Kurt Angle Talks Return To Olympics, Pain Killer Addiction, Arrests & More

The Associated Press has a lengthy article on Kurt Angle and his desire to compete in the Olympics. Angle said in the piece that he loved pro wrestling, but was happy to be going back to the Olympics. You can check out some highlights below, and you can read the full article by clicking here.

On the training smarter now than in 1996: "I know what I did back then was completely insane. If you ever followed my regimen, you'd think I was out of my mind. But I thought the harder I trained, the better I'd be. To some extent, it was counterproductive. I also burned out quite a bit. Now the pressure's off. I won it. I have an Olympic gold medal. This has been a lot more fun for me rather than being nervous all the time."

On his painkiller addiction from 2003-2004: "I was taking 65 extra-strength painkillers a day. It wasn't enough."

On the ride back from his doctor's office where he detailed his addiction: "I cried the whole way home. The next five days I watched 'Harry Potter' movies with a blanket around me to get through it. It was one of the toughest things I've done in my life and I'll never touch a painkiller again in my life ? and I've been offered. I will never let something consume me the way painkillers did in 2004. That was the devil taking over."

On being a fixture on TMZ with his recent arrests: "I've done a lot of things I'm ashamed of."

You can check out the full article by clicking here.

Source: The Associated Press