“More enduringly than any other sport, wrestling teaches self-control and pride. Some have wrestled without great skill - none have wrestled without pride.”
Dan Gable
“Once you've wrestled, everything else in life is easy.”
“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.”
“Coach Gable is the spokesman for wrestling in the United States and there?s no bigger name in the sport than his, ... It was significant for our program to get the kind of exposure we need to present to the wrestling community not only on the local level but all over the country.”
“He is quite a powerful guy. Wrestling Sloan helps teach me not just to be defensive on the mat, but to work on ways to take him down.”
Will Bringgold
“The same skills and drills have been taught to every boy who's ever tried to wrestle at Hartland for more than 30 years. The same hard work ethic, desire and passion is passed on to each class.”
Kirk Evenson
“They wrestled a very good match. Missouri is a very good team, and they had to wrestle to win.”
Bobby Douglas
