58 Inspiring Quotes By Dan Gable That Will Teach You The Gamesmanship
Gold medals aren't really made of gold. They're made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts.
If you're afraid to fail, you'll never succeed.
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.
My mind's never gone very far away from what I wanted to accomplish.
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.
My valleys are higher than most people's peaks. I stay at that level.
I shoot, I score. He shoots, I score.
I went to college. I had a double major in biology and physical education, but my major was wrestling.
When my wrestlers got their hands raised, I jumped for joy.
Freedom across the world is a result of many individuals working together.
A lot of my intensity in wrestling was due to my mental preparation before the matches. I got myself into a different world.
The easiest thing to do in the world is pull the covers up over your head and go back to sleep.
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.
Wrestling... what men do during boys basketball season.
Once you've wrestled, everything else in life is easy.
I can take anyone down at anytime; they can't take me down; no one can ride or turn me; I can control anyone.
Once you've wrestled, everything in life is easy.
My advice to young wrestlers is that your surroundings really make a difference. You want to put yourself in good, positive surroundings.
We, as a wrestling community, better remember it is more than one individual that makes a winner.
But we've got to work. We can't just live on reputations at all - by any means.
If you are afraid to fail, you will never succeed.
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.
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.
Right out of high school I never had the fear of getting beat, which is how most people lose.
If you're going to stay in the Olympics, you've got to be entertaining and get sponsorship.
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.
There is no mat space for malcontents or dissenters.
Greatness in the mat is achieved through training that make you push to survive.
Always remember the pain of defeat, and never let it happen again.
