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

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.

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.

Always remember the pain of defeat, and never let it happen again.

Never think twice, when you have decided once.

Christmas is God saving mankind from the folly of mankind’s grandiose sense of greatness.

Happy thou art not for what thou hast not still thou striv'est to get and what thou hast forget'est.

Survival is my primary instinct...it's out of my control. It's stronger than me. It's an outside force, a voice that says 'do this for your life or it will devour you.'

Well, Joe Biden has done it again. He showed up at the White House Passover Seder with a bunch of ham sandwiches.

If people want to see me in comedies, that's fine with me.

I don't think today's younger audience... would even know what 1920s musicals were like.

You are always racing against the other swimmers, but I always try to just focus on what I'm doing and how I want to swim my races.

No-one wants to feel like they're constantly auditioning for a place in your life.

I love my rejection slips. They show me I try.