Mark Henry Quotes

When I do retire, you won‘t see me in the ring, but I will be working in the back with the young guys.

Wrestling went from being sometimes comical to very serious, and there was a lot of depth regarding the vastness in which people performed.

Me and Sheamus have a natural chemistry.

I have a good sense of humor. I’m not Martin Lawrence by any means. I’m a little too country to be Chris Rock. But I fancy myself as being somebody with a good sense of humor.

It was an unbelievable experience to be in the ring with Jerry Lawler, one of the biggest wrestlers of all time.

I guess I’m a romantic. Call me rough and romantic. Girls like that.

I was called everything ugly and black in the world. Man, those where some tough times. They called me Fat Albert, Magilla Gorilla, black ape. It all hurt.

My brother and I loved to body-slam each other when we were kids. We tore up a lot of furniture.

I want to be known as a great dad more than anything.

At one point, I remember throwing Jerry Lawler so hard that he didn’t touch either rope. He just went straight through and hit the barricade.

If it’s dead, I’ll eat it. If it’s alive, I’ll eat it, too. Jus put it in front of me and get out of the way.

John Cena has granted more wishes than anybody in history. He goes the extra mile.

Around 2015, I started to see my skills diminish. It happens to everybody. Father Time is undefeated. He is gonna win every time, and I saw him catching me.

I don’t want to be the second-strongest man in the United States or the second-strongest man in the world. They don’t get much attention. I definitely want to be No. 1.

I was the first WWE developmental talent. When I moved to Connecticut to start training, I had no idea what wrestling was other than what I saw as a fan.

If you’re going to lose to somebody, losing to a guy like Brock Lesnar is not something that people will laugh at. Brock is arguably one of the top ten fighters on Earth.

I’m blessed to be able to say that at every juncture in my career, I succeeded.

I had the pleasure of learning how to wrestle long matches and use psychology.

I was kind of sheltered. I grew up in Silsbee, Texas, a town of 3,000 people.

The Undertaker‘s theme isn’t really a single, but in terms of eerie music, you can’t beat it.

When my mother bought me my first concrete weight set when I was 10, I was hooked. I was doing stuff with the weights that a kid shouldn’t have been doing.

You can’t be a champion and look like a bum. You have to look, and be, the part. It’s not just because it’s required of your job, but is important to how you hold yourself.

I love the WWE, I love the company, but I have two kids, and they want me home. They want me to see their recitals and sporting events, and I want to see them grow and evolve.

My kids are jaded, spoiled, entitled as hell.

When somebody says I can’t do something, it motivates me to do it.

The Rock moved in with me at my apartment, and we trained together after that.

Learn how to humble yourself, and be able to take advice and not feel like you know everything.

The true measure of strength is through a squat and deadlift.

I’ve always been a big guy. I weighed 220 pounds in the 5th grade.

I want people, when they remember me, to think of the Hall of Pain, when I was catching guys, 275 pounds. Picking up Big Show, close to 500 pounds, over my head and driving him through a table.

I grew up learning from guys like Ron Simmons and Owen Hart. They were like mentors to me, so I was able to embrace what they taught me, and I think I did alright.

I believe in freedom of speech. I believe people have the right to say whatever they want to say. As long as they’re ready to own what they say. Because there’s a price to pay when you say something that’s against the grain that is not correct.

Eventually, you’ve got to go from being a talent to being a guy that makes talent.

Indian wrestlers definitely have a place in the industry.

People say, ‘Oh Mark, you’re a big softie, and you burst into tears so easily.’

I hate drugs. I drank a beer once and threw up.

I’m more on the bigger side, so people don’t think I have speed. I’m not the fastest guy, but I guarantee I’m not the slowest.

Nobody will ever top Owen Hart. Owen was like a brother to me. I loved him so much because he made me laugh harder than anyone‘s made me laugh in my life.

I like to play around a lot. I would always flirt with the girls in the office and everybody just hanging around, sweet talk.

I was a big kid my whole life. I grew up among big people. My brother was a big kid. I didn’t really feel like a big kid. Except for the teachers, who pretty much didn’t want me to squish any of the other kids.

Oh my God, if you’re talking terrible theme songs, you have to mention Matt Hardy. I can’t understand what they’re even saying. There’s a point in Matt Hardy’s song where it sounds like they say ‘I want to meet the cheese.’ I’m always like, ‘Meet the cheese?’ Just goofy stuff.

Black culture – we dance and sing. We’re entertainers. James Brown said it best: the things we are make people want to be like us.

I challenge anybody to go through their career and not have a failure as a talent.

I’d like to be a tag titleholder, I’d like to be the WWE champion, but more than anything, I want to make guys leaders.

Randy Orton is one of the people in the industry I respect the most. Not many people can be as smooth and polished in the ring as Randy is, and still be over with the fans, and he is one of the very best in the industry.

I’ve had five surgeries that could have ended most people’s careers. But because of the fact that I’m resilient and have a lot of pride, I refused to let myself go out except on my terms. An injury is not going to take me out.

I wasn’t always 6′ 4” and 400 pounds.

I’m kind of glib.

I’ve had matches go 38 minutes. To be able to move for 38 minutes and have somebody’s life in your hands is a difficult thing.

If I am in it, I want to win it. I am not here to look pretty.