"Wrestling prepares a person to fight the game of life. The wrestler is the one athlete that must meet his opponent and do battle completely on his own. No one can substitute. No time outs are possible. He has no one to check, screen, block, or assist him in any way; there is no one to blame for his mistakes. When he wins, he must show quiet pride and modesty. When he loses, the responsibility is his. Wrestling is a true sport. In other sports, when contact is made, they blow the whistle to stop the action; in wrestling, when contact is made, we're just getting started. No other sport requires more sacrifice than wrestling. The individual, through self-denial, offers more of his character than ever could be explained here. It is something he carries with him throughout life, and through every trial, test, and tribulation."
I can do all things through Christ which strengthen me.- Philippians 4:13
"Football was invented by a mean son of a bitch and thats the way it's supposed to be played"- coach dishman
"Dedication, desire and perseverance are the dtermening factors in a sport where athletic ability means less than intelligence, grit, and fortitude."- Kyle Maynard
"Dan Gable often tells the story that his goal in training was to be so exhausted that he would have to be carried out of the wrestling room. He didn't feel he exhausted himself until he passed out or was at the edge of sanity." Kyle Maynard
"More enduringly than any other sport, wrestling teaches self-control and pride. Some have wrestled without great skill, none have wrestled without pride.-Dan Gable "
"Wrestling is a grindstone; Whether it polishes a man up or grinds him down depends upon the kind of stuff he is made of."- Dan Gable
Good is not enough if better is possible.
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us."- not sure who says it, but its on coach carter
"If you what something you never had,you must be willing to do something you've never done."- idk who said it. but i like it
"No Sacrifice, No Victory"
"To give anything less that your best is to sacrifice the gift-Pre"
"Suffer nowand live the rest of your life as a champion."- Muhammad Ali
The harder you work, the luckier you get
Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard.
The Sight i Adore on a basketball floor is wrestling mats from door to door.
ATHLETES
People don't play sports because it's fun. Ask any athlete, most of them hate it, but they couldnt imagine their life without it. Its part of them, the Hate/Love relationship. It's what they live for. They live for the practices, parties, cheers, long bus rides, countless pairs of different types of shoes, water, Gatorade, and coaches they hate but appreciate. If you're doing something for a sport when the sun comes up and when the sun goes down...it's not just a game, it is a way of life. They live for the way it feels when they beat the team next to them in overtime, and they know those two extra reps they ran in practice were worth it. They live for the way you become a family with your team, they live for the countless songs they sing in their head when they're running ALL those forty-fours. They live for the competition, they live for the friends, the practices, the memories, the pain, it's who they are. It's who we are. WE ARE ATHLETES!!
You never get the gold without the hurting
