As a senior in highschool I was named athlete of the week by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. They asked me who my favorite athlete was and being a wrestler, it was Gable (he is still the biggest name in wrestling 50 years after he retired) Coach Gable had zero to gain by this, and to this day I have no idea how he heard about an obscure small article in a Wisconsin paper, but he sent me a hand written thank you note. This class act of a man thanked a high school kid he never met for mentioning him in an article in a newspaper 500 miles from him (he was also in the middle of preparing his last team he would coach for the NCAA tournament). I still have that letter. My wife and I are having our first child in August, and I can not wait to pass it on to him and explain how great a wrestler, how great a coach, and most importantly how humble a human being Dan Gable is.
That’s awesome. About 4 years ago my son went and asked Gable for his autograph at the big 10 championships in Indiana. My son had a picture of himself standing next to the Dan Gable statue at Hawkeye arena. He asked him to sign it and then Gable said sure. After he signed it he asked my son “so do you have another picture of yourself that you can autograph and give to me? We all looked puzzled and Dan Gable said “because if you become a great wrestler I want to have your autograph”. So my son gave him his autograph. I guess that’s how I became a Gable / Hawkeye fan
“Win with humility, lose with dignity. But dang it don’t lose!” I love hearing quotes there’s so much wisdom and life changing lessons that follow them.
1 amazing quote is more valuable than a 2 hour long video with jordan peterson spouting hyper intellectual word salad that confuses u down to ur very core tbh.
It really does, I stopped wrestling since freshman year of high school. I’m 22 now about to graduate college tomorrow, yet nothing pushed me to my limits as much as wrestling. It toughened me up and I wish I can describe it better for non-wrestlers but it’s an unexplainable experience.
@@heinzweber7642 what exactly is "Bundesliga wrestling"? I remember hearing that term on the Joe Rogan Experience of all places back when he had the former silver medalist in freestyle wrestling and also former UFC Interim Middleweight Champion, Yoel Romero on as his guest and Romero is from Cuba, so in order to get to where he is now, he had to defect from Cuba and he did so when the Cuban national wrestling team was in Germany for some tournament and he said it was one of the easiest countries for him to defect in despite him speaking no German or English at the time because the sport of wrestling is very popular in Germany (something which surprised me), so a ton of people there knew who he was and admired/respected him enough to provide him with food and shelter and whatnot. But I was genuinely surprised to hear that wrestling is popular right now in Germany and he said it's because they have a Bundeslig there, but I had no idea what he was talking about.
As someone who grew up in Iowa, almost lived at the YMCA and a wrestler as well. He is very relatable. All through high school wrestling, we always talked about Gable
Same man lol the toughness is just coach cranking the heat and screaming PUKE AND RUN DAMMIT! NO ONE TOLD YOU TO STOP RUNNING! I never feared an opponent....I feared coach.
He talked at our school one year and since he’s such an Iowa legend a bunch of the parents were all there in the gym bleachers with us 😂 very inspiring guy
@@CarpatronSkittle right? Yelling about hawk pride and all that got us fired up....then coach ran us practically to death lol looking back it was a strat to help coach work us harder.
@@shootandscoot257 ahaha you have to be cut from a different cloth to be a wrestler imo. We would see the wrestlers conditioning during basketball season sometimes and it just looked horrendous. Wrestling coach used to ask me every year if I wanted to join and it felt like being recruited for the army.
@@CarpatronSkittle oh yeah there’s a large element of masochism lol you made the right call by not going out. Practice is one thing but the cutting will haunt me forever.....eat A saltine and spit in a cup all day then practice lol
His wrestling camps were the best. He always had a group of college wrestlers at his camps. I won a state championship in Michigan using an inside switch a college wrestler teaching at his camp taught me. He is a living legend. There is no way to count the number of lives he has affected. Especially mine.
Cee tee - when I was wrestling I never won a State Championship, but I looked up to the guy two grades ahead of me that won State, even though I outweighed him by 50 pounds. The level of work involved in accomplishing something like that, regardless of physical gifts, is immense. I remember seeing the guy (Will) through the window while everyone was on lunch break, and he was in the weight room banging out reps while the rest of us enjoyed our jalapeño corn dogs, You’re a badass, I guarantee it.
