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27 "e highlight of my career is training with all my teammates and the coaches pushing you beyond your limits. I knew I was going to win before I stepped out on the mat because of what I did in the wrestling room." Iowa's impact on Williams has been everlasting. It's an attitude that stuck with him and one he is passing on to younger generations through his T.J. Trained Wrestling Program. "Wrestling at Iowa made me believe I could do anything, but whatever you do, it is going to involve work and you're going to have to put your heart into it," said Williams. "at's what I take from the program; you think you're breaking and you can go beyond that point. "I try to take pieces from all the places I wrestled and apply it to my kids club. I know all these guys may not go to Iowa, be a Division I athlete, an NCAA champion, or All-American, but I want to give them the skill-set, tools, and mentality that you can do whatever you want to do." Williams was speechless when he learned of his Hall of Fame achievement. He calls the feeling surreal and it makes him that much more determined to pay it forward. "Being in the Hall of Fame means I did something worth remembering," he said. "To me it doesn't mean a whole lot until I can mentor kids under me. It's nothing until you give back what you've earned. "When I look in the mirror I say I was blessed to be around good people who pushed me to be the best I could be." Williams lives in Washington, Illinois, with his wife, Chelsea, and two young sons — Aiden (6) and Miles (2).