I am known as one of the best wrestlers to ever walk the face of the earth. I am recognized as one of the top coaches in the 20th century by ESPN. People refer to me as “the goat”. I am Dan Gable. As a kid, I enjoyed wrestling, but I was also very involved in other sports, too. My decision to focus solely on wrestling was when I was just sixteen, after my sister’s tragic death. Diane’s death had left a huge hole in my family’s hearts, and I knew that I had to make them proud somehow. Who would’ve thought that it would lead me to where I am now. After years of blood, sweat, tears, and pushing myself to exhaustion, I can proudly say that I have made contributions to the world in numerous ways that involve my wrestling, coaching, and speaking. …show more content…
While wrestling, I was arguably the hardest-working man ever. Not only did my hard work and sacrifice contribute to my success, but it also helped contribute to the success of my teammates. When I was wrestling, I made the people around me better at the sport and life in general. Following this, my biggest contribution to the world that involved my sport was helping to save wrestling from being discontinued in the Olympics. After the IOC decided that wrestling would be dropped from the 2020 Olympics, the whole world was outraged. Were they really trying to get rid of the world’s oldest sport? As a result, there were numerous rallies and other special events to gain support in dozens of different countries. Finally, the IOC had a vote to keep wrestling in the Olympics. Millions of people who love our sport could finally relax. There was one man who played a substantial part in the reinstatement of wrestling. That man was me. The contributions by myself and all of the other supporters out there is something that I will always be proud …show more content…
Many people say that I am most famous because of my coaching. I was the head coach at Iowa from 1976 to 1997. Over that span, I led the Hawkeyes to fifteen NCAA team championships and twenty-one straight Big Ten titles. Furthermore, a great example of my impact on a young man is a story about a wrestler named Barry Davis. Barry was very tired of cutting weight all year, and was missing the day of a dual. I had the team travel to the meet while I stayed back to search for Barry. Hours later, I found him. Instead of yelling at him, I asked him what he wanted to do. Barry wanted to wrestle. This coaching moment had a huge effect on Barry then, and still to this day. He said, “That entire experience changed my life. Coach Gable didn’t give up on me. He could have easily just left me behind and brought our backup. He didn’t though. He went to work to find be because he was concerned about a nineteen-year-old kid.” Along with this, there are dozens upon dozens of more people that I had huge effects on during my time at Iowa. Plus, I know that because I had a positive impact on these kids, they have passed my knowledge on to the people closest to them. I am proud of the results that I helped produce during those years for the Hawkeye wrestling program, but I am even more proud of the impact that I had on all of the young
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I knew the choice between the two would come eventually, but I thought that it would be a much easier choice. I ended choosing to continue in wrestling, and cut my basketball career short. I soon became one of the best wrestlers in my class. I won all but a few matches throughout my junior high wrestling career. I felt like I was on top of the world.
I have many things that I love in this life, one of those things is wrestling. I have been wrestling for seven years and I have developed quite the passion and love for it. Wrestling has always been an interesting sport for me. Growing up in Oregon I watched my uncles wrestle in high school. I watched both of them win their state tournament in their respective weight classes, this is one of my fondest memories of my childhood. One of them went on to wrestle division one, I thought this was the coolest thing in the world. I looked up to my uncles and wanted to be just like them. I did not always wrestle though. The process of pursing my dream as of becoming a wrestler started of with basketball, then went to a rocky start, then being on Worland High School wrestling team.
