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Part of my success was rooted in psychology.
Wrestling has been a very big part of my life.
I was one of the rare guys who never wanted to sign a contract.
I had a good run with the WWF. A lot of good matches, a lot of fun.
You know I'm very happy with WWE, the company in which I still work.
The roar of 93,000 people was just... I had nothing to compare that to.
You can call me 'Tons of Lard' for all I care, as long as I get to work.
A memorable moment was when I got inducted into the hall of fame in 2009.
I can remember that my match with Savage at WM3 lasted less than 20 minutes.
When you get two guys that gel together, you can feel greatness in the ring.
There are so many young fans out there who have only seen me wrestle on tape.
Guys like myself and Arn Anderson, we're always trying to pass knowledge along.
I started right off with this character-type guy and blowing fire from the get-go.
The WWE has a great school in Orlando and most of the trainers are of my upbringing.
I learned so much from Ric Flair... just listening to him guide me early in my career.
When I went to WWE, the level of work I put out every night was just balls to the wall.
I said we would have WrestleMania on Mars one day. I think that would be a match to see.
In the mid-'80s when the business took a big change, everybody was living their character.
Who would have thought that Shane McMahon would have any kind of a chance versus Undertaker?
I'm happy to see NXT grow. Everything they are doing, they are going in the right direction.
Me being in a managerial position has never crossed my mind. Even in the twilight of my career.
I like to listen to the crowd, I really do. The crowd helps give me that extra boost of adrenaline.
On my wish list, a guy I would have loved to work with in our prime would have been Shawn Michaels.
The fans have always played a major role for me and have helped me do what I need to do in the ring.
You can have a good run for several years with one company and then be able to extend it with another.
The phrase that I use a lot is you've got to connect the dots and keep connecting them up to the finish.
Fans watching need to be able to connect the dots in your match and the story that you're trying to tell.
I worked with Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins, Bray Wyatt. Those guys have come along and are doing very well now.
The one thing I'll never forget is the fan base. Without them, there would be no WWE. There would be no wrestling.
For every 100 times you can nail a big move, it's that 101st time where you over-rotate and it can end your career.
You can feel greatness in the ring. You can get two guys that gel together and it's just like poetry or a work of art.
I think of myself as rarity in the business, and one of the reasons is that I wrestled my entire career as a baby face.
Big moments, you've got to let it soak in. It actually adds to the drama so you don't throw away the move and the moment.
My back hurts real bad, every day. All those bumps took their toll. But life is good and I wouldn't have it any other way.
What was old can be brought back new, and I bring that to the table. I bring mannerisms, facials, body language, positioning.
I have never, ever met a performer that was a stickler to critical moments and moves as they fit. Savage was a perfectionist.
A lot of guys would say that I was like a 'damn chameleon'. It doesn't matter who you are in the ring with, you can adjust and adapt.
I know one thing, after the match with Savage at Wrestlemania III, I was gassed. I went back to the locker room and fell on the floor.
Having a brain type aneurism, a brain bleed, really put things in perspective of what a good life and being a good person is really about.
I feel that we really had some good, athletic women wrestling out there and they work just as hard as the guys and put on a heck of a show.
I would have to say Ric Flair and Randy Savage were two of my favorite guys to work with; I had some good main-event type matches with both.
I've wrestled in Hamilton and Toronto and the fans have always received me well there... It's always been one of my favorite areas to come in.
I'm not suggesting that every moment in the match has to be huge, but you've got to space it out to have a couple of really outstanding moments.
I just wanted to experience what it felt like on the other side of the fence. As we all know, the heels have the most fun out there in the ring.
I honestly think that we're getting away from the basic structure of wrestling and it causes wrestlers' careers to come up short because of injuries.
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.
I remember the first couple of years when I was coming up through the ranks, some of the old-timers would take me aside after the match and critique me.
I want to be remembered as one of the best entertainers that had come along. That is what I'd like fans to talk about when they mention 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.
I've got a bad back from being in the business for more than 20 years, but if I did have that opportunity, I'd love to have one more go-around with Flair.