Right out of high school I never had the fear of getting beat, which is how most people lose.
Interpretation
Courage and confidence help in overcoming fear of failure in competition.
Dan Gable emphasizes the importance of having confidence and courage, especially when facing challenges right after high school. Many individuals succumb to fear, which leads to defeat, but those who believe in their abilities are more likely to succeed regardless of their circumstances.
In practice
During a motivational speech to young athletes.
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.
Gold medals aren't really made of gold. They're made of sweat, determination, and a hard-to-find alloy called guts.
Raising your level of performance requires a proper mentality and meaning from within. This gives you the ability and drive to work on the things necessary to go to a higher level. When people ask me how to raise their level of performance, the first thing I ask is, How important is it to you?
More enduringly than any other sport, wrestling teaches self-control and pride. Some have wrestled without great skill - none have wrestled without pride.
When my wrestlers got their hands raised, I jumped for joy.
We, as a wrestling community, better remember it is more than one individual that makes a winner.
Iβm still me, Malala. The important thing is God has given me my life.
Extraordinary circumstances often bring along with them extraordinary strength. No man knows, till the experiment, what he is capable of effecting.
Whatever you fear most has no power - it is your fear that has the power. The thing itself cannot touch you. But if you allow your fear to seep into your mind and overtake your thoughts, it will rob you of your life.
We have, I think, developed an inferiority complex. I think what is needed in India today is the destruction of that defeatist spirit.
I remember June 8, 1972. I saw the airplane. And it's so loud, so close to me. Suddenly, the fire everywhere around me. The fire burned off my clothes. And I saw my arm got burned with the fire. I thought, oh, my goodness, I get burned. People will see me different way.
I never ran my train off the track, and I never lost a passenger.
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