Top 135 Quotes & Sayings by Stone Cold Steve Austin - Page 2

I'm not addicted to wrestling anymore. For a long time, I was.

I've been in the entertainment industry - wresting, but the entertainment industry since 1989; if you have thin skin, you're going to have a tough time in this town, but I've got thick skin.

It goes - for me - WrestleMania, Royal Rumble, Summerslam. The big three.

I own a ranch in Texas, so there's always something to do as far as work goes, whether it's tractor stuff or tearing down fence.

When I got into professional wrestling, I started, and I starved for two years, and I finally got some breaks. And then I got the biggest break, and I made the most of it and took wresting to its highest level ever.

I had a lot more creative freedom back in the day.

Everyone can have a rough day at the office, as they say. I've had those myself many times when the bell rings.

I think 'The Condemned' has a great story. It's a lot more than a mindless action flick.

I respect Hulk Hogan because his career lasted some 30 odd years. I think I lasted about 15, but during my peak years, I took the business to a height it never seen before.

A great gimmick is a great gimmick, but on a dud, it just doesn't work. It comes down to talent.

I got out of the business when I got out. The hunger was out of my system.

When I see things through my eyes, I don't want to ever just be really negative towards someone's performance. There are many ways to skin a cat. Sometimes I watch the guys, and they're doing different things than I would have done, but I don't ever want to be too critical.

In 'The Condemned,' if you saw the movie, that's all me; I'll go toe to toe with anyone in an action movie.

I don't look to save the world with any of the movies that I make. I'm not trying to make any political statement with the movies I make. I'm trying to have a good time. I'm trying to entertain people.

I love the business of pro wrestling, and it is something I know better than anything else I know about.

I wear decent shades, but if I lose them, I'll go right to the store and get cheap ones because my eyes are that sensitive.

Everyone out here in Los Angeles is trying to do whatever to break into films. It is a tough industry to get into, kind of like pro wrestling in a lot of respects when you think about it.

Any time you go live with Vince McMahon it's going to be a very interesting experience.

Man, I had a good time working on 'Grown Ups 2.' First of all, when I read the script, it is hands-down the funniest script I've ever read. It's laugh-out-loud funny.

I'm glad about 'The Curtain Call' now, but I remember being very confused watching it all go down because I was right there behind the curtain watching it all, and I couldn't believe these guys were breaking kayfabe.

When I came to WWE back in the day, I'd been working seven-and-a-half years, and I was very frustrated. I started getting some momentum, and my work was very vicious, and it was very believable.

Wrestling is a very serious subject for me.

I don't have the talent of Daniel Day-Lewis. I'm Steve Austin, so when I get to hang out and be who I am, and I live on set, it's like a paid vacation, man.

If it's the morning, and I had a late night, the worst thing in the world is a bright light.

I would consider doing something along the lines of 'Tough Enough' because that was my first endeavor into reality television, and that is a world I know and love, and that's why I was on that show.

I go back to the old school days of that Attitude Era stuff. Everybody knows when I speak of the Attitude Era, my favorite stuff is of the mid-'80s, all that NWA stuff, the World Class stuff, the stuff that Bill Watts was doing.

I want to be careful when I'm breaking down matches because I don't want to offend anybody or knock anybody's work. It took me a long time to get where I was at, so I know how it feels when someone knocks on you.

Once I came up with the 'Stone Cold' thing, it was like a snowball rolling down a hill; it just kept getting larger and larger, and I wasn't afraid to push the envelope.

My run cannot be touched. If you want to talk about longevity, you can speak the name Hogan. If you want to talk about white-hot, selling tickets, and taking the business to a height it's never been - and, with a hell of a supporting cast, I might add - you're talking about Stone Cold Steve Austin.

I love my fans, and I love my relationship with the fans, but when you're a performer, and you're used to being the mac daddy, the main cat, and all of a sudden you're not that guy anymore, it's kind of a whole different spectrum and a whole different level.

I don't live as 'Stone Cold.' I live as Steve Austin. I was 'Stone Cold' Steve Austin back in 2003, then I rode off into the sunset.

The Rock is one of the biggest movie stars in the world. So give the guy his due.

I really value my days down there in ECW in Philly.

As much as I love the business and I love my fans, I don't want to be at every WrestleMania.

When I went out and did what I did in the world of professional wrestling as Stone Cold Steve Austin, pretty much anything and everything thing I said was ad lib, on the spot, just let it fly and go for it.

I think if I'd never had found pro wrestling, I'd be a blue collar guy, working a 9-to-5 job.

I found out in pro wrestling that it works better if you just try and be yourself versus working on something you're not, so I'm me, and maybe it's magnified a bit, but it's easier just being me.

I got pile drived in '96 or '97 and was a quadriplegic for about a minute and a half. I couldn't move anything. It was in the Meadowlands at a pay per view with a million or two people watching, and I couldn't move. That cost me a surgery, but I healed pretty quickly, so that was probably my worst day at the office.

People go into that arena, and they know the fix is in. They know what pro wrestling or sports entertainment is. That being said, they want it executed to the highest level so that they can suspend their disbelief and buy in, and so, in a world of make believe, you make people believe in you. It's as real as it can be.

You want mercy? Take your ass to church!

I'm a very serious person, but I don't take myself very seriously and I would rather laugh all day than argue.

...if you are fat, no matter what you wear, nothing is going to make you sexier.

Why have you not broken from the pack? You're playing it safe. Safe aint gonna get you sh!t in this world

I no longer need my power tie, because I always have, my power finger.

Austin 3:16 says I just whipped your @$$!

I'm telling you this - if Stone Cold comes back out, somebody's going to get their ass whipped!

And I also appreciate the fact that, hell, you can kiss my ass!

I'll open up a can of whoop-ass on you!

You see, everyone in that locker-room gotta pager. And everyone that looks at that pager, sees the three-one-six, so their ass belongs to me.

Talking with Ken Shamrock was almost a one-way conversation. I knew Ken was a tough guy, one of the toughest in the world at one time and still tough as nails. I had heard he had a tough background, but there are two times in that interview when I teared up. I'm "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, and I didn't cry, but I teared up. Ken saw me, and he almost started tearing up, too. I'd never experienced anything like that. To hear some of the things that he went through, my jaw was on the floor.

I eat so much chicken, I'm surprised I haven't grown feathers yet.

Does anybody have, a cold beer for Steve Austin?!??!!?

If you put a s infront of hitman, you have my exact thoughts on Bret Hart

Tune in next week, same Stone Cold time, same Stone Cold Channel!

Sorry, my watch doesn't speak spanish.

And that's the bottom line, cuz Stone Cold said so!

You treat me like a dog and you expect me to smile? You remind me of a jackass.

Nobody, especially Vince McMahon, tells Stone Cold Steve Austin what to do, and that's the bottom line!

You can talk about your Psalms and your John 3:16. Well, Austin 3:16 says I just whooped your *ss.

Sportsmanship... what a load of crap, don't preach your morality to me. Steve Austin doesn't have any mercy... you want mercy? Take your *ss to church!