Explore Quotes by Dan Gable

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

There's nothing like success.

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

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 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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