Jake Roberts Quotes

• You know what, when you screw up in the ring, it’s so embarrassing.

  Jake Roberts

• The snake will always bite back.

  Jake Roberts

• Miserable is a good thing, though. If you start the day miserable, nobody else can screw up your day.

  Jake Roberts

• Jake Roberts has a hard enough time being Jake Roberts. The truth is a brutal thing, I just hope that the kids take the time to learn about each of the wrestlers in the game, and if the kids can learn from our mistakes, that would make me a happy man.

  Jake Roberts

• It’s the sad thing about entertainment, it’s not always about who is the best.

  Jake Roberts

• I went to visit my father to tell him that I was going to go to college and become an architect – that was my dream. I was like, yeah I graduated from school, but it’s not like you showed up for that. But all he was worried about is whether or not I wanted money from him.

  Jake Roberts

• I did it the stupid way, through trial and error.

  Jake Roberts

• A child’s hope is that your father comes riding in on that white stallion and saves them. You can’t make somebody love you the way you want them to love you, it’s not a Leave it to Beaver type world. This isn’t television. Life’s a lot more cruel than that.

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• Every moment is an experience.

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Jake Roberts (9)

Birth:	30th May, 1955
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Wrestler

About

Aurelian Smith Jr., best known by his ring name Jake "The Snake" Roberts was born in Gainesville, Texas, USA. He is an American semi-retired professional wrestler and the son of former wrestler Aurelian "Grizzly" Smith. He is best known for his two stints in the World Wrestling Federation; the first between 1986 and 1992, and the second between 1996 and 1997. He was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame on April 5, 2014. His role in several films include: The Bet and Little Creeps.

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Births

• 1929 - Sergio Leone
• 1926 - Sir George Henry Martin
• 1969 - Michael Schumacher
• 1975 - Carla Gordon
• 1897 - Pola Negri

Deaths

• 1967 - Mary Garden
• 2012 - Josef Skvorecky
• 1946 - William Joyce
• 2005 - Will Eisner
• 1965 - Milton Avery