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Wrestling... what men do during boys basketball season.
Sep 29, 2025
More endearingly than any other sport, wrestling teaches self control and pride.
I can take anyone down at anytime; they can't take me down; no one can ride or turn me; I can control anyone.
Anybody can win the matches you can dominate, but it's the tough matches that are going to make the difference.
Our attitude is the primary force that will determine whether we succeed or fail.
I swear it upon Zeus an outstanding runner cannot be the equal of an average wrestler.
Once you've wrestled, everything in life is easy.
You must show no mercy...nor have any belief whatsoever in how others judge you...for your greatness will silence them all.
Life's battles don't always go to the stronger or faster man, but sooner or later the man who wins is the one who thinks he can.
More enduringly than any other sport, wrestling teaches self-control and pride. Some have wrestled without great skill - none have wrestled without pride.
Practice without improvement is meaningless.
The man who wins, is the man who thinks he can.
This is a sport (wrestling) that has turned many boys into men and many men into leaders. And it is a sport in which you can be a giant regardless of how big you are.
Take a strong wrestler, get them tired, and they aren't as strong. Take a quick wrestler, get them tired, and they aren't as quick. Take a technical wrestler, get them tired, and they aren't as technical. No matter what kind of wrestler, everyone is afraid of getting tired. It's those who learn to perform when they're tired that find success.
Wrestling has been a way of life with me day in and day out. I won't get too far away from it. I might walk through the wrestling room once a week. I could go every day if I wanted. But just walk through, make sure it's still there.
I will either find a way or make one.
Never think of the consequences of failing for you will always think of a negative result. Think only positive thoughts and your mind will gravitate towards those thoughts!
Wrestling is the only sport I've ever competed in that puts you totally in a situation of constant motion without breaks. I could play football or baseball, swim -- but there's always some kind of situation that would break my thoughts, break my concentration.
The only thing you deserve is what you earn
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.
The sport of wrestling is a tremendous builder of the values and characteristics which are needed to succeed in any walk of life. Much of what I have managed to achieve in life I owe directly to the years I spent in the wrestling room, as an athlete and a coach. Wrestling is a great educational tool.
No activity I know is more of a confidence builder and at the same time more 'humility training' than wrestling.
But it's the wrestler who can put the fatigue out of his mind and break through the "wall," like a marathon runner after 18 or 20 miles, who will survive. The key to that survival is in hard workouts that develop mental confidence to the point where you won't submit to fatigue and pain descending upon you.
A man can be as great as he wants to be. If you believe in yourself and have the courage, the determination, the dedication, the competitive drive and if you are willing to sacrifice the little things in life and pay the price for the things that are worthwhile, it can be done.
Life's battles don't always go to the stronger or faster man. But sooner or later, the man who wins is the man who thinks he can.
Confidence comes from being prepared.
Repeated actions are stored as habits. If the repeated actions aren't fundamentally sound, then what comes out in a game can't be sound. What comes out will be bad habits.
To be a great champion you must believe you are the best. If you’re not, pretend you are.
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.
Sports do not build character. They reveal it.
Gold medals aren't really made of gold. They're made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts.
Success is the good fortune that comes from aspiration, desperation, perspiration,and inspiration.
Winning is the science of being totally prepared
I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.'
If you're afraid to fail, you'll never succeed.
If you are afraid to fail, you will never succeed.
The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination.
So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat.
Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.
If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it.
There are three types of people in this world: those who make things happen, those who watch things happen and those who wonder what happened. We all have a choice. You can decide which type of person you want to be. I have always chosen to be in the first group.
Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will.
Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand
Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence.
Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.
The world is full of educated derelicts.
Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.
The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.