Dave Schultz

“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.”

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

“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'm what you call a washed-up wrestler.”

“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 always like it when I win, especially against a Soviet.”

“Your perspective changes between when you're 15 and 32.”