Jordan Burroughs Quotes

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Jordan Burroughs

Profession : Athlete

Birth : July 8, 1988

High school wrestling is awesome.

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Every person I wrestle, it's the biggest match of their career. They're Buster Douglas. But what's the honor in being Mike Tyson and beating Buster Douglas? I win and move on. They win, and it's a game-changer for the rest of their lives.

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I take a lot of pride in beating guys like Kyle Dake or David Taylor or these guys who have been basically bred to do this from Day 1. The best camps, the best high schools, the best universities. I never had that. It's not necessary, but I never had any of the frills a lot of those guys had.

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A lot of kids can't identify with the things I've done and where I'm from and who I am as an individual. That's why I've tried to be a person and live my life in a way that can be identified by all cultures.

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The difference between the greats and the legends is their ability to focus for longer periods of time.

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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.

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Discipline, focus, endurance is what it takes to be the greatest at this sport.

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There weren't a lot of people who believed in my abilities. But the more I grew and developed as a man, the more I believed in myself, and the harder I worked, the better I got and the more I progressed.

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Donald Trump and I have very different views on Iranians. I am confident that if he ever visited the country, he'd learn a lot about the people and come back to the States with a newfound appreciation for the Persians.

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I'm getting older. That's realistic. I can't reverse time. I can slow it down a little bit.

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As wrestlers, we're not trying to hurt or damage physically our opponent. All we're trying to do is score points and get our hands raised, so I think that's where we differ from the UFC, but I think that also the way in which we could address each other could be cool from a competitive spirit.

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Every single time I get on the mat, every tournament, I get to see what I'm made of, how tough I am, where my desire is, and how hard I've worked.

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That's my job: work hard, win, and inspire.

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I like movies with superheroes - one of my favorite movies of all time was 'The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.'

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I have high expectations for myself - as an athlete, as a man, as an individual - and wrestling has helped me build a lot of character knowing that I have to remain humble but also fight complacency.

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Anything less than gold is a failure to me. It's extreme pressure, but I hold myself to a high standard.

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I'm not going to sit on my laurels.

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John Smith from Oklahoma State was the greatest American wrestler of all time.

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I think the ultimate sign of an icon or legend in any sport is the ability to elevate their teammates.

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I've seen 'Cars' and 'Cars 2' about 1,500 times a piece.

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