“I pretty much had to use a desperation move at the end. I almost had him pinned for about 10 seconds. I was just thinking 'Squeeze as hard as you can.' We were both sweaty and he just slipped right out.”
“He'd do all the bull work that none of the head coaches wanted to do. I think of him a lot. He'd want us to wrestle for ourselves and reach our goals, but he's in the back of everyone's mind who knew him.”