Dan Gable Quotes

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Determination is the strength needed to succeed.

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.

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

Talent is everywhere, winning attitude is not.

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

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

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

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

Great wrestlers make other wrestlers great

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

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.

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.

But we've got to work. We can't just live on reputations at all - by any means.

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

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

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

Greatness in the mat is achieved through training that make you push to survive.

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.

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.

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

But after that, turn it into action. Don't just dream.

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

There's nothing like success.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

There is no mat space for malcontents or dissenters.

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.