Ric Flair, The Freebirds, and The Rockers were great influences in my decision to become a wrestler.
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My uncle inspired me, and it was because of him that I become a wrestler, but besides him, the one Superstar that really caught my attention growing up as a kid was 'Macho Man' Randy Savage.
I grew up a wrestler; for a long time in Oklahoma I was a wrestler.
I was an amateur wrestler, which I loved. It was my passion, but I started really late; I was a junior in high school when I began.
I wasn't sure what I was getting into when I signed on to work with a wrestler.
When I was a kid, I wanted to be either a rock star or a wrestler.
I'm the man that made wrestling famous.
I think I was given a gift to wrestle. And I think when I came back, I had a much better appreciation of that. And I believe the way I went about doing it made me better at it. I didn't identify myself with the job as I did so much in the '90s. In the '90s, I didn't know who I was other than 'the wrestler.'
Bobby Cox had the biggest influence in my career and probably the second- or third-biggest influence in my life.
I was a true wrestler. I was a Division I national champion. I came into the business wanting one thing and one thing only, and that was to be the champion, and I wasn't going to let anybody stand in my way. I think there was one guy that had a problem with that, and that was Undertaker.
I wasn't a wrestling fan growing up; I knew who Hulk Hogan was and stuff but I didn't watch it. I started watching wrestling about three years before I got involved with WCW.
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