Once you ve wrestled everything else in life is easy

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Wikipedia Summary for Dan Gable

Danny Mack Gable (born October 25, 1948) is an American former folkstyle and freestyle wrestler and coach. Considered to be one of the greatest wrestlers of all time, Gable is a two-time NCAA Division I national champion, a world gold medalist, and an Olympic gold medalist. Gable was only the third wrestler to have ever been inducted into the United World Wrestling's Hall of Fame in the Legend category. On December 8, 2020, U.S. President Donald Trump awarded Gable with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Determination is the strength needed to succeed.

Always remember the pain of defeat, and never let it happen again.

If we don't progress, we backslide into bad habits, laziness and poor attitude.

I'm a big believer in starting with high standards and raising them. We make progress only when we push ourselves to the highest level. If we don't progress, we backslide into bad habits, laziness and poor attitude.

I'm delighted to be back in coaching. Our goal is to put Iowa wrestling back on top, and I want to do everything I can to make it happen.

Great wrestlers make other wrestlers great.

A clean, hard-fought wrestling match is the most honest of athletic contests. There is no technological interventions, no teammates to blame, no panel of judges to bias the score. In wrestling, you compete or you quit. No alibis. I like that.

The bells are a very good investment. They never break if they are maintained. I can teach the kids the basics. They may play bells for only one year, but many of them go on to play at local churches.

There is no mat space for malcontents or dissenters.

If you are afraid to fail, you will never succeed.

Wrestling is the only sport I've ever competed in that puts you totally in a situation of constant motion without breaks. I could play football or baseball, swim -- but there's always some kind of situation that would break my thoughts, break my concentration.

More endearingly than any other sport, wrestling teaches self control and pride.

Wrestling... what men do during boys basketball season.

Wrestling has been a way of life with me day in and day out. I won't get too far away from it. I might walk through the wrestling room once a week. I could go every day if I wanted. But just walk through, make sure it's still there.

If you're afraid to fail, you'll never succeed.

The obvious goals were there- State Champion, NCAA Champion, Olympic Champion. To get there I had to set an everyday goal which was to push myself to exhaustion or, in other words, to work so hard in practice that someone would have to carry me off the mat.

I can take anyone down at anytime; they can't take me down; no one can ride or turn me; I can control anyone.

Pain is nothing compared to what it feels like to quit. Give everything you got today for tomorrow may never come.

When I'd get tired and want to stop, I'd wonder what my next opponent was doing. I'd wonder if he was still working out. I'd tried to visualize him. When I could see him working, I'd start pushing myself. When I could see him in the shower, I'd push myself harder.

Talent is everywhere, winning attitude is not.

You don't really measure the year until the whole year is done. I'm sure there are some concerned people, including the coaches right now.

All I worried about was what Owings was doing to me, instead of what I was doing to him. When you start worrying about that stuff, you're going down the wrong path.

I don't think college wrestling is in danger of extinction by any means. But I am concerned if one program drops.

My wrestling and family go together. It's always been that way, from day one with my mom and dad, my sister, my wife, four daughters, grandsons, son-in-laws.

The easiest thing to do in the world is pull the covers up over your head and go back to sleep.

Right out of high school I never had the fear of getting beat, which is how most people lose.

My advice to young wrestlers is that your surroundings really make a difference. You want to put yourself in good, positive surroundings.

Many of those who have paid the ultimate price for freedom have come through the wrestling ranks. We need to honor them and win this decision to have wrestling -- the world's oldest sport -- remain a part of the most prestigious athletic competition in the world, the Olympics.

When my wrestlers got their hands raised, I jumped for joy.

I shoot, I score. He shoots, I score.

I've been a fanatic about working out all my life.

There's always ways of motivating yourself to higher levels. Write about it, dream about it. But after that, turn it into action. Don't just dream.

Freedom across the world is a result of many individuals working together.

If you're going to stay in the Olympics, you've got to be entertaining and get sponsorship.

More enduringly than any other sport, wrestling teaches self-control and pride. Some have wrestled without great skill -- none have wrestled without pride.

The 1st period is won by the best technician. The 2nd period is won by the kid in the best shape. The 3rd period is won by the kid with the biggest heart.

Gold medals aren't really made of gold. They're made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts.

Wrestlers are a little more dedicated than, and are different from, the other people, which may be strange.

I've never changed my life since I was 4 and went to the YMCA with a gym bag. I still have that philosophy. In fact, I still have that gym bag.

A lot of my intensity in wrestling was due to my mental preparation before the matches. I got myself into a different world.

Once you've wrestled, everything else in life is easy.

I never won anything by myself. I was always strong because of help that gave me extra strength to win.

My valleys are higher than most people's peaks. I stay at that level.

My mind's never gone very far away from what I wanted to accomplish.

My coaches were great. My mom and dad. My dad never missed a wrestling meet.

We, as a wrestling community, better remember it is more than one individual that makes a winner.

There's nothing like success.

I went to college. I had a double major in biology and physical education, but my major was wrestling.

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