7 Quotes by Mark DeAugustino

I think God opened the door for him. That makes him train even harder. If God's going to open the door for you and you don't step through it, shame on you.

When you sit back, wow, that's a whole lot of accomplishments for these guys. I think they got a trophy almost every tournament they went to.

The reason they weren't all that happy is because their expectations were all that much better. That, to me, makes me feel good as a coach, that the expectations in our program were that high.

Every year, I've been pretty blessed, but I have not yet not enjoyed coaching these kids. I enjoy coming to practice and hanging out with them and coaching them and watching them grow.

I've been holding the reins, and when I (let go), I do believe they're going to go after it. I think they'll really respond, and when they respond, the sky's the limit.

If he'd believe in himself as much as I believe in him, he'd be a world beater. Hopefully, in the next two months he'll see that.

The conference championship aside - that's great for the community, the school and everything else - but the kids realize how much tougher they're getting because we're starting to train. We have fun all year long. We wrestle and enjoy it and then we just start to pick it up.