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

My wrestling and family go together. It's always been that way, from day one with my mom and dad, my sister, my wife, four daughters, grandsons, son-in-laws.

If you want to train and work hard 3 months out of the year, well, then, UNI is a great place to go. If you want to bust your tail 6 months out of the year, you should be very happy at ISU. But if you want to train and develop into a champion 12 months out of the year, then Iowa is the place for you.

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

My advice to young wrestlers is that your surroundings really make a difference. You want to put yourself in good, positive surroundings.

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.

But we've got to work. We can't just live on reputations at all - by any means.