Quotes by Rocky Johnson - Page 1

I broke my neck.
Rocky Johnson /
Broke
Neck
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Promoters know the business.
Rocky Johnson /
Promoters
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I've got more soul than I can control.
Rocky Johnson /
Soul
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I wasn't an Uncle Tom and I never was gonna be.
Rocky Johnson /
Tom
Uncle
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I like to think I proved a wrestler's skin color doesn't matter.
Rocky Johnson /
Color
Skin Color
Wrestler
Skin
Proved
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My dad was a big man - six-foot-seven and 300 pounds - and very strong.
Rocky Johnson /
Pounds
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A good promoter is one that treats you with respect and as a human being.
Rocky Johnson /
Treats
Promoter
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Georgia is too cold and wet for me. I have knee problems and hip problems.
Rocky Johnson /
Cold
Georgia
Wet
Hip
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They call Florida the wrestling graveyard because it's where we all end up. The weather is easier on us here.
Rocky Johnson /
Easier
Florida
Graveyard
Weather
Call
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I'm glad my son doesn't have to be labeled black or Samoan or mixed. He has instead been labeled as the best.
Rocky Johnson /
Glad
Son
Labeled
Mixed
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I had my own mind made up in that I was going to do my own thing. I wasn't going to copy from this guy or that guy.
Rocky Johnson /
Copy
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When I got to Toronto, I got a job at the car wash for 90 cents an hour but you got paid everyday so I always had a few dollars.
Rocky Johnson /
Cents
Toronto
Wash
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I worked with guys in Japan that were champions and they came over here for six months or a year and they treated them like garbage.
Rocky Johnson /
Garbage
Japan
Months
Six
Came
Champions
Guys
Worked
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Jack Johnson was the first black heavyweight champion, so I took part of his name. I admired Rocky Marciano, so I took part of his name.
Rocky Johnson /
Johnson
Admired
Heavyweight
Heavyweight Champion
Jack
Marciano
Rocky
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Back when I was competing I had a lot of fans wanting my autograph, wanting to take my picture, but nothing like what my son is dealing with.
Rocky Johnson /
Competing
Autograph
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I worked for promoters that I couldn't stand and they couldn't stand me. But they knew if they put my name out there, I would sell out for them.
Rocky Johnson /
Promoters
Sell
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A lot of wrestlers put on 30 to 40 pounds after they finish wrestling. Some have heart attacks because of the weight. I made working out my hobby.
Rocky Johnson /
Pounds
Weight
Attacks
Finish
Wrestlers
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I cant remember the last time I went in the ring feeling whole. The pain is something you learn to live with. Some guys don't and they don't last.
Rocky Johnson /
Cant
Last Time
Pain
Remember
Whole
Ring
Feeling
Guys
Last
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I met Muhammad Ali in Toronto when he was still Cassius Clay... We got to talking and it was like we knew each other for 50 years. We just clicked.
Rocky Johnson /
Clay
Muhammad
Toronto
Ali
Clicked
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I was partners with Mil Mascaras and we were champions for about a year. We got over good because we had two different styles. The people respected his style when he was in the ring and when I came in they respected mine.
Rocky Johnson /
Different Styles
Partners
About A Year
Champions
Styles
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When you drop-kick someone you have maybe a second's time to jump into the air, hit your opponent directly with both feet and then land without getting hurt. If you lose your balance in the air, though, you'll wind up with cracked ribs and bruised kidneys.
Rocky Johnson /
Air
Balance
Bruised
Cracked
Feet
Hurt
Ribs
Wind
Hit
Directly
Getting
Jump
Lose
Maybe
Opponent
Second
Though
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It seems every bouncer, every bodybuilder wants to become a wrestler. Every day, people will come up to me and ask about it. So few actually make it but if you do make it you can now make into the millions. You have to know your character and have a lot of ability.
Rocky Johnson /
Ability
Millions
Seems
Wrestler
Ask
Character Your Me
Character Me Day
Wants
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I kept myself in shape, and the stuff they were doing in the South, I wouldn't go for. They wanted to whip me on TV, like they used to do with the slaves and all that. I said, 'No. I came in as an athlete, and I'll leave as an athlete.' And they respected me for that.
Rocky Johnson /
Myself Me Doing
Slaves
Whip
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The system in which I came up in was that every territory had to have a black, a white... if you went to Texas you had to have somebody that was a cowboy or one that was from Mexico. There wasn't that many Afro Americans in the business at the time so I moved around a lot. But every time I moved around, I made money.
Rocky Johnson /
Black
Cowboy
Mexico
Moved
Territory
White
Time Business Money
Came
Every Time
System
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