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Jordan Burroughs

Profession : Athlete

Birth : July 8, 1988

If you come from Jersey, you're tough. You've been through the grind.

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I want to make sure that everyone benefits from my success, not just me.

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It's become a lot bigger than just winning championships. It's about inspiring hopefully millions at some point in my career.

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I've had matches that were close.

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We have a lot of wrestling fans out there just looking for a star to cheer for.

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I want to be the guy who our sport looks up to, and win multiple championships.

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I missed a lot of important milestones in my children's lives to pursue this sport.

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I didn't see my son walk for the first time. I've left my wife at home with two kids for long periods of time to go to training camps, to foreign countries.

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I love the sport of wrestling because it's a testament of your will and what you're capable of as a man.

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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.

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It's a difficult place being on top because, for me, beating the Average Joe has no significance, but for the Average Joe, beating me could be the biggest match of his life, potentially.

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I approach every match with that mindset, that this guy is trying to beat you, and it will change his life if he does.

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All I had was wrestling. If I'm not good at the only thing I have in life, I've got to get better at it.

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I have never been affected by terror, but here in Iran, I have never felt any ill will toward me - the opposite, actually.

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There was a time period where I was obsessed with the rivalry between the Lakers and the Celtics in the 1980s.

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My one and only focus at the Olympic Games is to win a gold medal.

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A lot of guys get out of wrestling immediately after winning a gold medal. Every time another Olympics comes around, it's always a bunch of fresh faces. For me, to win an Olympic gold and have a chance to win another would be huge for our sport.

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So many kids dream about playing in the NFL. But I was 130 pounds in ninth grade. I looked around and didn't see any 130-pound wide receivers in the pros.

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Nebraska and Indiana were really the only Division One schools that expressed any interest in me.

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