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.

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.

When I'd get tired and want to stop, I'd wonder what my next opponent was doing. I'd wonder if he was still working out. I'd tried to visualize him. When I could see him working, I'd start pushing myself. When I could see him in the shower, I'd push myself harder.

I never won anything by myself. I was always strong because of help that gave me extra strength to win.

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

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've been a fanatic about working out all my life.