13 Quotes by John Hollman

There is no comfort words can provide in a situation like that. The truest comfort I could give was simply holding him in my arms, and letting him lay his head on my shoulder and crying with him. That's all I could do.

He refuses to let life get the best of him. He refuses to be overcome. He's the one who does the overcoming.

We can't dwell on all of this. We've got to move forward. It's time to focus on those guys that are committed to making their dreams come true.

We have sort of a deeper bond that you really don't want people to share. Because in order for us to share that bond, we have to share a lot of the same misfortunes, a lot of the same walls of adversity we've had to climb. We've been forced to deal with a little more reality than any kid at that age should have to deal with.

We got to see how a lot of things shake out against a lot of the teams that we're going to see and have to face up in the Lower State tournament and state tournament.

The only thing we didn't do was stick to the same way of wrestling. If you were here both nights, you saw the difference.

Unfortunately for Chris, he didn't have many avenues available to him. But fortunately for him, his dedication, and his perseverance and his work ethic have opened up a big door of opportunity for him as far as the rest of his life is concerned.

Tonight was a tune-up to get ready to go for the playoffs. We came out tonight just to make sure we were crisp and sharp as a playoff team.

We fully knew coming in that they were going to be a developmental program, but that's the kind of thing we like to see. I want to see wrestling gain popularity all over this area, not just at my school.