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.

There is no mat space for malcontents or dissenters.

I went to college. I had a double major in biology and physical education, but my major was wrestling.

The easiest thing to do in the world is pull the covers up over your head and go back to sleep.

My mind's never gone very far away from what I wanted to accomplish.

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