More enduringly than any other sport, wrestling teaches self-control and pride. Some have wrestled without great skill - none have wrestled without pride.

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.

There is no mat space for malcontents or dissenters.

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

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

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

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