I can take anyone down at anytime; they can't take me down; no one can ride or turn me; I can control anyone. Dan Gable More Quotes by Dan Gable More Quotes From Dan Gable You can't ever work too much because there's no such thing as being in too good condition. You can't ever lift too many weights because you can't ever get too strong. You can't ever wrestle too much because you can always do better. Dan Gable strong weight inspirational I never won anything by myself. I was always strong because of help that gave me extra strength to win. Dan Gable strong winning wrestling If you want to train and work hard 3 months out of the year, well, then, UNI is a great place to go. If you want to bust your tail 6 months out of the year, you should be very happy at ISU. But if you want to train and develop into a champion 12 months out of the year, then Iowa is the place for you. Dan Gable hard-work wrestling years The obvious goals were there- State Champion, NCAA Champion, Olympic Champion. To get there I had to set an everyday goal which was to push myself to exhaustion or, in other words, to work so hard in practice that someone would have to carry me off the mat. Dan Gable ncaa practice wrestling My advice to young wrestlers is that your surroundings really make a difference. You want to put yourself in good, positive surroundings. Dan Gable differences advice wrestling All I worried about was what Owings was doing to me, instead of what I was doing to him. When you start worrying about that stuff, you're going down the wrong path. Dan Gable owing worry stuff A lot of my intensity in wrestling was due to my mental preparation before the matches. I got myself into a different world. Dan Gable preparation different wrestling If you are afraid to fail, you will never succeed. Dan Gable succeed failing wrestling Wrestling has been a way of life with me day in and day out. I won't get too far away from it. I might walk through the wrestling room once a week. I could go every day if I wanted. But just walk through, make sure it's still there. Dan Gable might wrestling way If we don't progress, we backslide into bad habits, laziness and poor attitude. Dan Gable progress laziness attitude 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. Dan Gable baseball football sports Great wrestlers make other wrestlers great Dan Gable wrestler My mind's never gone very far away from what I wanted to accomplish. Dan Gable far-away gone mind Wrestlers are a little more dedicated than, and are different from, the other people, which may be strange. Dan Gable may wrestling people My valleys are higher than most people's peaks. I stay at that level. Dan Gable valleys wrestling people Greatness in the mat is achieved through training that make you push to survive. Dan Gable training greatness I'm delighted to be back in coaching. Our goal is to put Iowa wrestling back on top, and I want to do everything I can to make it happen. Dan Gable iowa goal wrestling We, as a wrestling community, better remember it is more than one individual that makes a winner. Dan Gable community remember wrestling But we've got to work. We can't just live on reputations at all - by any means. Dan Gable reputation just-live mean My coaches were great. My mom and dad. My dad never missed a wrestling meet. Dan Gable dad mom wrestling
