When my wrestlers got their hands raised, I jumped for joy.
Interpretation
The quote expresses the joy and fulfillment that comes from witnessing the success of others.
In this quote, Dan Gable shares his deep emotional connection and pride as a coach when his wrestlers achieve victory. It emphasizes the joy derived not just from personal achievements, but also from the accomplishments of those you mentor or support, highlighting the essence of commitment and dedication in coaching.
In practice
In a speech to motivate young athletes after their championship win.
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.
We, as a wrestling community, better remember it is more than one individual that makes a winner.
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 not moving closer to what you want in sales (or in life), you probably aren't doing enough asking.
I honestly believe that if you are willing to out-condition the opponent, have confidence in your ability, be more aggressive than your opponent and have a genuine desire for team victory, you will become the national champions. If you have all the above, you will acquire confidence and poise, and you will have those intangibles that win the close ones.
The biggest thing is to have a mind-set and a belief you can win every tournament going in.
Nothing is going to be handed to you -- you have to make things happen.
When two men step into the ring, one and only one deserves to win. When you step into the ring, you gotta know you deserve to win. You gotta know destiny owes you victory , cause you trained harder than your opponent. You sparred harder. You ran farther.
I don't think the ebbs and flows - get in great shape and then get out of shape and then see if you can get back into shape - is a good thing. So I prefer to keep my arm always ready to go.
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