Wrestling pushes me, makes me accountable. It makes me who I am. I never felt I was just a normal person. Then I felt too normal, lazy, sedentary. — Rulon Gardner Copy Share Image
You just try to make the best decisions you can. You just take life as it comes to you and do your best. — Rulon Gardner Copy Share Image
I'm a wrestler with nine toes. I'm a wrestler who has been through a lot of battles. I get to do a lot of… — Rulon Gardner Copy Share Image
People say, 'You're overweight'; they question your heart and character. It's a challenge again, proving to myself and to other people that I'm still… — Rulon Gardner Copy Share Image
Even when on 'The Biggest Loser', I was out doing back handsprings on the show, throwing dummies on the mat. — Rulon Gardner Copy Share Image
I can freestyle for a while, but I'm not an Olympic swimmer who can go two or three miles. — Rulon Gardner Copy Share Image
Ultimately, I didn't look at 'The Biggest Loser' as being my defining moment. I wasn't there to compete and win the money. I wasn't… — Rulon Gardner Copy Share Image
I look at what I have as compared to what I don't have. I have this, I have this, I have this. Thank God… — Rulon Gardner Copy Share Image
People consider me a hero, but I turn around and look at the military people overseas. They're the freaking heroes. They're the ones putting… — Rulon Gardner Copy Share Image
I grew up on a farm and I always learned when you work you go forward, you don't stop and say, well, I'll take… — Rulon Gardner Copy Share Image
There's no comparison to competition. You can't tell yourself truly where you're at unless you compete in competition. — Rulon Gardner Copy Share Image
That's why I kept wrestling - I'm too dumb to realize I can't win, so I keep wrestling until I ultimately succeed. I'm pretty… — Rulon Gardner Copy Share Image
