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.

There is no mat space for malcontents or dissenters.

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

Wrestlers are a little more dedicated than, and are different from, the other people, which may be strange.

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.

Talent is everywhere, winning attitude is not.

Gold medals aren't really made of gold. They're made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts.