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

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

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.

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

She didn't know how to hate her mother yet, but every time she left her father crying in the airport she came that much closer to figuring it out.

I have never been afraid of dying, I have only been afraid of not living fully.

The best we can do is size up the chances calculate the risks involved estimate our ability to deal with them and then make our plans with confidence.

The ultimate metaphysical ground is the creative advance into novelty.

There is no possibility of failure because you only control your actions and they only influence the probable evolution of your life over stochastic future paths. There is no failure, only feedback.

Although we love the idea of choice - our culture almost worships it - we seek refuge in the familiar and the comfortable.

When it comes to dreams, one may falter, but the only way to fail is to abandon them.

Nothing lasts forever. Should I?

I know who I am and who I may be, if I choose.

Since baseball is my favorite sport, it's easy to go out and do what I do.