The business is my life, the ring my salvation, the locker room and roads my nourishment.
MICHAELA COELThe business is my life, the ring my salvation, the locker room and roads my nourishment.
MICHAELA COELThere’s nothing like being a Texan, and I’m proud to be one.
MICHAELA COELI 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.
MICHAELA COELYou 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.
MICHAELA COELYou 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.
MICHAELA COELI 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.
MICHAELA COELI 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.
MICHAELA COELOne of the regrettable things in my life is that my dad was not around to see my stardom, to see me wrestle or to see what I achieved by the dream I had at an early age, influenced by where he would like to go.
MICHAELA COELBelievability and respect are two of the main ingredients in professional wrestling that are sorely missing today.
MICHAELA COELTerry Funk. Any time I got to wrestle with him, it was cool. Superstar Billy Graham was another one.
MICHAELA COELHard 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 COELThe 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.
MICHAELA COELDick Murdoch is a true Hall of Famer.
MICHAELA COELFor as long as I can remember, my nickname was Dusty. I remember my dad naming me that because of the streets where we lived.
MICHAELA COELAt the time when I started, coming out of football, I always used a forearm or an elbow. When it became Bionic is when I said it was Bionic. I went to some secret doctor in Istanbul who put some Bionic stuff in there.
MICHAELA COELI love teaching. I love coaching. I love teaching communications class. I love giving back to the kids and the industry.
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