The object of wrestling and of all other athletic sports is to
strengthen men’s bodies, and to teach them to use their strength
readily, to keep their tempers, to endure fatigue and pain. These are
all noble ends. God gives us few more valuable gifts than strength of
body, and courage, and endurance—to laboring men they are beyond all
price. We ought to cultivate them in all right ways for they are given
us to protect the weak, to subdue the earth, to fight for our homes and
country if necessary.