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

I've never changed my life since I was 4 and went to the YMCA with a gym bag. I still have that philosophy. In fact, I still have that gym bag.

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

Great wrestlers make other wrestlers great

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.

More endearingly than any other sport, wrestling teaches self control and pride.

If we don't progress, we backslide into bad habits, laziness and poor attitude.