Ben Askren

If you think about who retires during their prime, the number of athletes who do that is very small. ”

I have a great relationship with the whole Missouri athletic department. I made friends with everyone from the administrators to the janitors and everyone in between. ”

I love running my business, and I love wrestling. I love helping kids. ”

I'm not really a soccer fan. I understand they have skill and all that running up and down the pitch and what not. ”

If I want a kid to be good at a front headlock - which, if you're gonna wrestle at a high level, you need a good front headlock - I'm gonna put him in there 50 times in that practice. ”

One of my favorite topics to read about my whole life has just been famous athletes, and a lot of those have been combat athletes. ”

There's more to life than fighting. ”

Man, I competed 40 times in three months when I was wrestling, my whole life. ”

When I say something, I generally stick to it, no matter what it is in life. ”

As long as I'm speaking the truth, I'm going to be OK with what I'm saying. That's kind of how I've lived my whole life. ”