Robert Goulet Quotes & Trivia

Quotes

Ali and I have become friends over the years. I was on a plane with him one time when he was the champion.

Ali's daughter is fighting and Joe Frazier's daughter is fighting as well.

And I enjoy the road. Love traveling.

And of course coming from Massachusetts, Rocky Marciano was my favorite.

Burt Reynolds would be great. We've worked together on a reunion show of WKRP in Cincinnati.

But I don't work out. I pay people to do that for me.

From that point on, whenever folks would get together and sit by the piano or take out a violin, I would avoid singing.

Hey, I've been doing what I do for a long time, my friend.

I can tell jokes. I can talk to the audience. I can relax. I can change my songs whenever I want. I can change the tempos. I can change the mood, because I'm in charge.

I don't watch a lot of featherweight fights yet some of those fights are the best fights ever.

I don't work in Las Vegas all the time.

I like being on this stage because it keeps me thinking.

I only eat one meal a day. Lunch, not dinner.

I think I'd probably like to get into the ring with Raquel Welch. I'd like to get into a clinch with her!

I think that people who have Vegas throat are people who sing from their throats only.

I used to be afraid of looking at the audience.

I used to have trouble in front of an audience. I felt uncomfortable.

I wanted to be a plumber.

I was born in Massachusetts and lived there until I was thirteen years old.

I'm 185 (pounds) and in good shape. You have to be.

I'm a performer. We don't retire.

I've been a boxing fan ever since I was a kid.

If people like what I do, fine. If they don't, fine.

If you do a musical you can't change the dialogue; it has been written for you. You can't change the music every night, you have to sing it that way.

It's nice because you have a routine.

It's obvious that they're going to want Ali's daughter and Frazier's daughter to fight it out.

Joe Louis was one of my first heroes.

Rocky Marciano had such guts and heart. He was something special.

So I've been a fight fan for a long time.

The only good thing about going to the fights is you can go into the green room and you can see some of your old friends that you haven't seen in a long time.

There are so many to choose from. I only saw Sugar Ray Robinson fight on film but I'd say that he is one of them.

There's nobody in show business that I dislike so I wouldn't want to get in there to hurt anybody.

When I sing full-on I use my whole body. I open my throat and let it fly out.

When you sing a song the way I sing it, you have to use your whole body. It's almost like working out.

Why stop now when I'm just getting the hang of it?

You have to remember, I didn't want this life.

You open the show with a bang, then don't come back on for 45 minutes.

You play your character and it isn't right to step out of it. You have to stay in that character.