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Ben Askren
American Athlete
Born: Jul 18, 1984
Best Good Me People Think You
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When I'm thinking of sports, when I'm thinking of a boy growing up and being a man, I'm thinking of three things - honor, integrity, and toughness. Ben Askren
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There are conferences every year where all the major coaches get together, and they talk about the issues in wrestling, what's going to happen. There's a major governing body, U.S.A. Wrestling, which oversees a lot of the issues. The organization is there in wrestling to make a very well-balanced, organized system. Ben Askren
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I've got more skills in my pinky finger than half the damn guys in the UFC. Ben Askren
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One of my best qualities is my persistence. Ben Askren
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If you're competing right, if you're doing it right, competition should be a very selfish pursuit. Ben Askren
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I don't like Jay Hieron very much. He just bothers me, the way he talks, and he thinks very highly of himself. Ben Askren
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Andrey Koreshkov is not well-rounded. He's been taken down and mounted and has his back taken by Lyman Good, which tells me he's a terrible grappler. He isn't well rounded. He's a good striker, but that's it. Ben Askren
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If I'm coaching at my academy, and we were drilling the front headlock, we don't just say, 'OK, now go five-minute goes,' because how many tries are they gonna get at going at the front headlock position? Ben Askren
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If I want a kid to be good at a front headlock - which, if you're gonna wrestle at a high level, you need a good front headlock - I'm gonna put him in there 50 times in that practice. Ben Askren
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I just don't get hit a lot. That's what I'm good at. Ben Askren
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Listen folks, if you want your son to grow up to be a man, don't have him run around on a field kicking a ball; get him wrestling. Ben Askren
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It's just funny because I think a long time back I was not a fan favorite at all, and now people have followed my journey, have seen the struggle and the perseverance I've had, and they can relate to that. Ben Askren
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I'm more of a purist competitor, and I enjoy the fighting aspect of it, but people enjoy my personality, and they enjoy that I tell the truth. Ben Askren
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One of the big things is I try not to worry about things I can't control. Ben Askren
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If your coach ain't got your back, who's got your back? Ben Askren
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I've been around the block. I travel a lot to gyms. Ben Askren
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Wrestling is a worldwide sport. It's totally international. Ben Askren
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My view on wrestling in MMA is changed a lot since I started really doing it. Ben Askren
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In wrestling, if you want to be the best wrestler, you show up at the U.S. Nationals. If you win that, you go to World Team Trials. You make the World Team, you go to the World Championships, and we all know who the best is at the end of the year. Ben Askren
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I think people realize that I'm one of the best welterweights, whether I'm number one or number four or number five or number six. Ben Askren
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So I think there's a lot of people who are really interested to see how good I really am, because they know I'm good, but they're not really sure how good. They want to see that, and there's definitely interest in that, but because of some other people's shortsightedness, maybe it never really happens. Ben Askren
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It's like, hey, I've done what I could do, I've accomplished a lot, and now this - especially with wrestling - if this next generation wants to pass me up, great job. Good for them. Ben Askren
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Man, I competed 40 times in three months when I was wrestling, my whole life. Ben Askren
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I'm not willing to compromise my goals for monetary value. Ben Askren
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I'm just a straightforward kind of dude. Ben Askren
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I'm not hugely monetarily motivated. Ben Askren
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