Dan Gable Quotes about Wrestling

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

There's nothing like success.