Great wrestlers make other wrestlers great

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.

The obvious goals were there- State Champion, NCAA Champion, Olympic Champion. To get there I had to set an everyday goal which was to push myself to exhaustion or, in other words, to work so hard in practice that someone would have to carry me off the mat.

I don't think college wrestling is in danger of extinction by any means. But I am concerned if one program drops.

More enduringly than any other sport, wrestling teaches self-control and pride. Some have wrestled without great skill - none have wrestled without pride.

Always remember the pain of defeat, and never let it happen again.

We, as a wrestling community, better remember it is more than one individual that makes a winner.