“It’s the attitude. (Wrestling) helps you with your hips, your hands and your balance, but more than anything it helps you with your attitude,” he said. “A lot of these kids that are basketball players, we eat those kids up. It’s just our mentality - you’re going to get the job done and you’re going to punish them.” Roth said his dream partner on the wrestling mat would be Ravens LB Ray Lewis, himself an accomplished high school wrestler. - Pro Football Weekly

“I never met a wrestler that was a coward.” - Joe Gibbs, Washington Redskins Head Coach

Wrestling, like football, trains the individual to think and act while in action and under pain. Scientific wrestling helps to construct a sound body and an alert mind, two precious aids of any individual in the struggle of the survival of the fittest.

I believe that wrestling as adopted and practiced in prep schools and universities, under trained coaches, is one of the best constructive sports that an individual can take part in and should be encouraged in prep schools, universities, and other institutions whose aim is to develop young men.” - Knute Rockne, former Notre Dame football coach

1. Agility - The ability of one to change the position of his body efficiently and easily.
2. Quickness - The ability to make a series of movements in a very short period of time.
3. Balance - The maintenance of body equilibrium through muscular control.
4. Flexibility - The ability to make a wide range of muscular movements.
5. Coordination - The ability to put together a combination of movements in a flowing rhythm.
6. Endurance - The development of muscular and cardiovascular-respiratory stamina.
7. Muscular Power (explosiveness) - The ability to use strength and speed simultaneously.
8. Aggressiveness -The willingness to keep on trying or pushing your adversary at all times.
9. Discipline - The desire to make the sacrifices necessary to become a better athlete and person.
10. A Winning Attitude - The inner knowledge that you will do your best - win or lose.