Profoundly inspirational wrestling quotes will challenge the way you think, change the way you live and transform your whole life.
Famous Wrestling Quotes
I can take anyone down at any time; they can’t take me down; no one can ride or turn me; I can control anyone. Dan Gable
Wrestling what men do during boys basketball season. Dan Gable
Once you’ve wrestled, everything else in life is easy. Dan Gable
Being mentally tough is doing what you don’t want to do, when you don’t want to do it.
In wrestling, there’s a shelf life, and some wrestlers don’t pay attention to the shelf life. Dwayne Johnson
I swear it upon Zeus an outstanding runner cannot be the equal of an average wrestler. Socrates
More enduringly than any other sport, wrestling teaches self control and pride. Some have wrestled without great skill none have wrestled without pride. Dan Gable
Gold medals aren’t really made of gold. They’re made of sweat, determination, and a hard to find alloy called guts. Dan Gable
Don’t be afraid to be ambitious about your goals. Hard work never stops. Neither should your dreams. Dwayne Johnson
Wrestling teaches you nothing comes easy. Nothing in life comes easy, so you have to work at it. Mike Sullivan
Gold medals aren’t really made of gold. They’re made of sweat, determination, and a hard to find alloy called guts. Dan Gable
In other sports, when contact is made, they blow the whistle to stop the action. In wrestling, when contact is made, we’re just getting started.
No matter what kind of wrestler, everyone is afraid of getting tired. Jay Robinson
Without sacrifice, there can be no victory.
My advice to young wrestlers is that your surroundings really make a difference. You want to put yourself in good, positive surroundings. Dan Gable
He that is good at making excuses is seldom good at anything else. Benjamin Franklin
Wrestling is the only sport I’ve ever competed in that puts you totally in a situation of constant motion without breaks. I could play football or baseball, swim but there’s always some kind of situation that would break my thoughts, break my concentration. Dan Gable
Victory happens when ten thousand hours of training meets one moment of opportunity.
The first period is won by the best technician. The second period is won by the kid in the best shape. The third period is won by the kid with the biggest heart. Dan Gable
No exercise brings into play all the muscles of the body in a more thorough manner, and none is more interesting than wrestling. He will find no other exercise more valuable in the cultivation of faculties which will help him to success in agility, strength, determination, coolness, and quick exercise of judgment. Hugh Leonard
Every day I turned a ‘you can’t’ into a ‘you can. Rulon Gardner
Pain is weakness leaving the body. Dan Gable
I’m the best there is, the best there was, and the best there ever will be. Bret Hart
Remember, when you are not training, someone somewhere is training; and when you meet him, he will win.
Never back down and never quit. John Cena
Potential is interesting. Performance is everything.
Blood, sweat, and respect. The first two you give. The last you earn. Give it. Earn it. Dwayne Johnson
Grappling with fate is like meeting an expert wrestler: to escape, you have to accept the fall when you are thrown. The only thing that counts is whether you get back up. Deng Ming Dao
I never won anything by myself. I was always strong because of help that gave me extra strength to win. Dan Gable
The only thing that matters in wrestling are your teeth and your testicles. Anything else, keep wrestling, stop whining. Gary Dierks
You must show no mercy nor have any belief whatsoever in how others judge you, for your greatness will silence them all. The Ultimate Warrior
Once you’ve wrestled, everything else in life is easy. Dan Gable
I grew up on a farm, and I always learned when you work, you go forward, you don’t stop and say, well, I’ll take a break. You always go forward and get the job done. Rulon Gardner
I count pins, while you count the lights.
I’m not trying to brainwash my critics. If they’re critics, they’re critics, and that’s their job to be critical, but I certainly enjoy the involvement I have with my fans. I enjoy the time I get to spend with them, and I don’t waste time with someone stubborn who is not going to come around. John Cena
Anyone can wrestle until they are tired. Cael Sanderson
Wrestling needs to be about the art form again. It needs to be about painting a picture and having a really good match. Hulk Hogan
Missing the first workout is like telling a lie the next one comes easier.