Joining the wrestling team in 6th grade was one of the best decisions I've ever made in my life. It taught me so much and set me up for the rest of my life. That old saying is so true, "Once you have wrested, everything else in life is easy"
Growing up as a wrestler in iowa I still remember the first time meeting Dan. This guy is the most genuine and sincere man you’ll ever find. We were in Des Moines for the state wrestling tournament. I was young and running around the hotel with my friends and saw my mom talking with an older man in the hotel lobby. My friends and I all recognized him immediately and went to meet him. We talked for awhile and we all asked for his autograph. When he left my mom turned and asks “Who was that?” She had no idea that she had been talking to the most famous wrestler of all time for the past 30 minutes about youth wrestling and how great the sport is for raising young men. I had multiple other encounters with him growing up as many other wrestlers could tell you he makes a point to be a part of the community and spread his wisdom to the youth. We couldn’t ask for a better advocate for the sport and for the state of Iowa.
I only wrestled during my Senior year of High school, but I learned so much about perserverence and mental toughness during that handful of months... Best sport in the world hands down
Class act. I graduated in 2006 and Gable was still considered the baddest man to step on a mat. He created an intense culture of competition that runs through the entire sport.
My dad was working in China in 2009 - one day, while on the subway, a Russian walked up to my dad and while pointing at his Hawkeye cap he said “Dan Gable”...I think that was 37 years after Gable had beaten “Russia’s best” - running through the Olympics without a point scored on him - even years after Gable became the greatest coach EVER. For those who know, LEGEND. Around the world.
@@lanemiller5015 probably THE best to ever live. This man had other countries like Russia pouring in government funds to their wrestling programs just to try and beat sir Dan Gable. He’s the GOAT
I had to Google Dan's name to know what the conversation was about. Now I know. My father wrestled in high school. He was hairy. And his opponents were scared at his appearance. But he told me: "When they learned I was a pussycat, I lost." I miss my dad. We had so much fun in the end of his life.
@@blaiseboy123 No, bro! He sleeps in the grave (Ecclesiates 9:5,10). We face two of the ordained resurrections to come (John 5:9). I pray you're in the first. This way, we can be friends "for ever and ever." Be smart and follow "Thus saith the LORD" and not the church. They'll betray you, bro!
Proud Iowan here and a definite Hawkeye. Gable is loved by all Iowans, Hawks, Cyclones and (Northern Iowa) Panthers. Iowa's greatest athlete of all time.
Once a wrestler, always a wrestler. My son has followed the path and has grown immensely from it. He will be a better, more mentally and physically tough man. I am proud and humbled by his efforts.
I grew up in the same era. I really feel for kids now days that you don't get a chance to maybe screw up a few times. I know I did. It shouldn't ruin your life to mess up one time. I was pulled over by a cop who told me to go just down the road and get some coffee and sit for a while so I could sober up. That kind of thing is impossible now days. Later, when I quit drinking I had pos car that I got pulled over in at 2:30 AM in and the cop was fishing for drunks at the 'magic hour' . I told the truth that I was just headed home from an AA meeting. He asked how I was doing with it. I told him I was doing ok. He looked at my car and said "How are you doing for money? Could you use a bit of help?" Damn, still brings a tear even today. A decent human being not judging me to be a piece of crap and willing to give me a hand in the right direction. I did not expect a cop to do that either. In my recent past they were "the enemy".
kirk johnson, the difference now is there was 160 million people then, the population in the us has doubled since then, DUI deaths skyrocketed, abductions, rape, murder all on the rise, you cant just let a dui driver drive home cause he made a mistake, its crazy to think gables dad got drunk and beat his wife then went and played pool with cops until he sobered up and they brought him home, luckily that story didn't end up like many women dead at the hands of some drunk. I bet you drove drunk many times after that encounter before quiting.
@@timcorey8474 I don't disagree with you. I am in favor of keeping drunks (like I was) off of the road. I'm suggesting the system could still be improved.
My good cop was Wally Sudit of the Chicago PD. He would roll up on us before whatever bad thing we were gonna do and pull me out/straighten me out, then let me go far away from the scene. The "All cops are bad thing" made it so the good ones can't shine.
I first heard of Dan Gable in a movie called never back down, where they were talking about the 72’ Olympic Games and how Dan Gable was the best ever and how he was out of Iowa. Always remembered the name since I first watched the movie when I was 14. I’m 24 now.
