Amateur Wrestling Quotes

I wrestled in front of seven people one time.

My wrestling dream was to become a Division I national champion. That was my No. 1 dream - not Olympics, not money. Just winning that tournament.

For my money, Dan Hodge is the greatest amateur wrestler ever produced in the U.S.A.

I wrestled 23 straight years all over the world.

I wrestled in college at 165.

I was really into sports, playing track and field, amateur wrestling, volleyball, and soccer. I was a very active kid and teenager.

I never want to hide my wrestling background.

I was an amateur wrestler, which I loved. It was my passion, but I started really late; I was a junior in high school when I began.

I got into wrestling when I was four years old.

On a very personal note, my dear friend, the late Steve 'Dr. Death' Williams was a four-time amateur wrestling All-American who also lettered and started four years on the football team at Oklahoma. I've met no man walking the face of the earth tougher than Doc. R.I.P., my friend.

I was a wrestler in high school, and that was a pretty big part of my life.

Everything about me is favored towards wrestling.

I'm built for wrestling. I have a high pain tolerance. My nose has been broken a couple times. Black eyes.

Wrestling was always the first thing I ever wanted to do.

You can't sign up for this kind of wrestling in school, so I went the football route first and I was successful at it.

Training is my life. It's all I've known since I was in second grade, when I started wrestling.

I'd like to wrestle for as long as I can.

I used to be weak - as did all British fighters - with wrestling, because we don't have high school wrestling or college wrestling here.

I'm a wrestler, so I'm used to not being paid, and I'm used to doing five or six competitions a day and paying someone else to allow me into the event.

I think that Ben Askren, when he competed as a wrestler, he was an amazing athlete.

In high school and college all my friends and my brother wrestled.

There's a couple guys that I'd like to wrestle, but truthfully, I want to wrestle as many guys as I can.

When I came through the ranks in wrestling - in high school and college - those systems have been in place for 100 years, and they're fairly standard training across the board for all the colleges.

After watching wrestling for 20 years, I thought I had enough confidence to do it. There were no wrestling schools at the time.

Wrestling has taken me on a ride and a love affair. I absolutely enjoy wrestling.