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I learned so much from Ric Flair... just listening to him guide me early in my career.

- Ricky Steamboat
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A memorable moment was when I got inducted into the hall of fame in 2009.

Fans watching need to be able to connect the dots in your match and the story that you're trying to tell.

I've wrestled in Hamilton and Toronto and the fans have always received me well there... It's always been one of my favorite areas to come in.

I had a good run with the WWF. A lot of good matches, a lot of fun.

You can have a good run for several years with one company and then be able to extend it with another.

Whenever two guys got together, you asked, 'What body part would you like to work?' In my case, it was the arm. Most guys wanted to feed me for that arm drag. We always believed in storytelling, so if I had the arm, the heel would get away for a moment - or heel his way away - and then I would get back to it.

I think of myself as rarity in the business, and one of the reasons is that I wrestled my entire career as a baby face.

I've been in the business over 35 years and had over 6,000 matches and I am helping guys who have only been in the business maybe a year or two and 100 matches. I am taking my 6,000 matches and passing it along.

I've got 8 and 10 year old kids telling me about the match I had with Savage at WrestleMania III and that was 30 years before they were even born. But with the magic of the Internet, their dad tells them to watch a little bit of what they used to watch... It amazes me that we're passing it on from generation to generation.

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I learned so much from Ric Flair... just listening to him guide me early in my career.

I learned so much from Ric Flair... just listening to him guide me early in my career.

I learned so much from Ric Flair... just listening to him guide me early in my career.

I learned so much from Ric Flair... just listening to him guide me early in my career.

I learned so much from Ric Flair... just listening to him guide me early in my career.

I learned so much from Ric Flair... just listening to him guide me early in my career.

I learned so much from Ric Flair... just listening to him guide me early in my career.

I learned so much from Ric Flair... just listening to him guide me early in my career.

I learned so much from Ric Flair... just listening to him guide me early in my career.

I learned so much from Ric Flair... just listening to him guide me early in my career.

I learned so much from Ric Flair... just listening to him guide me early in my career.

I learned so much from Ric Flair... just listening to him guide me early in my career.

I learned so much from Ric Flair... just listening to him guide me early in my career.

I learned so much from Ric Flair... just listening to him guide me early in my career.

I learned so much from Ric Flair... just listening to him guide me early in my career.