Vince Lombardi is known as one of the best football coaches of all time. He was born in Brooklyn, New York on June 11, 1913 (Philips, 2001). Lombardi was the eldest of five children of two very devote Catholic parents (Philips, 2001). Throughout his childhood Lombardi was involved in many sports but football was his true passion (Philips, 2001). During his senior year of high Lombardi won a football scholarship to St. Francis Prep School in Brooklyn (Philips, 2001). During his time at St. Francis Prep School Lombardi was not a very strong football player but was known for his dedication and hard work (Philips, 2001). After college Lombardi had a hard time settling and finding a job that he liked (Philips, 2001). Lombardi did everything from playing semipro football to trying to enlist in the Army (Philips, 2001). Five years after graduation Lombardi wanted to marry his girlfriend so he accepted a job at St. Cecilia High School teaching various subjects (Philips, 2001). During his time teaching at St. Cecilia Lombardi was offered his first coaching job of basketball and football (Philips, 2001). He was a very successful coach at St. Cecilia and went on to be an assistant football coach at the United States Military Academy (Philips, 2001). After five years at West Point he was offered an assistant coaching job with the New York Giants (Philips, 2001). While with the Giants Lombardi helped coach the team to winning a National Football League Championship in 1956 (Philips, 2001). Lombardi left the Giants in 1959 to be the head coach of the Green Bay Packers (Philips, 2001). During his time with the Green Bay Packers Lombardi showed his true leadership and coaching ability. Before Lombardi came to the Green Bay Packers they...
John Wooden reached unimaginable heights during his basketball coaching career. Many consider him as the most successful coach of any sport to ever live. Wooden was consistent with his character and used his background to fuel his philosophy in order to design a pathway of success for each boy or man who ever played for him. He was more concerned with his character than with his reputation and this resulted in the respect and success Wooden gained during his lifetime. Although he passed away at age ninety-nine on June 4, 2010, he will always be considered a longtime success and great inspiration by many.
Growing up my parents ran a little lake on the outskirts of my hometown of Shelbina here in northeast Missouri. I was the "tough" one out of my family by the time I was in the ninth grade I could use two weed eaters at the same time and pick up the back end of a golf cart. At 5'3 and wearing size 16 I was big girl and was often made fun of by my peers. I wanted to be something other than the "fat girl" at school. So I became stronger than an ox and used that to my advantage. My high school coach seen me one day bench pressing a picnic table and begged me to join the weightlifting program. I excelled at the class and became known as "Pipes" I went from being the chunky girl to being the girl that was respected for my bench pressing and squats. My coach believed in me and that was all I needed to continue to do my best. That year I made a C average except for weightlifting where I got an A and earned the respect from my peers and my coach.
In my freshman year at Lewisville High School I joined the wrestling team. Originally my only reason for joining this discourse community was to lose the weight I gained over the previous summer, but that changed when I got to experience the joy of wrestling firsthand. Being a part of the wrestling team helped me understand the inner workings of the sport, the importance of team chemistry, and what perseverance can accomplish. Joining this discourse community was the best decision I made high school by far.
...lives. Without wrestling, there would be no fighting, no self-defense options or maneuvers, or any way for someone to be in the best shape of their life, without being in the military or special workout programs. Involved and used in everyday life, wrestling is not given the credit or respect that it deserves, for the sole fact that it is no football or basketball, and people don’t usually grow up doing it everyday in the local neighborhoods. (Myself).
Wrestling is a great sport to better yourself and earn a bunch of awards and titles to look back on later on in life. It 's something i will never forget and cherish always. But the memories of losing all the weight and making myself miserable for all those seasons is something i will not miss. People around me were only worried about the medals i had gotten and not about my personal being, that 's where wrestling goes wrong. That 's what needs to change in the future for not only wrestlers but the people around them as well.
As a future educator, I hope to leave the same positive and lasting impression on my students. I have been involved in the world of sports since a young age and it continues to be one of my passions. Whether I was involved in gymnastics, swimming, volleyball or softball, I loved every second of it. I have always known that my career path would involve sports, activity, and children.
Me wrestling has not only affected me but others as well I have inspired my siblings to do wrestling I have inspired family to come and friends to join I have heard the community cheer my name as I win and others congratulate me on my
When a person walks into a building to see a live wrestling event they do not know what to expect. They wonder who will be wrestling. They wonder where their seats are. All of the suspense gets them ready for the show. The suspense gets them pumped and ready to for the show to start.