More endearingly than any other sport, wrestling teaches self control and pride.

A lot of my intensity in wrestling was due to my mental preparation before the matches. I got myself into a different world.

But after that, turn it into action. Don't just dream.

All I worried about was what Owings was doing to me, instead of what I was doing to him. When you start worrying about that stuff, you're going down the wrong path.

Gold medals aren't really made of gold. They're made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts.

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.

My valleys are higher than most people's peaks. I stay at that level.