I wrestled folk style some in the Army Infantry, though I was more of a Judo and Jujitsu grappler, and we had a lot of former high school & college wrestlers in the Infantry. . .Honestly, many of the wrestlers I have known were bullies. So I'll respectfully disagree that Wrestling makes better men. I believe good parental training and Christian values makes good men.
@@SoldierDrew I should say MOST wrestlers turn into good men! But mine also were raised right and with good Christian values. so def agree with you there! you are correct tho, there can be two different types of wrestlers for sure. Just read an article where a college wrestler strangled his team mate☹️. Neither of my boys have ever been a bully, but would be the first ones to stand up to someone who was a bully. feel like wrestling gives confidence, lessons on losing, winning etc. And at least with the ones i know, hard working and driven to be the best they can be in all aspects of life!
@@tjsoutpiel9649 of course, i’m always on the verge of a panic attack when watching them lol. And the older they get the more brutal it is, and he can be a college kid, BUT he’s still MY baby lol. have seen some pretty yucky injuries on the mat for sure. But we have to let them do the things they love even if we worry ourselves sick😅
Mental Toughness = YMCA plug. I love it. Breaks my heart when I see communities without one. It was such a huge part of my childhood as well. Dan Gable is a wrestling legend. Even for people who have no context for him or the sport, you just know this is a guy to listen to.
I liked the Brent Metcalf quote. “I never celebrate after a victory. I don’t want my opponent to think it was a big deal that I beat him”. Something to that effect. Powerful, nonetheless.
Wrestling is the only sport I know where hs athletes will turn down scholarships. Had a few really good guys on my hs team turn down scholarships because they didn't want to deal with the practices, the weight cutting, etc., in college lol
I had a teammate beat a D2 college recruit (as a junior) and the recruit had graduated and his coach was watching the match. He went up to my teammate after the match and asked about looking into coming to their college and he flat out told the coach “no, I’m not wrestling in college.” The kid he beat ended up being an AA in college. That’s just a small example of people I grew up with in Northeast Ohio that had D1 wrestling skill but either didn’t want to wrestle or didn’t want to go to school. We’re a different breed they say lol
@@johnfraleee Yeah one guy turned down schollies to a bunch of schools including the Air Force Academy. His father lost his fucking mind. A lot of the really good guys were wrestling because of their parents.
@@jasonablah7702 exactly, I would say at least half, if not more quit after high school when their parents didn’t have a say anymore. I was fortunate to not have that pressure, but wish I had the push to go to wrestle in college. I had opportunities to wrestle at very good colleges, but didn’t have the motivation to cut weight, wrestle, and go to school. It was hard enough for me in high school let alone college. Plus add women 😂. I give my hat to these guys like David Taylor, Kyle Dake, Burroughs, etc who are around my age and still doing the grind.
@@johnfraleee Especially the guys that are grinding it out that won't make any money from it. It wasn't until the last decade that wrestlers started to make decent money outside of the ones who transition to MMA.
I grew up in a different time and a different world as this man. That was my initial thought before listening, and now I realize how wrong I am. Something about his raw goodness shames me in a good way. Thanks JRE.
I have no idea who this man is, i'm grateful to hear him. By the way he tells stories of his family and his past, you can see he is humble, he's acquired some sense of inner peace and he is a gracious and honest man. I'm 30 years old, born in 1990, and I don't know- but I don't think we make em like this anymore!
They haven’t made em like this in a long time. Not really true, but they’re not as common as they used to be.. every kid in Iowa growing up in the seventies wanted to be Dan Gable.
I wrestled throughout school and was in the heavyweight class. I went to a summer wrestling camp and Mr. Gable was there for several days coaching each and every kid that was there. He’s a first class guy and his move that he taught me became my signature reversal because of how he showed me to set it up and execute it. Thanks Dan.
His story is amazing. I Remember reading his book as a kid. He was my idle in my book report. Down to earth, intense as hell but still knows how to have fun. True champ.
When I was in high school, one of my coaches was Carl Adams, former teammate of Gable at ISU and a 2x NCAA Champ, and I’ve heard stories from him about Gable and I’ve never had a better coach than Carl Adams.
Went to Gable camp as a high school wrestler and it was one of the best sports experiences that I had. He was a great speaker and it was a huge confidence booster to spend a week drilling with wrestlers from all over the country.
