You don't really measure the year until the whole year is done. I'm sure there are some concerned people, including the coaches right now.

Pain is nothing compared to what it feels like to quit. Give everything you got today for tomorrow may never come.

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.

Wrestling is the only sport I've ever competed in that puts you totally in a situation of constant motion without breaks. I could play football or baseball, swim -- but there's always some kind of situation that would break my thoughts, break my concentration.

More enduringly than any other sport, wrestling teaches self-control and pride. Some have wrestled without great skill - none have wrestled without pride.

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

When my wrestlers got their hands raised, I jumped for joy.