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

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

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.

When I'd get tired and want to stop, I'd wonder what my next opponent was doing. I'd wonder if he was still working out. I'd tried to visualize him. When I could see him working, I'd start pushing myself. When I could see him in the shower, I'd push myself harder.

Talent is everywhere, winning attitude is not.

If you're afraid to fail, you'll never succeed.

Great wrestlers make other wrestlers great