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.

Greatness in the mat is achieved through training that make you push to survive.

My advice to young wrestlers is that your surroundings really make a difference. You want to put yourself in good, positive surroundings.

I vowed I wouldn't ever let anyone destroy me again. I was going to work at it every day, so hard that I would be the toughest guy in the world. By the end of practice, I wanted to be physically tired, to know that I'd been through a workout. If I wasn't tired, I must have cheated somehow, so I stayed a little longer.

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

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.

But after that, turn it into action. Don't just dream.