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Jordan Burroughs
American
Athlete
Born:
Jul 8
,
1988
Every
Fight
Me
Think
Time
You
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It's never too late to be great.
Jordan Burroughs
Great
Too Late
Never Too Late
Too
Late
Never
I'm getting older. That's realistic. I can't reverse time. I can slow it down a little bit.
Jordan Burroughs
Time
Getting Older
Slow
Realistic
Down
Older
Bit
Reverse
Getting
Little
Little Bit
I listen to a lot of TED talks and motivational speakers.
Jordan Burroughs
Motivational
Talks
Lot
Listen
Speakers
Ted
Once you've reached the highest level, you always want to get back there. It's like, once you drive a Ferrari, you're not satisfied driving a Honda anymore.
Jordan Burroughs
You
Drive
Satisfied
Back
Once
Highest
Driving
Highest Level
Like
Reached
Always
Ferrari
Get
Want
Anymore
Level
Honda
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.
Jordan Burroughs
Time
Made
Tough
Single
Every
Every Single Time
See
Tournament
Mat
How
Am
Single Time
Get
Where
Worked
Hard
Desire
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.
Jordan Burroughs
Those
Guys
Greats
Michael
Wanted
Amongst
I love kids - they're so carefree and always put a smile on my face.
Jordan Burroughs
Love
Smile
Face
Kids
Put
Always
Carefree
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.
Jordan Burroughs
Hurt
Think
Other
Our
Address
Way
Spirit
Wrestlers
Physically
Could
Points
Also
Opponent
Score
Get
Trying
Hands
Differ
Where
Which
Cool
Each
Raised
Competitive
Damage
I've got the ability to control my destiny, and I take pride in that.
Jordan Burroughs
Pride
Control
Destiny
Ability
Take
Got
I think Americans, as a nation and culture, once something is recognized for a week or two, people kind of forget about.
Jordan Burroughs
Culture
People
Nation
Think
Once
Recognized
Kind
About
Something
Week
Forget
American
Two
Two People
I missed a lot of important milestones in my children's lives to pursue this sport.
Jordan Burroughs
Important
Pursue
Missed
Sport
Lot
Children
Milestones
Lives
There was a time period where I was obsessed with the rivalry between the Lakers and the Celtics in the 1980s.
Jordan Burroughs
Time
Rivalry
Obsessed
Between
Period
Time Period
Where
Lakers
Discipline, focus, endurance is what it takes to be the greatest at this sport.
Jordan Burroughs
Discipline
Focus
Takes
Sport
Greatest
Endurance
For Americans, of course, it's football, basketball, and baseball. We live for it. In many ways, it sums up who we are. In Iran, it's all about wrestling. The patriotism toward their country comes out in the way they wrestle, so it makes sense why they're the best.
Jordan Burroughs
Best
Patriotism
Country
Sense
Live
Way
Sums
Ways
Out
About
Wrestle
Wrestling
Football
Toward
Course
Makes
Iran
Up
American
Who
Many
Baseball
Why
Basketball
I've become close with Masoud Esmaeilpour and consider him a friend. We send each other messages from time to time on Instagram, checking in to see how the other is doing. Whenever I see him, he's always a gentleman, giving me tips about my next opponent. There is a tremendous amount of respect in our friendship.
Jordan Burroughs
Friendship
Time
Me
Respect
Giving
Gentleman
Become
Other
Tremendous
Tremendous Amount
Consider
Our
See
About
Instagram
He
Checking
Messages
Him
Always
How
Opponent
Doing
Friend
Close
Send
From Time To Time
Tips
Whenever
Next
Each
Amount
If I do consider fighting, it won't be until after the Olympic games in 2020, and then from there I'll reevaluate, see if it's something that would be a realistic option for me.
Jordan Burroughs
Me
Realistic
Fighting
Consider
Would
Would-Be
See
Something
Until
Reevaluate
Option
After
Then
Games
Olympic
Olympic Games
I've always thought about it. I've considered it when I was young. I was like, 'Listen, I'm going to fight. I want to be a star. I'm going to fight.'
Jordan Burroughs
Fight
Thought
Young
Considered
About
Like
Always
Going
Listen
Want
Star
It's one of those things: we've got guys that are very offensive and can take down anyone, and we've got guys that don't shoot at all but are very hard to take down. It's one of those things. You've got to decide what you're good at.
Jordan Burroughs
Good
You
Down
Those
Guys
Take
Got
Very
Offensive
Shoot
Anyone
Decide
Hard
Things
Anything less than gold is a failure to me. It's extreme pressure, but I hold myself to a high standard.
Jordan Burroughs
Myself
Me
Failure
Pressure
Extreme
High
High Standard
Than
Gold
Hold
Anything
Standard
Less
It's become a lot bigger than just winning championships. It's about inspiring hopefully millions at some point in my career.
Jordan Burroughs
Become
Hopefully
Some
About
Winning
Point
Inspiring
Lot
Than
Just
Bigger
Millions
Career
Championships
That's my job: work hard, win, and inspire.
Jordan Burroughs
Work
Work Hard
Win
Inspire
Job
Hard
I've had matches that were close.
Jordan Burroughs
Had
Matches
Were
Close
We have a lot of wrestling fans out there just looking for a star to cheer for.
Jordan Burroughs
Fans
Looking
Out
Wrestling
Cheer
Lot
Just
Just Looking
Star
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.
Jordan Burroughs
Time
Home
Son
Training
Walk
Wife
Long
First
Kids
See
Long Periods
Countries
Periods
First Time
Foreign
Foreign Countries
Go
Left
Camps
Two
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.
Jordan Burroughs
Myself
Character
Me
Man
Fight
Humble
Build
Complacency
High
High Expectations
Athlete
Wrestling
Remain
Individual
Also
Knowing
Lot
Expectations
Helped
I've seen 'Cars' and 'Cars 2' about 1,500 times a piece.
Jordan Burroughs
Car
Seen
About
Piece
Times
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