Jordan Burroughs Quotes

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Jordan Burroughs

Profession : Athlete

Birth : July 8, 1988

I listen to a lot of TED talks and motivational speakers.

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I love kids - they're so carefree and always put a smile on my face.

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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.

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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?

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Dorm-room life was a tough transition. You're young, and you realize how much you miss the comfort of home.

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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?'

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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.

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I've got the ability to control my destiny, and I take pride in that.

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The worst thing for me would be going back to where I was - relative obscurity.

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It's one thing to never accomplish anything. You start from the bottom, you remain at the bottom, and all you know is the bottom. When you start at the bottom and you get to the top, and you feel the success and the notoriety and the recognition from being the champion, and you go back to losing, that's a tough place to be in.

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Everybody makes money; not everybody makes history.

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You know what's cooler than being the richest guy in the room? Being the toughest guy in the room.

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I love legends. I love reading up on the greats in their time period. I think, 'Man, what it would be like to live when they were competing and see them at their best!'

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I'm not afraid to tell people what I hope to accomplish and what I believe I'm capable of. I'm ready to take the backlash if I don't accomplish my dreams.

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It's harder to be a dad than an Olympic champion.

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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.

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Family is most important to me.

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I am who I am and who I try to be - someone who loves wrestling and loves people.

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I enjoy wrestling. I enjoy the sport. I get to go against the world's best athletes.

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If I wrestle in 2020, I want it to be my own decision and not the IOC's.

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