn Anderson, we're always trying to pass knowledge along.
~ Ricky Steamboat
Who would have thought that Shane McMahon would have any kind of a chance versus Undertaker?
~ Ricky Steamboat
When I started in the business, getting in the ring, most nights I'd look across at a 15-20 year veteran. And every night, he would take me to school.
~ Ricky Steamboat
Fans watching need to be able to connect the dots in your match and the story that you're trying to tell.
~ Ricky Steamboat
The fans can bring a better match by getting more involved. So when a match is over, they might be talking about how good the match was, but little do they know, that great match was elevated because of them.
~ Ricky Steamboat
Before, there were only four pay per views throughout the whole year. Guys who were doing soap opera storylines could build them up week after week. We had longevity, and that is one of the main reasons why people remember.
~ Ricky Steamboat