Top 19 Dave Schultz Quotes

Pain, love and desire are very hard emotions to record.

I’ve got a wife, two kids, a dog and a mini-van. Isn’t that disgusting? We’re talking Americana, man. Apple pie on the table and everything.

Oh, I stay nervous, no matter who I’m wrestling. But I sure feel better when the match starts.

Without competition we wouldn’t be able to test ourselves.

I always attempt to stay within the rules of wrestling.

When I wrestle best is when I have a hard time remembering.

It would be nice to win a gold medal and then sit back and watch Mark win one, too.

There’s no doubt about it, there are a lot of things I don’t like about collegiate wrestling.

The fact is, I’m really happy that Kenny Monday’s around. You’ve got to have people who are worth beating. He’s worth beating.

I’m what you call a washed-up wrestler.

I think the biggest thing I’ve learned from my international experience is that it’s our systems that are different. People are the same everywhere. The system puts restraints on people. But they’re good and bad, generous and selfish everywhere.

I don’t want people saying the only reason I won was because there wasn’t anybody at my weight. I don’t want to clarify any medal I might win. That’s not what wrestling is all about to me.

I don’t know that I’m a free spirit or anything like that. I just have my own way of doing things. That’s the charm of wrestling. What works for you might not work for me.

I really wasn’t convinced I even needed college. I was really miserable for awhile. But before school, coach Chesbro talked to me. He told me I really needed college, especially since I want to be a college coach some day.

What happens to most intelligent people is they retire after they turn 26 or 27. I don’t have to deal with that problem.

I just enjoy the challenge of me against the other guy. I’ve never been able to get enough of wrestling.

I just lacked discipline over a period of time. I got up to 178 or 179, but it wasn’t exactly lean, you know. I was starting to feel kind of fat. Well, I was fat.

Those last hurrahs can last a long time.

There are a lot of advantages to being an American, but being an amateur athlete is not one of them. Other countries step into your life more, but they take care of you.