It worked out good for him. Although if you make it a hard and fast rule, there are kids that fall through the cracks and it doesn't treat fair. But ... if I read it right, there are enough loopholes that kids won't get jammed in.

If you make it a hard-and-fast rule, there are kids that slip in cracks in between and it doesn't treat them fair. It seems there are enough exceptions, though, where if a kid runs into money problems or something, they are going to give him a pass. If I read it right, there are enough loopholes that kids won't get jammed in.

I've been doing this for 11 years.

I think all kids think their parents are strict. My parents aren't superstrict, but they seem to be stricter than most. But even though it's like, 'Oh, gosh, I've gotta be in at this time,' they know what they're doing. I have great parents.

A lot of kids came and went over the years. But Parker kept coming back.

I was working out about 12 times a week. I was tired of seeing kids I had beaten (in other tournaments) wrestling in the state meet. I wanted to be there.