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.

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

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

Great wrestlers make other wrestlers great

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

I went to college. I had a double major in biology and physical education, but my major was wrestling.

There is no mat space for malcontents or dissenters.