Dan Gable
Dan Gable
Danny Mack "Dan" Gableis a retired American Olympic wrestler and head coach. He is best known for his tenure as head coach at the University of Iowa where he won 15 NCAA team titles between 1976 and 1997. He is also famous for having only lost one match in his entire Iowa State University collegiate career – his last – and winning a gold medal at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, Germany, while not giving up a single point...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWrestler
Date of Birth25 October 1948
CityWaterloo, IA
CountryUnited States of America
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.
More endearingly than any other sport, wrestling teaches self control and pride.
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 professionally, humbly; he hates defeat, but makes no poor display of it.
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.
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.
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.
Gold medals aren't really made of gold. They're made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts.
It would be difficult for me to make the move to come back. With my family expanding, I want to make sure that I stay healthy.
Once you've wrestled, everything else in life is easy.
There is no mat space for malcontents or dissenters.
But after that, turn it into action. Don't just dream.
I went to college. I had a double major in biology and physical education, but my major was wrestling.
Freedom across the world is a result of many individuals working together.