Category - Gene Okerlund

Discover the thoughtful and inspirational Quotes of Gene Okerlund, a philosopher and author. Our collection of his most impactful quotes reflects his deep understanding of language, philosophy, and history.
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Gene Okerlund

People expect you to top yourself – to always have more and bigger.

– Gene Okerlund

Gene Okerlund

There have been many matches where a wrestler gets hurt. The referee usually senses it and stops the match, but the referee doesn’t always know.

– Gene Okerlund

Gene Okerlund

Goldberg is destined for stardom.

– Gene Okerlund

Gene Okerlund

I think I have some advice for both the talent, and the ‘powers that be’ in professional wrestling. I would say let the guys say it their own way and let them put their own matches together.

– Gene Okerlund

Gene Okerlund

I finished high school and studied at the University of Nebraska in the school of journalism, which really turned me onto journalism. I never finished, but the very little that I did learn in two-and-a-half-years prepared me for a career in legitimate journalism, which included WWE, AWA, WCW, and everything in-between.

– Gene Okerlund

Gene Okerlund

People loved to hate Bobby Heenan.

– Gene Okerlund

Gene Okerlund

Bobby is the Aaron Rodgers of managers in professional wrestling – Rodgers works magic on the professional football field, but Bobby Heenan did the same thing in a wrestling ring, in a television studio, on a radio program, and he could do the same thing in a newspaper layout. He was a great communicator, and he knew how to generate heat with fans.

– Gene Okerlund

Gene Okerlund

My theory for a good interview is to listen to a person and react. I would always ask a question that was pertinent to the mindset of the talent, whether it was who they were going to meet, where they were going to meet them, and what they were going to do.

– Gene Okerlund

Gene Okerlund

I have a tremendous amount of gratitude to those who enjoyed my work. It’s something we did together, because I must have given them something they liked, and we shared it, and everybody walked away a winner. That’s truly the way I look at my time with the business.

– Gene Okerlund

Gene Okerlund

To go into the WWE Hall of Fame as the very first announcer was a big, big honor for me.

– Gene Okerlund

Gene Okerlund

I think as time goes on, people may realize the golden age of wrestling may have been in the 1970s and early 1980s.

– Gene Okerlund

Gene Okerlund

Retirement for old people, forget about it.

– Gene Okerlund

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