Produce results on the mat and in the classroom

The only thing you deserve is what you earn

You don't get what you deserve, you get what you earn.

We don't deserve anything; we must work for everything.

I don't believe in dreams. I believe in going after it.

It's like our daddies and moms always used to tell us growing up, you don't get what you deserve, you get what you earn.

Academics and wrestling, you cant separate the two.

The only thing between you and success is your thinking. Defeatist thoughts are the mother of inaction.

I could tell you it's the heart, but what is really killing him is loneliness. Memories are worse than bullets.

I associate wisdom and grace with age.

The biggest thing I've learned is that you only have one chance. You only have today to live-but you gotta take it and make it the best you can

People would rather be deceived than have the truth cause them anxiety

Every true work of art must express a distinct feeling.

You don't have to suffer to be a poet; adolescence is enough suffering for anyone.

I taught Brad Pitt how to fly-fish in my swimming pool!

Enlightenment is nothing but your consciousness being concentrated on a single point - now and here.

I admired what my students were writing, but I think their improvement doesn't directly result from me but from being in a class, being with each other.