Dan Gable Quotes

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• Freedom across the world is a result of many individuals working together.
• I don't think college wrestling is in danger of extinction by any means. But I am concerned if one program drops.
• I never won anything by myself. I was always strong because of help that gave me extra strength to win.
• I went to college. I had a double major in biology and physical education, but my major was wrestling.
• If you're going to stay in the Olympics, you've got to be entertaining and get sponsorship.
• I've been a fanatic about working out all my life.
• 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,…
• My advice to young wrestlers is that your surroundings really make a difference. You want to put yourself in good, positive surroundings.
• My valleys are higher than most people's peaks. I stay at that level.
• 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,…
• The easiest thing to do in the world is pull the covers up over your head and go back to sleep.
• 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.
• There's nothing like success.
• We, as a wrestling community, better remember it is more than one individual that makes a winner.
• When my wrestlers got their hands raised, I jumped for joy.
• Wrestlers are a little more dedicated than, and are different from, the other people, which may be strange.
• 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…
• If you are afraid to fail, you will never succeed.
• 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…
• There is no mat space for malcontents or dissenters. One must neither celebrate insanely when he wins, nor sulk when he loses. He accepts victory…

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