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I'm a wrestler. I competed successfully from six years old through college with some international experience. I coach. I've coached at the high school and D1 levels. I have the wrestling mentality. "No excuses." However, for some reason there is a pervasive segment of the wrestling community that is missing the "no excuses" mentality when it comes to the success of our sport. I'm frustrated by the answers I get when I hear wrestling people talk about why wrestling isn't more popular, is being dropped, isn't on tv more, doesn't have more participants, doesn't get more media coverage, doesn't have… more »

I ask myself that sometimes. What if I were Gable? What if I came into a program that was failing by my standards? What if it was up to me to create a system better than any other system? I have no precedent. I don't know exactly where to go or what to do. I don't know who to go to, who I can count on. All the people I count on may have their own failures but they may have something they are very good at. Would I know what to take and leave the rest? Would the culture… more »

Wrestling makes us mentally strong and independent. When our coach asks us to run through a wall we simply ask "Head first or shoulder first?" However, we tend to believe that we don't need any help when it comes to running our program. We can do it all ourselves. We did it as competitors and we'll do it as coaches- or CEO's- of our program. I can do it all. I NEED to do it all.If you think of your program as a business executive thinks of his business then you will see that you shouldn't do it all. You… more »

Don't quit the moment before your miracle... your breakthrough... your SUCCESS!If you keep believing your breakthrough will come. Your success will come.One way to keep your dream alive is to constantly visualize your success. Role play it in your mind. Then step out of your mind and role play your future success by acting it out.Really act it out. As a young wrestler I used to make an award stand in my bed room and role play getting up on the #1 spot after hearing the my name announced as the champion. Sounds corny but this stuff works.Another way is… more »