Success in wrestling comes down to one thing: perseverance.
I like wrestling because wrestling teaches me so much about life.
To me, wrestling is therapy. No matter how bad my personal situation is, when I step into the ring, all my troubles disappear.
Once you've wrestled, everything else in life is easy.
A wrestler has to look like a wrestler.
Wrestling is ballet with violence.
In wrestling, you have to be real and authentic, or people will see right through you.
Wrestling is ballet with violence and most people don't appreciate that.
The only thing I regret about my past is the length of it. If I had to live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner.
Wrestling is not a sport. It is a way of life. It is a religion. It is an addiction. It is a cure.
I fear no man, no beast or evil, brother.
I've always believed in the principle that to win, you have to be willing to lose.
Wrestling is the only sport I've ever competed in where you can't run out the clock. The whistle doesn't save you.
The only thing that's real in wrestling is the pain.
Wrestling isn't about how much you do; it's about how much you can take.
Wrestling is a fraternity, and the boys will work their butts off for you as long as you respect them and don't lie.
In wrestling, my body is a vessel for my emotions and my psyche. It's where I let all my aggression and frustrations out.
Wrestling is the only sport I've ever competed in that puts you totally in the moment, where you're completely focused on the task at hand.
Wrestling is one of the last truly rebellious American things left.
I'm just a big, hairy American winning machine.