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There's nothing like success.
I shoot, I score. He shoots, I score.
Great wrestlers make other wrestlers great
Talent is everywhere, winning attitude is not.
If you're afraid to fail, you'll never succeed.
Determination is the strength needed to succeed.
Once you've wrestled, everything in life is easy.
If you are afraid to fail, you will never succeed.
I've been a fanatic about working out all my life.
There is no mat space for malcontents or dissenters.
But after that, turn it into action. Don't just dream.
Once you've wrestled, everything else in life is easy.
Wrestling... what men do during boys basketball season.
When my wrestlers got their hands raised, I jumped for joy.
Always remember the pain of defeat, and never let it happen again.
My mind's never gone very far away from what I wanted to accomplish.
My valleys are higher than most people's peaks. I stay at that level.
Freedom across the world is a result of many individuals working together.
My coaches were great. My mom and dad. My dad never missed a wrestling meet.
If we don't progress, we backslide into bad habits, laziness and poor attitude.
But we've got to work. We can't just live on reputations at all - by any means.
Greatness in the mat is achieved through training that make you push to survive.
More endearingly than any other sport, wrestling teaches self control and pride.
If you're going to stay in the Olympics, you've got to be entertaining and get sponsorship.
Right out of high school I never had the fear of getting beat, which is how most people lose.
The easiest thing to do in the world is pull the covers up over your head and go back to sleep.
We, as a wrestling community, better remember it is more than one individual that makes a winner.
I went to college. I had a double major in biology and physical education, but my major was wrestling.
I never won anything by myself. I was always strong because of help that gave me extra strength to win.
Wrestlers are a little more dedicated than, and are different from, the other people, which may be strange.
I can take anyone down at anytime; they can't take me down; no one can ride or turn me; I can control anyone.
I don't think college wrestling is in danger of extinction by any means. But I am concerned if one program drops.
Pain is nothing compared to what it feels like to quit. Give everything you got today for tomorrow may never come.
Gold medals aren't really made of gold. They're made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts.
A lot of my intensity in wrestling was due to my mental preparation before the matches. I got myself into a different world.
My advice to young wrestlers is that your surroundings really make a difference. You want to put yourself in good, positive surroundings.
I'm delighted to be back in coaching. Our goal is to put Iowa wrestling back on top, and I want to do everything I can to make it happen.
You don't really measure the year until the whole year is done. I'm sure there are some concerned people, including the coaches right now.
I've never changed my life since I was 4 and went to the YMCA with a gym bag. I still have that philosophy. In fact, I still have that gym bag.
There's always ways of motivating yourself to higher levels. Write about it, dream about it. But after that, turn it into action. Don't just dream.
The 1st period is won by the best technician. The 2nd period is won by the kid in the best shape. The 3rd period is won by the kid with the biggest heart.
More enduringly than any other sport, wrestling teaches self-control and pride. Some have wrestled without great skill - none have wrestled without pride.
My wrestling and family go together. It's always been that way, from day one with my mom and dad, my sister, my wife, four daughters, grandsons, son-in-laws.
All I worried about was what Owings was doing to me, instead of what I was doing to him. When you start worrying about that stuff, you're going down the wrong path.
The bells are a very good investment. They never break if they are maintained. I can teach the kids the basics. They may play bells for only one year, but many of them go on to play at local churches.
I’m a big believer in starting with high standards and raising them. We make progress only when we push ourselves to the highest level. If we don’t progress, we backslide into bad habits, laziness and poor attitude.
There is no mat space for malcontents or dissenters. One must neither celebrate insanely when he wins, nor sulk when he loses. He accepts victory professionally, humbly; he hates defeat, but makes no poor display of it.
You can't ever work too much because there's no such thing as being in too good condition. You can't ever lift too many weights because you can't ever get too strong. You can't ever wrestle too much because you can always do better.
Wrestling has been a way of life with me day in and day out. I won't get too far away from it. I might walk through the wrestling room once a week. I could go every day if I wanted. But just walk through, make sure it's still there.
A clean, hard-fought wrestling match is the most honest of athletic contests. There is no technological interventions, no teammates to blame, no panel of judges to bias the score. In wrestling, you compete or you quit. No alibis. I like that