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

If you want to train and work hard 3 months out of the year, well, then, UNI is a great place to go. If you want to bust your tail 6 months out of the year, you should be very happy at ISU. But if you want to train and develop into a champion 12 months out of the year, then Iowa is the place for you.

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.

My coaches were great. My mom and dad. My dad never missed a wrestling meet.

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

I can take anyone down at anytime; they can't take me down; no one can ride or turn me; I can control anyone.

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.