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I remember my first World Championships. I got zero turns, and I got turned multiple times, and I was still a World Champion.
- Jordan Burroughs
#Champion
#First
#Remember
#World
#Zero
I'm not going to sit on my laurels.
- Jordan Burroughs
#Going
#Laurels
#Sit
There's always an opportunity to be your best until I hang up my shoes.
- Jordan Burroughs
#Always
#Best
#Opportunity
#Shoes
#Up
John Smith from Oklahoma State was the greatest American wrestler of all time.
- Jordan Burroughs
#American
#Greatest
#John
#State
#Time
I wanted to be amongst the greats. I wanted to be a Simone Biles, a Michael Phelps, an Ashton Eaton. I wanted to be those guys.
- Jordan Burroughs
#Amongst
#Guys
#Michael
#Those
#Wanted
It's always been a battle for me between personal goals and wanting to be able to share the success I've had with my family. And I guess as I've gotten older, I've kind of realized, you know, you can do all these cool things, but if you don't have people in your life to share it with, what's the point?
- Jordan Burroughs
#Cool
#Family
#Goals
#Life
#Success
High school wrestling is awesome.
- Jordan Burroughs
#Awesome
#High School
#High
#School
I have wrestled in almost every tournament in the world. I've won the Olympics, NCAAs, and World Championships, but none of those can truly compare to the feeling I felt when I won my first and only state championship my senior year of high school.
- Jordan Burroughs
#Feeling
#High School
#School
#World
There's just a spirit about you that it's such a beautiful art form in which you can implement strategy in order to subdue another individual. And I really feel like that's in wrestling and UFC; we're kind of - we collaborate in that way.
- Jordan Burroughs
#Art
#Beautiful
#Spirit
#Strategy
#Way
I missed a lot of important milestones in my children's lives to pursue this sport.
- Jordan Burroughs
#Children
#Important
#Milestones
#Pursue
I think my mental toughness, athleticism, and my physical prowess, I'd be successful if I decided to fight, no matter what.
- Jordan Burroughs
#Fight
#Matter
#Mental Toughness
#Think
Within the realm of wrestling, it's been the same every year - just continually trying to improve and evolve as a wrestler, putting myself in a position to not maintain but maximize my potential.
- Jordan Burroughs
#Evolve
#Myself
#Potential
#Same
#Trying
I love kids - they're so carefree and always put a smile on my face.
- Jordan Burroughs
#Always
#Carefree
#Face
#Love
#Smile
I've won every single event there is to win as a wrestler, and I still continue to come back every single year. The hard part for me is, 'OK, how long can you do this?'
- Jordan Burroughs
#Back
#Continue
#Long
#Me
#Win
Once you've reached the highest level, you always want to get back there. It's like, once you drive a Ferrari, you're not satisfied driving a Honda anymore.
- Jordan Burroughs
#Always
#Back
#Drive
#Driving
#Satisfied
I wouldn't go to pro wrestling. It's not really my thing. I'm a fan, but I think every sport could take some notes from the WWE - how they've progressed and stayed relevant for such a long period of time.
- Jordan Burroughs
#Every
#Fan
#Go
#Long
#Time
I think the ultimate sign of an icon or legend in any sport is the ability to elevate their teammates.
- Jordan Burroughs
#Ability
#Icon
#Legend
#Teammates
#Think
Discipline, focus, endurance is what it takes to be the greatest at this sport.
- Jordan Burroughs
#Discipline
#Endurance
#Focus
#Greatest
It's never too late to be great.
- Jordan Burroughs
#Great
#Late
#Never Too Late
#Never
#Too Late
#Too
I've become close with Masoud Esmaeilpour and consider him a friend. We send each other messages from time to time on Instagram, checking in to see how the other is doing. Whenever I see him, he's always a gentleman, giving me tips about my next opponent. There is a tremendous amount of respect in our friendship.
- Jordan Burroughs
#Friendship
#Gentleman
#Me
#Respect
#Time
The difference between the greats and the legends is their ability to focus for longer periods of time.
- Jordan Burroughs
#Ability
#Between
#Focus
#Legends
#Time
For Americans, of course, it's football, basketball, and baseball. We live for it. In many ways, it sums up who we are. In Iran, it's all about wrestling. The patriotism toward their country comes out in the way they wrestle, so it makes sense why they're the best.
- Jordan Burroughs
#Best
#Football
#Live
#Patriotism
#Way
I listen to a lot of TED talks and motivational speakers.
- Jordan Burroughs
#Listen
#Lot
#Motivational
#Speakers
#Ted
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