My coaches were great. My mom and dad. My dad never missed a wrestling meet.

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

We, as a wrestling community, better remember it is more than one individual that makes a winner.

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

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.

I never won anything by myself. I was always strong because of help that gave me extra strength to win.

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