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I take a lot of pride in beating guys like Kyle Dake or David Taylor or these guys who have been basically bred to do this from Day 1. The best camps, the best high schools, the best universities. I never had that. It's not necessary, but I never had any of the frills a lot of those guys had.
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I have wrestled in almost every tournament in the world. I've won the Olympics, NCAAs, and World Championships, but none of those can truly compare to the feeling I felt when I won my first and only state championship my senior year of high school.
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The way the podium is situated in wrestling, the first place spot is the center. So if I'm in a bathroom, I'll look for the first place urinal.
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I've dreamed on numerous occasions that I've lost the biggest event in my life, and there was absolutely nothing that I could do about it.
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I've become close with Masoud Esmaeilpour and consider him a friend. We send each other messages from time to time on Instagram, checking in to see how the other is doing. Whenever I see him, he's always a gentleman, giving me tips about my next opponent. There is a tremendous amount of respect in our friendship.
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For Americans, of course, it's football, basketball, and baseball. We live for it. In many ways, it sums up who we are. In Iran, it's all about wrestling. The patriotism toward their country comes out in the way they wrestle, so it makes sense why they're the best.
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I was an All-American at three different weight classes in college. Started off at 149, then 157, and then finished up my senior year at 165.
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I'm not a big guy that watches technique from my opponents. I try to do what I do best and hope that my stuff is better than their best stuff.
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I think a lot of guys get out of wrestling for financial incentive to go to the UFC, but I'm doing well.
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There's a pride in representing your country on a stage like the sport of wrestling, which I've done since I was five years old. There's nothing that can deter me other than my own decision to leave the sport.
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People need to feel like their heroes are human, not on the mat but in the world. The more people can see that, the more they can understand that they're capable of doing great things as well.
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Within a match, there's so many things that happen that could ultimately determine the outcome: You reach too much with your right hand, you step forward with your left leg, you get your head out of position.
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It's easy to be selfish and focus on what you have to do and what you need to do to accomplish your goals and be like, 'I'll give back later,' but there's no better time than now.
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If I wrestle in 2020, I want it to be my own decision and not the IOC's.
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I enjoy wrestling. I enjoy the sport. I get to go against the world's best athletes.
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I am who I am and who I try to be - someone who loves wrestling and loves people.
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Within the realm of wrestling, it's been the same every year - just continually trying to improve and evolve as a wrestler, putting myself in a position to not maintain but maximize my potential.
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Every single time I get on the mat, every tournament, I get to see what I'm made of, how tough I am, where my desire is, and how hard I've worked.
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I love legends. I love reading up on the greats in their time period. I think, 'Man, what it would be like to live when they were competing and see them at their best!'
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You know what's cooler than being the richest guy in the room? Being the toughest guy in the room.
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I like movies with superheroes - one of my favorite movies of all time was 'The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.'
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I have never been affected by terror, but here in Iran, I have never felt any ill will toward me - the opposite, actually.
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I'd definitely like to give back. I know a lot of kids watch college wrestling, and a lot of kids watch me, want to meet me and introduce themselves.
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All I had was wrestling. If I'm not good at the only thing I have in life, I've got to get better at it.
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I approach every match with that mindset, that this guy is trying to beat you, and it will change his life if he does.
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It's a difficult place being on top because, for me, beating the Average Joe has no significance, but for the Average Joe, beating me could be the biggest match of his life, potentially.
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I didn't see my son walk for the first time. I've left my wife at home with two kids for long periods of time to go to training camps, to foreign countries.
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I want to be the guy who our sport looks up to, and win multiple championships.
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There weren't a lot of people who believed in my abilities. But the more I grew and developed as a man, the more I believed in myself, and the harder I worked, the better I got and the more I progressed.
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It's become a lot bigger than just winning championships. It's about inspiring hopefully millions at some point in my career.
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I want to make sure that everyone benefits from my success, not just me.
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I'm getting older. That's realistic. I can't reverse time. I can slow it down a little bit.
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I think Americans, as a nation and culture, once something is recognized for a week or two, people kind of forget about.
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It's one of those things: we've got guys that are very offensive and can take down anyone, and we've got guys that don't shoot at all but are very hard to take down. It's one of those things. You've got to decide what you're good at.
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