“Billy Superstar Graham dropped the WWF title to me, and that had the b...” — Bob Backlund Quote

“Billy Superstar Graham dropped the WWF title to me, and that had the biggest influence because it changed my life.”

“When I think about 'All American Boy' I think of someone that lives by the Golden Rule: treat people how you wanted to be treated. That's one of my rules in life.”

“In '85, I read a book that helped me forget about the past and work on the future as far as success goes, and it was Napoleon Hill.”

“I built up a luminous vocabulary so I could educate the masses.”

“Do your best, try to do your best at everything you do.”

“When I got put into the Hall of Fame in 2013, I told Triple H I would like to get back in the business and put a little bit more W in it and I was serious about it. I don't know if he is ever going to take me up on the offer. I do think about it every now and then.”

“I want people to stay true to who they are and how they're feeling. That's the biggest rule for myself - to always be as real as I can.”

“I won't perform in Cuba until there's no more Castro and there's a free Cuba. To me, Cuba's the biggest prison in the world, and I would be very hypocritical were I to perform there.”

“Plagiarism is always the biggest thing in Hollywood.”

“No-deal Brexit could be Boris Johnson's biggest deception yet - worse than the Boris bus or the lies that had him sacked as a Times journalist or as a spokesman by the then Tory leader, Michael Howard.”

“My biggest hobby is hanging out with my family and kids.”

“David Bowie is my biggest inspiration. Pretty much the only thing that stayed the same with Bowie was his eyes. Everything else constantly changed, from his sexuality to his songs.”