"If you are afraid to fail, you will never succeed."

"Once you've wrestled, everything else in life is easy."

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

"When my wrestlers got their hands raised, I jumped for joy."

"The easiest thing to do in the world is pull the covers up over your head and go back to sleep."

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

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

"I shoot, I score. He shoots, I score."

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

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

"My mind's never gone very far away from what I wanted to accomplish."

"The 1st period is won by the best technician. The 2nd period is won by the kid in the best shape. The 3rd period is won by the kid with the biggest heart."

"There's always ways of motivating yourself to higher levels. Write about it, dream about it. But after that, turn it into action. Don't just dream."

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

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

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

"Today is today. But there are many tomorrows"

"Great minds are always feared by lesser minds."

"Everything is possible. The impossible just takes longer."

"Whatever the outcome may be, the important thing is to step forward on the path that you believe is right."

"‎"Those who give up dreams, do injury to their own hearts and cannot possibly enjoy a profound sense of fulfillment in the end."

"Culture is an elevated expression of the inner voice which the different peoples of the Earth have heard in the depths of their being, a voice which conveys the vibrant compassion and wisdom of the cosmic life. For different cultures to engage in interaction is to catalyze each other's souls and foster mutual understanding."

"Happiness does not exist as an isolated quality, nor does it conform to a single fixed pattern. Happiness is something that breathes and lives in the relationships between one person and another."

"You must not for one instant give up the effort to build new lives for yourselves."