Crazy how accurate this is! The YMCA was where I got my first start wrestling as well, during senior year of high school. We had to setup mats in the back room secretly to wrestle haha!
Would’ve thought Mr. Gable was in his early 60’s not a decade more than that, he’s clearly sharp and his cognitive awareness is still on point as well, loved this segment.
I met the legend at one of his Wrestling Camps as well, what a story! Even though his Father was angry at him for handcuffing that Kid with his makeshift Handcuffs, he had to be proud of him as well. Hard times lead to greatness when it comes to People like Dan Gable. Great interview!
I'm a retired middle school special ed teacher. I always tried to get them into wrestling because the coaches were stellar and I knew the boys would gain mental strength if nothing else.
never thought Joe would have this legend on! I grew up In Illinois and Ohio two wrestling powerhouses wrestled for 10+ years and this man and Burroughs were always a huge inspiration, once you’ve wrestled everything really does become easier. Having a bad day at work doesn’t come close to being on your back pinned down fighting with everything you got to belly out and getting a raise buying a dream car/home whatever doesn’t come close to having your hand raised after a hard fought match for me. Absolute shame the olympic committee ever removed the sport in favor of racewalking badminton and that thing where girls twirl streamers
Being a great athlete and being a great coach are two different things. Gable was a legend more so as a coach than as an athlete although he only lost one match in his career. He doesn't strike me as a gifted communicator. I wonder how he was able to instill his winning philosophy in his students.
He led by example. You don't see his intensity here in the interview. As a wrestler and coach he was about as intense as a man can be. His teams won the Big Ten title every single year that he coached, 4 as an assistant and then 21 as head coach, and won 15 NCAA titles as head coach, including 9 in a row. Seems like he found a way to instill that winning philosophy in his athletes. As an athlete he was just as much a legend, winning state, national, world, and Olympic titles. He would have been a legend as a wrestler if he never coached, and he would have been a legend if he just coached and never wrestled. I have no idea how you could make your comment unless you are just too young to know.
Wrestling made me tough. Coaches work you and show you the way. I loved it. Took me to mma. And becoming confident. I also helped alot of people in dangerous situations in bars.
Dude that story about him taking his neighbors kid home like that, regardless of if it was justified, is full of “FU I’m the alpha” energy and he’s carried that his whole life. My god
So besides the whole "alpha male" study being flawed and disavowed by the researcher - this incident want about proving he was the top dog or whatever. It was childish revenge.
@@arielsavala5360 to each their own man, I’m just a kid idk how shit works or what’s best, morally speaking. Literally just saw a badass moment and wanted to recognize it
Torturous*, especially when you listen while you're doing things, meaning you don't have hold of your phone. He does the read so poorly too. You can sorta hear him sigh as he does it. And you can hear the real annoyance too. He definitely did all this for the money.
There was far less people around in "The good old days". I think that is exactly the problem. We don't have the small town lifestyle where you care about your close neighbor. There's alot of people now and alot of them get in your way so we've lost the value of people
My old job brought him in as a motivational speaker and he talked about wrestling the whole time lol some people were like,"what the hell just happened?" but I loved it. I got to hang out with him for a bit afterwards. He was campaigning to keep wrestling in the Olympics at the time and you could tell by his energy. Intense. Great guy, living legend!
My dad wrestled at the same time as Dan and even wrestled guys who wrestled Dan. I grew up hearing about this guy in the 70s and 80s. It's weird to see him on this show with Joe. I kind of thought he was forgotten
@@jordan7172 That makes no sense. By virtue of being president, he has a great deal of influence. Anything Biden says is of some importance like him or not. Sowell is a tired irrelevant old man. He has a few fanboys, but that's it.
Wrestling is so important to our culture and this video and the comments it generated exemplify that. Character should always come first. Listening to Coach Gable speak with such humilty and class is great. Such a well-rounded individual that we can all strive to be more like. Thanks Dan!!
@@imlerith1800 I went to a school that Dan would frequent, due to prospects. I was joking around with him one day and took a half speed shot single leg on him, before I dropped levels, he sprawled on me so hard I think I bounced my head off the mat. Next thing I remember I had two points scored on me and he had moved back to the front position and had me in the tightest cow tie I've ever been in. He let me up, smiled and turned back to his conversation with my dad.
