A biography for Cael Sandersonhasn’t been written yet.
“Iowa State University is a special place to our family.”
“I just want to win every match.”
“My parents were always really positive and had me thinking I could do whatever I wanted to in wrestling or in life.”
“Going undefeated wasn't a goal of mine until I got into college.”
“My freshman year, after the Midlands, everything seemed to come together a little quicker than I thought. I was just going in looking for experience, get some matches in and see where I was. It's a confidence boost to win a tournament like that.”
“Sometimes, things don't go as planned.”
“You never know if you have a chance to win a national title or not. You have to believe you do and you have to put out a lineup that can score points for you. You never know until you get here.”
“I get beat up a lot. Pretty badly, too. I'm just not much of a practice wrestler.”
“Even if I wasn't winning, I'd still be wrestling.”
“Being a father and husband is my life.”
“I don't think God cares if I win one gold medal or two; I think He gave us this ability and did I do everything I could with what I was given?”
“I have no regrets about being a wrestler.”
“In my mind, I've been wanting to be a part of a national championship program since I started at Iowa State as a freshman in 1998.”
“I hadn't been worried about going undefeated as a freshman. But after that year, everybody kept bringing it up, and you had to think about it.”
“I want to win because I want to be the champion. That's the way I look at it.”
“You don't wrestle because there is a chance of being a millionaire. You get tough and you have to work hard and you are not getting anything out of it other than the glory of doing something you love.”
“It's simply one of the greatest places in the world to wrestle - it's their national sport. You're literally a celebrity when you're a wrestler in Iran.”
“A lot of people call me Kyle. Even wrestling fans are no different. It's kind of like, 'Hey, dude, I thought you'd know.'”
“I know other people sometime make comebacks that don't go that well.”
“Never in my wildest imagination did I envision myself on the Wheaties box.”