Bruno Sammartino
Wrestler
1935-10-06 – 2018-04-18
Bruno Sammartino was an Italian-born American professional wrestler and two-time WWWF champion, widely regarded as one of the greatest champions in wrestling history.
Quotes by Bruno Sammartino
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In 1959 I had broken the bench press record by lifting 565 pounds, and I could lift 715 pounds from a squat.
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Stan Hansen was a different ballgame. I broke my neck wrestling him in Madison Square Garden. I spent a month in the hospital and for a while it was touch and go because the doctors told me I came within a millimeter of being paralyzed from the neck down.
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I busted my nose 11 times. My fingers are all busted. My ribs. Both my arms. I can't straighten them out.
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I like a match that shows strength, stamina, scientific technique.
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The sacrifice musicians make, the results they achieve are fantastic. These are the big people as far as I am concerned. So if they are temperamental, I don't hold it against them after all they had to go through to get to the top.
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Franco Corelli is my favorite tenor.
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They call me 'The Maniac' as far as training goes. I'm a fanatic. I run 10 miles every day and I train three hours every other day with barbells. Nobody trains that hard. And that's not bragging.
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I didn't care for Steve Austin because of his mouth. He was a very, very vulgar individual and anybody who is like that I can never be a fan of. So, any of his positives were overshadowed by the negatives.
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In Europe, I was just a little guy... the winters in the mountains were very nasty.
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They said Babe Ruth built Yankee Stadium and Bruno Sammartino built the Garden. It always was my favorite place.
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