Gable is right. Most of the time those in trouble with the law need to be loved, counseled, talked to, etc. Of course remove the danger from the situation, but showing grace is sometimes best.
i remember having to use to use the ymca showers before swim class. the boys locker/shower was built underground so you had to go down stairs. it was always crawling with big ol roaches. reminds me of the lockeroom-shower scene from the original "It" the clown" movie
The good old days were the good old days. Humans make mistakes. Nowadays you have too many beers and get in a fight its on your record for life even if you get it expunged ....its always there no matter what. Important lesson for you younger lads...I feel for kids nowadays.
I didn’t get this part because the good old days were only good if you were white. A colored person in those days would never get away with the things he mentioned getting a talking for
@@03JPR i was referring to the good old days in relation to Gables story. You are correct though. Gables portion about getting second chances...my statement was referencing that particular portion only/that context only.
My wrestling coach molded me as a man. If you didnt go to school you didnt wrestle, he told me there is no room for quitting as a varsity athlete. I attribute my success in the military to the toughness and discipline to coach Jacobus
The problem with the good old days for the people who really didn't have any real problems we're just maybe stepped over the line once or twice yes the old days system works but those people who stepping out of line or doing bad things was just the start those are the people who really suffer during the good ol days, because it enabled them to continue without getting that serious help they needed
True but keep in mind people now are getting serious jail time for making little mistakes and then after the jail time they will have problems finding a job and getting back to a normal life, if you can arrest someone and then just talk to them convince them not to do whatever it was again and let em off with a warning without them having to loose thier job it is better for everyone. The way it works now people get away with stuff like that all the time as well but only if you can afford an expensive lawyer which is why poor people are doing jail time for little mistakes while rich people get away with doing the same things
me and my dad, went to a collage wrestling duo meet with my coach and I met 3 best wrestlers in the world dan gables was the coach of my coach once, he was pretty honored that we were there.
As a senior in highschool I was named athlete of the week by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. They asked me who my favorite athlete was and being a wrestler, it was Gable (he is still the biggest name in wrestling 50 years after he retired) Coach Gable had zero to gain by this, and to this day I have no idea how he heard about an obscure small article in a Wisconsin paper, but he sent me a hand written thank you note. This class act of a man thanked a high school kid he never met for mentioning him in an article in a newspaper 500 miles from him (he was also in the middle of preparing his last team he would coach for the NCAA tournament). I still have that letter. My wife and I are having our first child in August, and I can not wait to pass it on to him and explain how great a wrestler, how great a coach, and most importantly how humble a human being Dan Gable is.
Great story. Thank you for sharing.
What Highschool/year?
I grew up there and went to Hartford Union/2008. I have cousins that wrestled at Lomira high.
That’s awesome.
About 4 years ago my son went and asked Gable for his autograph at the big 10 championships in Indiana. My son had a picture of himself standing next to the Dan Gable statue at Hawkeye arena. He asked him to sign it and then Gable said sure. After he signed it he asked my son “so do you have another picture of yourself that you can autograph and give to me? We all looked puzzled and Dan Gable said “because if you become a great wrestler I want to have your autograph”. So my son gave him his autograph. I guess that’s how I became a Gable / Hawkeye fan
Great story, thanks for sharing.
@@nAb-IlIIlIlIll Muskego, 97
“Win with humility, lose with dignity. But dang it don’t lose!” I love hearing quotes there’s so much wisdom and life changing lessons that follow them.
100 percent
1 amazing quote is more valuable than a 2 hour long video with jordan peterson spouting hyper intellectual word salad that confuses u down to ur very core tbh.
It sounds exactly like my HS coach.
met him at a wrestling camp and talked to him for over 30 minutes dudes a class act, genuine person nothing but respect for this man
Dang Where at?
@@TheGodlyGamers band camp
@@Project8422 typo?
Liar
His camp are always at the University of Iowa. Huge sports complex with an Olympic size track on the second floor.
"Once you've wrestled, everything else in life is easy." -Dan Gable
Us wrestlers know exactly what that means
It really does, I stopped wrestling since freshman year of high school. I’m 22 now about to graduate college tomorrow, yet nothing pushed me to my limits as much as wrestling. It toughened me up and I wish I can describe it better for non-wrestlers but it’s an unexplainable experience.
@@wonon1678 very true. I put myself through pure hell but worth it.
@@wonon1678
Regards from german ex-"Bundesliga"wrestler, 58 years now.
