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
I don't think college wrestling is in danger of extinction by any means. But I am concerned if one program drops.
My coaches were great. My mom and dad. My dad never missed a wrestling meet.
I've been a fanatic about working out all my life.
If you're going to stay in the Olympics, you've got to be entertaining and get sponsorship.
The easiest thing to do in the world is pull the covers up over your head and go back to sleep.
If you are afraid to fail, you will never succeed.
You don't really measure the year until the whole year is done. I'm sure there are some concerned people, including the coaches right now.
There's nothing like success.
The bells are a very good investment. They never break if they are maintained. I can teach the kids the basics. They may play bells for only one year, but many of them go on to play at local churches.
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.
But after that, turn it into action. Don't just dream.
There is no mat space for malcontents or dissenters.
When my wrestlers got their hands raised, I jumped for joy.