Quotes on Wrestling

Under pressure, you can win with your mind.

The man who wins, is the man who thinks he can.

Life's battles don't always go to the stronger or faster man. But sooner or later, the man who wins is the man who thinks he can.

We have reached the age, those of us to whom fortune has assigned a post in life's struggle, when beaten and smashed and biffed by the lashing of the dragon's tail, we begin to appreciate that the old man was not such a fool after all. We saw our parents wrestling with the same dragon, and we thought, though we never spoke a thought aloud, 'Why doesn't he hit him on the head?' Alas, comrads, we know now. We have hit the dragon on the head and we have seen the dragon smile.

Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment.

My mentality is like a Samurai: They used to every day work on their technique to make themselves almost perfect. Because perfection is impossible, but every day, you get closer to perfection.

My coaches were great. My mom and dad. My dad never missed a wrestling meet.

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.

A cloudy day is no match for a sunny disposition.

Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.

I wouldn't give a hoot in hell for a man who lost and laughed! Gen.

In Judaism faith means wrestling with God as Jacob once wrestled with an angel.

What this power is I cannot say; all I know is that it exists and it becomes available only when a man is in that state of mind in which he knows exactly what he wants and is fully determined not to quit until he finds it.

I swear it upon Zeus an outstanding runner cannot be the equal of an average wrestler.

Failure isn't so bad if it doesn't attack the heart. Success is all right if it doesn't go to the head.

Ninety percent of my game is mental. It's my concentration that has gotten me this far. I won't even call a friend on the day of a match. I'm scared of disrupting my concentration. I don't allow any competition with tennis.

Spectacular achievements come from unspectacular preparation.

If you want to be a champion you cannot have any kind of an outside negative force coming in to deflect you.

The secret of our success is found in our daily agenda.

Confidence is only born out of one thing ­ demonstrated ability. It is not born of anything else. You cannot dream up confidence. You cannot fabricate it. You cannot wish it. You have to accomplish it.

Success requires no explanations. Failure permits no alibis.