Hard times are when a man has worked at a job for 30 years – 30 years – and they give him a watch, kick him in the butt, and say, ‘Hey, a computer took your place, daddy.’ That’s hard times!
MICHAELA COELI’ve wined and dined with kings and queens, and I’ve slept in the alley eating pork and beans.
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I wasn’t always Rhodes, but I was always Dusty. I was never called Virgil – not by my family, not by my friends. Even my teachers at school didn’t call me Virgil.
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There’s nothing like being a Texan, and I’m proud to be one.
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The combination of old and new is what every wrestling organization should be like. That way, you have a chance to match up the legends in dream main events.
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What takes Hollywood weeks and months to film takes professional wrestlers and the companies behind them literally minutes to put together. A spontaneous explosion of emotion unleashed before your very eyes.
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The business is my life, the ring my salvation, the locker room and roads my nourishment.
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I can’t explain it, but from the first day I stepped into a wrestling ring, I knew that one day I was going to be a big superstar. I knew that one day I would be the NWA World Heavyweight Champion like my hero, Lou Thesz.
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I’ve wined and dined with kings and queens, and I’ve slept in the alley eating pork and beans.
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I admit, I don’t look like the athlete of the day’s supposed to look. My belly’s just a little big, my heinie’s just a little big, but, brother, I am bad, and they know I’m bad.
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You pay your dues and work your way up through the system, whatever system there is – something guys in the business today don’t really understand, don’t have a clue.
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For as long as I can remember, my nickname was Dusty. I remember my dad naming me that because of the streets where we lived.
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Terry Funk. Any time I got to wrestle with him, it was cool. Superstar Billy Graham was another one.
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They say behind every successful man is a powerful woman. And there is no more powerful performer I would rather be in the ring with for a conversation than Stephanie McMahon.
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If I’m selling, I want them all selling in the audience. If I’m coming back, I want them all coming back. If I’m bleeding, I want them bleeding. If I win, they win. If I lose, they lose.
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You look at driving down the road, night after night, tryin’ to make a town, getting $25 – that’s hard times. It’s our duty to make it good times for the fans that pay their money to see us perform each and every night.
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My mom was from Germantown and was of German descent. She was a real force behind me and my dream. She was always my biggest fan, even when I was wrestling at an early age.
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