One of the best comes fron Eric Akin

How can I hate the man I set out to conquer when he trains like me, has the same goals as me, thinks like me,loves the same sport as me,accepts the same challenges as me,weighs the same as me,when there is noone else as similar as me,and because of these things I love who he is and because of that I can defeat him.

... that's one of my favorites too! Thanks Eric!!

“It's a little like wrestling a gorilla. You don't quit when you're tired-you quit when the gorilla is tired.”
-Robert Strauss

from coach averill at lansing

" though you have suffered a defeat it is how you deal with it that truelly makes you a champions"

marcus waters

"To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift" Pre

The late legendary OU wrestling coach Port Robertson had a couple of really good quotes.

1. It is easier to coach a guy with big arms.
2. It is easier to pin a good wrestler than it is to beat him on points.

My Army buddy Len Kauffman who took 4th in the world in the 1960s, said when they tell me about a wrestler that's never lost, I want to know who has he been wrestling? Everyone has a bad day.

... a quote from themat.com

"He's only got two shoulders!"

"Quit feeling sorry for yourself, nobody else does."

One that we may have occasionally used when a ref wouldn't call a pin as quickly as I wanted... "Must be looking for that elusive third scapula!"

Hope you've all had a great Christmas break!
Ryan

Hey Ryan,

Now that you're "one of us" have you found the thrid scapula under there? ;-)

"IT'S NOT THE 6 MINUTES, IT'S WHAT HAPPENS IN THE 6 MINUTES!!"

-Elmo (Vision Quest)

I haven't found the third scapula, but I have found out that there is no high school coach half as nuts as some of the 6&under mommas out there! Of course no coaches look as good as some of the 6&under mommas either!

Man in the Arena

"It is not the critic who counts: not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by the dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiently, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself for a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat"

Theordore Roosevelt - "Citizenship in a Republic"

What Lies Behind Us and What Lies Before Us Are Tiny Matters Compared to What Lies Within Us.

T.C.O.B. (Take Care of Business)

Brands while at UTC during a match - Stalling! Stalling! it might be my guy but someone is stalling.

I can empathize with Coach Brands ... I hate having to beg for a stalling call against my own wrestler!

"it's not who's the strongest, it's who's the strongest the longest"

"there is no such thing as luck, luck is where preparation meets opportunity"