Wrestling Quotes

“My dad is the reason I actually started watching wrestling. My dad was never big into sports; we were all big into sports as kids, and he'd go to our Little League games or whatever and not really know what was going on, because he didn't know about sports, but he knew about wrestling.”

“There is an open circle.” This mantra is what my high school coaches would say to me during wrestling practice when they knew that I was physically exhausted and was about to rest for a moment. There was an open circle on the wrestling mat, and if I was interested I could get out there and do more.“There is an open circle.” Meaning there is still more that you could do. Don’t rest now; this is where the difference is made. To work when you are mentally and physically exhausted gets you to the next level.“There is an open circle.”

“Wrestling is ballet with violence.”

“That morning set in motion a series of events that caused me to wrestle with questions of God’s goodness.”

“A tie is what you get after ice cubes have wrestled with hot water.”

“I'm the man that made wrestling famous.”

“The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing.”

“My dad is not a sports guy but was drawn to the theatrics of wrestling.”

“War has rules, mud wrestling has rules - politics has no rules.”