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

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

Pain is nothing compared to what it feels like to quit. Give everything you got today for tomorrow may never come.

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.

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

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.

Wrestling... what men do during boys basketball season.

Determination is the strength needed to succeed.

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.

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

The bigger the front, the bigger the back.

What are the chances that of all 1.59629 quadrillion square feet of physical land on planet Earth, three major world religions are literally fighting over one single rock?

Leo, I have another secret. I've fallen in love with you.” "I've always loved you.

We must make the best of those ills which cannot be avoided.

No matter how long I live, I shall live longer than you will love me

Some people read to confirm their own hopelessness. Others read to be rescued from it.

What you have to do in certain situations, that's called situational hitting.

Bad divorce?" Hardy asked, his gaze falling to my hands. I realized I was clutching my purse in a death grip. “No, the divorce was great,” I said. “It was the marriage that sucked.

The poet's expression of joy conceals his despair at not having found the reality of joy.

If you fall sometimes, you must not be discouraged.