Lanny Poffo Quotations

Yes because he was signed in 1971 by the St. Louis Cardinals as a free agent and he spent four years in the minor leagues, just knocking about,

Let me stop you right there. Ten arrests, no convictions, I've got a perfect record.

June of '85, changed life for the better.

Well, I had the opportunity in 1968 to attend the Mr. Hawaii contest,

But see I hung in there, I persevered, and what's the end of the story? I'm healthy, wealthy and free. How many wrestlers, 50-years-old are even alive?

Well, I could do that also, but it was the Presidents.

First of all, I disagree with the question. How many people do you know that were on NBC and defeated Hulk Hogan?

There was a big controversy... people were saying... Chris Jericho treated me really well in the dressing room, he said, 'You were the first guy to ever do that.' No, I was the first guy to steal it from Tiger Mask. I don't want credit for doing things that I didn't do.

There's a fork in the road, you can be jealous, or you can be happy. I always choose happiness. Jealousy is one of the seven deadly sins, ... If I've got two loaves of bread under each arm, why must I feel jealous of anybody? Why can't I just be happy for myself? If that's the way you look at it, then why isn't Randy jealous of David Letterman or Jay Leno? Because there's always somebody better than you. The thing is, I would rather just be thankful and live each day as if it was a gift instead of a burden. It is a burden if you're so competitive or so ego-driven that you can't live unless you make everything else dead around you.

It was unintentional, Andre headbutted me right in the head, ... He always liked me and he was really sorry about it, but that's what happened. He was a very strong guy. And his head is like three heads... my head is just like one and a half. Maybe he was trying too hard. But I never begrudged him for it, the poor guy was in so much pain. I wrestled him in 1975 when he was excellent. And then I saw him again in 1985 and he was a physical wreck. And it's very well documented that the last few years of his life were miserable. And you know what the greatest thing in his life was?

Actually I'm doing it because it helps promote my book. I work Monday through Friday... I don't need to go wrestle definitely, but it does help promote my book and it gets me out there to an audience that cannot be denied. Plus I found that I love it. Now I did something wrong, you see all my caps and gowns, I'd given away to charity. All my trunks, I've given away to charity. I have no boots. I had decided that I'd already wrestled my last match. I have to admit, I'd like to apologize to anybody who saw me in January, that I did wrestle but I was not properly supported.

No that was like the fifth time. The first time was when I was on TNT before that. The second time I was on TNT, I told them that I had a poem for Lord Alfred Hayes. Now it's been taken off the WWE website but I managed to get it on the LannyPoffo.com website.

If my brother were here he'd agree, what a fantastic family we come from.

I'm The Genius, full of glory and renown,

If you didn't agree with me, I was gonna hang up on you,

I officially started wrestling on June 6, 1973,

The greatest thing that ever happened to me. I got to go all over the world, never cost me a dime. He re-broke his leg, and he's about two inches shorter but he's walking better than ever... I love both those guys.

The Genius was a lot more fun than