Wrestlers are a little more dedicated than, and are different from, the other people, which may be strange.

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.

Right out of high school I never had the fear of getting beat, which is how most people lose.

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

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

Freedom across the world is a result of many individuals working together.

You can't ever work too much because there's no such thing as being in too good condition. You can't ever lift too many weights because you can't ever get too strong. You can't ever wrestle too much because you can always do better.