Dan Gable Quotes About Wrestling

Quotes about: Wrestling

• 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.

  Dan Gable

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

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

  Dan Gable

  Sports, Determination, Wrestling

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

  Dan Gable

  Inspirational, Sports, Wrestling

  Dan Gable (2017). “A Wrestling Life 2: More Inspiring Stories of Dan Gable”, p.128, University of Iowa Press

• 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

  Dan Gable

  Wrestling, Judging, Athletic

  Gable, Dan (1998). “Coaching Wrestling Successfully”, p.25, Human Kinetics

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

  Dan Gable

  Basketball, Wrestling, Boys

• 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.

  Dan Gable

  Wrestling, Practice, Ncaa

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

  Dan Gable

  Wrestling, Succeed, Failing

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

  Dan Gable

  Wrestling, Succeed, Failing

• If you want to train and work hard 3 months out of the year, well, then, UNI is a great place to go. If you want to bust your tail 6 months out of the year, you should be very happy at ISU. But if you want to train and develop into a champion 12 months out of the year, then Iowa is the place for you.

  Dan Gable

  Hard Work, Wrestling, Years

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

  Dan Gable

  Sports, Wrestling, Life Is

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

  Dan Gable

  Wrestling, Differences, Advice

• 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.

  Dan Gable

  Sports, Baseball, Football

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

  Dan Gable

  Strong, Wrestling, Winning

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

  Dan Gable

  Wrestling, Score

  "Q&A: Dan Gable and the state of wrestling". Interview with Matt Winkeljohn, www.myajc.com. September 16, 2014.

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

  Dan Gable

  Wrestling, Take Me, Turn Me

• 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.

  Dan Gable

  Dream, Wrestling, Writing

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

  Dan Gable

  School, Wrestling, People

• 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.

  Dan Gable

  Motivational, Sports, Tired

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

  Dan Gable

  Sports, Wrestling, Pride

• 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.

  Dan Gable

  Philosophy, Wrestling, Ymca

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

  Dan Gable

  Wrestling, Hands, Joy

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

  Dan Gable

  Wrestling, Preparation, Different

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

  Dan Gable

  Wrestling, People, May

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

  Dan Gable

  Wrestling, Working Together, World

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

  Dan Gable

  Wrestling, People, Valleys

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