"Once you've wrestled, everything else in life is easy"
"This is a sport that has turned many boys into men and many men into leaders"
"It is a sport in which you can be a giant regardless of how big you are"
"Without this reckless abandonment people aren't afraid of you"
"More enduringly than any other sport, wrestling teaches self-control and pride"
"Some have wrestled without great skill - none have wrestled without pride"
"Steel sharpens steel"
"In order to become a wrestler, one should have the strength of a weight lifter, the agility of an acrobat, the endurance of a runner and the tactical mind of a chess master"
"Embrace the grind"
"Wrestling coaches are among the most disciplined and self-sacrificing people I have ever known"
"Wrestling represents the most difficult and rewarding objective that I have ever dedicated myself to"
"Drilling a single technique a thousand times is better than drilling thousands of techniques a single time"
"Build a reputation on what you do"