I like to think I proved a wrestler’s skin color doesn’t matter. Rocky Johnson
Take a quick wrestler, get them tired, and they aren’t as quick. Take a technical wrestler, get them tired, and they aren’t as technical. No matter what kind of wrestler, everyone is afraid of getting tired. It’s those who learn to perform when they’re tired that find success. J. Robinson
Wrestling has been a way of life with me day in and day out. I won’t get too far away from it. I might walk through the wrestling room once a week. I could go every day if I wanted. But just walk through, make sure it’s still there. Dan Gable
But it’s the wrestler who can put the fatigue out of his mind and break through the “wall,” like a marathon runner after 18 or 20 miles, who will survive. The key to that survival is in hard workouts that develop mental confidence to the point where you won’t submit to fatigue and pain descending upon you. Lou Banach
A lot of my intensity in wrestling was due to my mental preparation before the matches. I got myself into a different world. Dan Gable
Wrestling is a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don’t quit when you are tired, you quit when the gorilla is tired
When I wrestled, I always considered myself an athlete and a wrestler. Rocky Johnson
What you do in the off season determines what you do in the regular season. George Allen
Wrestling and sports entertainment is not about the moves, it really isn’t. It’s about being able to evoke emotion in one facet or another. The Undertaker
The art of living is more like that of wrestling than of dancing. The main thing is to stand firm and be ready for an unforeseen attack. Marcus Aurelius
Professional wrestling is a beautiful yet cruel mistress. She will treat you well and treat you horribly, but outside of my family, it is my one true love. Luke Harper
You couldn’t scare me with the rest of the scariest day of your life if you had an electrified scaring machine.
No activity I know is more of a confidence builder and at the same time more ‘humility training’ than wrestling. Jim Leach
Counseling?! I’ll show you some freaking marriage counseling!
Wrestling is a universal language. The moves, the facial expressions, most people understand. Shinsuke Nakamura
Watch me closely, grasshopper, and I will instruct you in the grappellary arts!
When I’d get tired and want to stop, I’d wonder what my next opponent was doing. I’d wonder if he was still working out. I’d tried to visualize him. When I could see him working, I’d start pushing myself. When I could see him in the shower, I’d push myself harder. Dan Gable
I’m gonna crush you with my super sonic lard bomb!
But it’s the wrestler who can put the fatigue out of his mind and break through the ‘wall’, like a marathon runner after 18 or 20 miles, who will survive. The key to that survival is in hard workouts that develop the mental confidence to the point where you won’t submit to fatigue and pain descending upon you. Lou Banach
Okay, Barn, if I win you owe me a beer. If you win, you owe me two beers.
There’s always ways of motivating yourself to higher levels. Write about it, dream about it. But after that, turn it into action. Don’t just dream. Dan Gable
Remember, Marge, winning isn’t anything. So please let me win this time.
Hard work pays off, dreams come true. Bad times don’t last, but bad guys do. Scott Hall
Nothing personal, Barney, but after I hit you with the Iron Pretzel of Death, you are history!
I go out and give it 110% every time I’m out there. I try hard. Rowdy Roddy Piper
Hehe! Look at your face, Red! Looks like somebody beat me to it!
The obvious goals were State Champion, NCAA Champion, Olympic Champion. To get there I had to set an everyday goal which was to push myself to exhaustion or, in other words, to work so hard in practice that someone would have to carry me off the mat. Dan Gable
This is for all those cute, little, three eyed fish out there!
Everything I do is to become better, the best ever and I’m not going to stop. Dolph Ziggler
Hmph, teach you to meddle with a Battling Bouvier!
Even before I got to WWE, I studied Triple H. He was one of my favorite superstars; his wrestling was ruthless, and I think a lot of his style you can see in me a little bit. Sheamus
