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.

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

I don't think college wrestling is in danger of extinction by any means. But I am concerned if one program drops.

Many of those who have paid the ultimate price for freedom have come through the wrestling ranks. We need to honor them and win this decision to have wrestling - the world's oldest sport - remain a part of the most prestigious athletic competition in the world, the Olympics.

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

When I'd get tired and want to stop, I'd wonder what my next opponent was doing. I'd wonder if he was still working out. I'd tried to visualize him. When I could see him working, I'd start pushing myself. When I could see him in the shower, I'd push myself harder.