There's nothing like success.

If we don't progress, we backslide into bad habits, laziness and poor attitude.

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

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.

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

Raising your level of performance requires a proper mentality and meaning from within. This gives you the ability and drive to work on the things necessary to go to a higher level. When people ask me how to raise their level of performance, the first thing I ask is, How important is it to you?

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