Paul Orndorff Quotes

To many generations of fans, Hulk Hogan really represents the beginning of what became this amazing industry that we have.

Professional wrestling, the WWE, and being in the Hall of Fame represent such a large part of Hulk's life, as does his connection to the audience.

In 1985, if you were a wrestling fan, you were into Hogan; that's just the way it was.

Hulk Hogan and I put 43,000 people in the Georgia Dome with three days' notice. I've got a fairly big following in Atlanta.

When I was 5 years old, Hulk Hogan was the world to a lot of little kids.

I can make a valid argument that Bobby Heenan is pro wrestling's great performer.

Bret Hart was a nobody from Canada, and Hogan was the greatest star in wrestling.

Kurt Angle was amazing. He was the person who got me into pro wrestling. He found me when I was at the Olympic training center just wrestling, amateur wrestling.

Daniel Bryan is one of my favorite wrestlers - as a talent, as an entertainer, the way our fans love and revere him. There's never been a match he and I have been in where it was bad.

I was just a little three-year-old kid, and I loved Hulk Hogan. And when you're a three-year-old kid, you don't list off the reasons. I was just drawn to him. He was always my favorite, even in the video games and everything like that. He was the one that I always remembered and liked the most.

I'm the man that made wrestling famous.

I love Vince McMahon. He came up with the Kurt Angle character. He ran with it, and then I was able to run with it. I thank him for the opportunity he gave me. Vince McMahon was one of my best friends, period.

A lot of people say, 'What set the Attitude Era up?' or, 'What started the Attitude Era?' To me - and I was allegedly the leader of it - sports entertainment, pro wrestling, whatever you want to call it has always had an attitude. So, why that particular generation got labeled, I don't know.

Hulk will always be a part of sports entertainment/professional wrestling history, and there's nothing that's gonna change that. His relationship with the WWE, whether it's official or unofficial, is something that can't really be erased.

It all started as a dream. Just watching as a kid, just watching Hogan, just watching WWF - it was amazing.

Nobody has a scientific formula to being the most over superstar in all of WWE.

You don't grow up with Hulk Hogan as your dad and not learn a few moves.

Most people would die to have Hulk Hogan as a dad.

How could you look at CM Punk and not think that he has the 'it' factor? I don't think I'm any great visionary or genius because I saw something in CM Punk; I think everyone else is a stupid schmuck for not seeing it in CM Punk.

I'm a huge fan of Don Leo Jonathan. I love that era of wrestling.

Triple H was a big help to me.

I wasn't trying to be the next Hulk Hogan. I was trying to be the next Vince McMahon.

We have a lot of wrestling fans out there just looking for a star to cheer for.

The truth of the matter is that Dusty Rhodes helped put more money in my pocket than anybody I've ever wrestled. In his time he was the most charismatic and talented performer in the business, and I know he doesn't look like it, but he was a pretty good athlete too.

I've always dreamt of somewhere down the line getting one match out of Hogan, just because that was always a dream.