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title: "8 Wrestling Team Quotes by 8 authors"
description: "Browse 8 Wrestling Team quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Wrestling Team sayings and thoughts."
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> [I coach a high school wrestling team and a middle school team. I consider myself a coach and an activist, so I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nate-parker/i-coach-a-high-school-wrestling-team-and-a-middle-school-team-i/)

[Nate Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nate-parker/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/756/nate-parker-10210_activist_i-coach-a-high-school-wrestling-team-and_375480.png)

> [Wrestling is a team sport, and an individual sport all rolled into one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-baldwin/wrestling-is-a-team-sport-and-an-individual-sport-all-rolled-into-one/)

[William Baldwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-baldwin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ce/william-baldwin-32133_individual_wrestling-is-a-team-sport-and-an-individ_638969.jpg)

> [I've been the captain of my wrestling team, my college team, so to me, I've been in that leadership role for a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aljamain-sterling/i-ve-been-the-captain-of-my-wrestling-team-my-college-team-so-to-me-i/)

[Aljamain Sterling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aljamain-sterling/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6e/aljamain-sterling-5526_captain_i-ve-been-the-captain-of-my-wrestling-te_1555578.jpg)

> [I started wrestling when I was eight years old with the amateur wrestling team in Mexico.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alberto-del-rio/i-started-wrestling-when-i-was-eight-years-old-with-the-amateur/)

[Alberto Del Rio](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alberto-del-rio/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/206/alberto-del-rio-10151_mexico_i-started-wrestling-when-i-was-eight-yea_1618855.png)

> [In the wrestling world, we say the Judo guys are just the leftover wrestlers that couldn't make the wrestling team.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colby-covington/in-the-wrestling-world-we-say-the-judo-guys-are-just-the-leftover/)

[Colby Covington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colby-covington/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/639/colby-covington-5679_make_in-the-wrestling-world-we-say-the-judo-g_1780267.jpg)

> [If you grow up with a wrestling coach, you learn differently. If you were late, everything was about push-ups and laps around…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rashad-evans/if-you-grow-up-with-a-wrestling-coach-you-learn-differently-if-you/)

[Rashad Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rashad-evans/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a31/rashad-evans-3904_grow-up_if-you-grow-up-with-a-wrestling-coach-yo_1944836.png)

> [A Division I college wrestling team has so many guys at such a high level it'd be like having every single guy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-askren/a-division-i-college-wrestling-team-has-so-many-guys-at-such-a-high/)

[Ben Askren](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-askren/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b38/ben-askren-6167_day_a-division-i-college-wrestling-team-has_2760277.jpg)

> [“Before Ethan went all Incredible Hulk on Thayer’s ass, the most exciting thing to happen was a spray-cheese fight some of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sara-shepard/before-ethan-went-all-incredible-hulk-on-thayer-s-ass-the-most/)

[Sara Shepard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sara-shepard/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cab/sara-shepard-1948_incredible-hulk_before-ethan-went-all-incredible-hulk-on_2900363.png)

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