Chuck Kearney Quotes (11 Quotes)

Joey is a phenomenal talent and his knowledge of the sport and athleticism are off the chart. Now everything is coming together for him.

I was excited for Joey and excited for the fact that it would reaffirm what we've been talking about for the last three years with him. Now if he can give that kind of effort for five straight matches (at the NCAA Tournament), he can win a national championship.

How bad this feels, it's going to feel equally good when you succeed. The lessons that are really valuable are the ones that hurt the most.

Shane had a great match and beat a guy whose style was totally different than what Shane tries to do. I have been pleased with Shanes focus and his ability to take his intensity to a new level every match, every session.

Shane Webster showed tonight what made him special when he was here. When you take down a good, solid college wrestler 12 times in a match they have to stop early, that's pretty impressive.

With the lineup tonight, and with the way they wrestled at 133 and 157 with the two pins, that's point inflation and it's going to blow the score out of reach.

We are really excited for Shane this was the perfect ending to his college career. He kept himself focused all tournament long.

That's the best Oregon State team I've seen from top to bottom since the early (1990s). They wrestle hard, they wrestle physical and they're very well-balanced. There wasn't a weak link.

Joey was doing everything right. He just couldn't get points in the bottom position, and his opponent held that riding-time advantage.

This is what it is all about for these two young men, this is what they have wrestled their whole lives for. This is wrestlings March Madness, Joey and Shane are both physically and psychologically ready.

Joey wrestled a very controlled match. He controlled the action from the start to the finish and is psychologically in a great state of mind for this tournament.