Russ Cozart Quotations

We're going to see Lake Gibson in district, region and state and we're going to see Cape Coral again in the state tournament. So we're going to have to be tough and we're going to have to develop an edge. But I think we're there and we can do that.

The region meet is a funny kind of meet because it's so emotional. You see favorites getting beat and people coming out of nowhere to win titles. I like the way my kids reacted to that emotion.

We lost seven starters last year and have a different group now. But they want a state championship and with four undefeated wrestlers on our squad I think we can achieve that goal also.

Our guys did a great job. We're making some steps forward. I'm really happy how things went. We've come along way since the first meet.

This will be a tough match, but our guys aren't ready to concede anything. Dennis has always been an aggressive competitor and he has carried it into success as a coach. But we will just have to wait and see what happens on the mats.

We will meet a great crowd and a highly motivated team tonight. Dennis has built a very good program and has some great kids on his team, but we won't just roll over.

Wrestling is just something David does well, but it does not consume him. David thinks and acts with the team concept and has an agenda for the team, not for self. Because he took his record to several of the toughest tournaments in the country and won, I believe he is the best four-year undefeated wrestler to come out of Florida.

This is a rebuilding year for us, but we have some very good wrestlers in our lineup and some who have struggled, but for us to win we have to wrestle well, like we have all year. Anything can happen in a dual, but we will have to win the matches where we are favored and stay close in the others.

There's a lot of flu going around for a lot of teams. I've think we've stayed together pretty good. I don't think it's a factor.

David is only the sixth four-time champion in Florida history. And he's only the third four-time champion to go undefeated.

It's starting to all come together. The kids have become a team. They help each other. They inspire each other.

It was a great trip for me and I was so proud of the way my team dominated in such tough competition. There weren't a lot of high-ranked California teams, but you never walk into that state and start beating up people.

If Larry is being inducted into the hall of fame, I know that he's worthy of it.

I'm happy to take twelve to states. I'd like to take 14, but there are too many good wrestlers in this area.