Lou Thesz Professions : Professional wrestler Born : April 24, 1916 Died : April 28, 2002 Browse All Authors Top 4 quotes by Lou Thesz I spent my life - all my life - learning to wrestle. It's the only means of livelihood I've ever had and, uh, the only gimmick that I have in wrestling is wrestling. Lou Thesz gimmicks wrestling mean The reality, or substance, of professional wrestling is the ability to perpetuate a fantasy. I never distinguished between fantasy and reality. I made my fantasy reality for over 60 years. Lou Thesz wrestling reality years I remember things that happened sixty years ago, but if you ask me where I left my car keys five minutes ago, that's sometimes a problem. Lou Thesz car keys years Friday was Atlanta. That was fifteen bucks. Once a month, we made a six hundred mile trip from Indianapolis down to Atlanta, and at fifteen dollars, by the time you feed yourself and buy gasoline, you're minus about ten bucks. Lou Thesz dollars friday atlanta Similar Authors Bray Wyatt professional-wrestler Angelina Love professional-wrestler Amy Dumas professional-wrestler Alex Riley professional-wrestler Alberto Del Rio professional-wrestler Al Snow professional-wrestler All Authors