You re 101percent right
@@heinzweber7642 what exactly is "Bundesliga wrestling"?
I remember hearing that term on the Joe Rogan Experience of all places back when he had the former silver medalist in freestyle wrestling and also former UFC Interim Middleweight Champion, Yoel Romero on as his guest and Romero is from Cuba, so in order to get to where he is now, he had to defect from Cuba and he did so when the Cuban national wrestling team was in Germany for some tournament and he said it was one of the easiest countries for him to defect in despite him speaking no German or English at the time because the sport of wrestling is very popular in Germany (something which surprised me), so a ton of people there knew who he was and admired/respected him enough to provide him with food and shelter and whatnot.
But I was genuinely surprised to hear that wrestling is popular right now in Germany and he said it's because they have a Bundeslig there, but I had no idea what he was talking about.
As someone who grew up in Iowa, almost lived at the YMCA and a wrestler as well. He is very relatable. All through high school wrestling, we always talked about Gable
Same man lol the toughness is just coach cranking the heat and screaming PUKE AND RUN DAMMIT! NO ONE TOLD YOU TO STOP RUNNING! I never feared an opponent....I feared coach.
He talked at our school one year and since he’s such an Iowa legend a bunch of the parents were all there in the gym bleachers with us 😂 very inspiring guy
@@CarpatronSkittle right? Yelling about hawk pride and all that got us fired up....then coach ran us practically to death lol looking back it was a strat to help coach work us harder.
@@shootandscoot257 ahaha you have to be cut from a different cloth to be a wrestler imo. We would see the wrestlers conditioning during basketball season sometimes and it just looked horrendous. Wrestling coach used to ask me every year if I wanted to join and it felt like being recruited for the army.
@@CarpatronSkittle oh yeah there’s a large element of masochism lol you made the right call by not going out. Practice is one thing but the cutting will haunt me forever.....eat A saltine and spit in a cup all day then practice lol
Dan Gable wrote me a short Letter after my dad passed, I’ve met him twice, great man.
His wrestling camps were the best. He always had a group of college wrestlers at his camps. I won a state championship in Michigan using an inside switch a college wrestler teaching at his camp taught me. He is a living legend. There is no way to count the number of lives he has affected. Especially mine.
No video on ur channel = cap 🧢
@@thedrunkinvestor you sound like a 17 year old. Come back in a few years.
@@Stj209 Truth hurts
Cee tee - when I was wrestling I never won a State Championship, but I looked up to the guy two grades ahead of me that won State, even though I outweighed him by 50 pounds. The level of work involved in accomplishing something like that, regardless of physical gifts, is immense. I remember seeing the guy (Will) through the window while everyone was on lunch break, and he was in the weight room banging out reps while the rest of us enjoyed our jalapeño corn dogs,
You’re a badass, I guarantee it.
@@thedrunkinvestor Sure does kiddo, hang in there.
Joining the wrestling team in 6th grade was one of the best decisions I've ever made in my life. It taught me so much and set me up for the rest of my life. That old saying is so true, "Once you have wrested, everything else in life is easy"
So true
Same thing with every martial art but wrestling is really special
Growing up as a wrestler in iowa I still remember the first time meeting Dan. This guy is the most genuine and sincere man you’ll ever find. We were in Des Moines for the state wrestling tournament. I was young and running around the hotel with my friends and saw my mom talking with an older man in the hotel lobby. My friends and I all recognized him immediately and went to meet him. We talked for awhile and we all asked for his autograph. When he left my mom turned and asks “Who was that?” She had no idea that she had been talking to the most famous wrestler of all time for the past 30 minutes about youth wrestling and how great the sport is for raising young men. I had multiple other encounters with him growing up as many other wrestlers could tell you he makes a point to be a part of the community and spread his wisdom to the youth. We couldn’t ask for a better advocate for the sport and for the state of Iowa.
This may be the first guest on JRE I have met in person. This is gonna be a good one. Dan is crazy
I was just thinking the same. I’ve met holly Holme as well but I’m not sure if he had her on before or not.
Same!
That's cool
Mustangs > Spartans
I got to meet him amd henry cejudo at the same wrestling camp. The food sucked but the guest coaches were awesome.
I only wrestled during my Senior year of High school, but I learned so much about perserverence and mental toughness during that handful of months... Best sport in the world hands down
Class act. I graduated in 2006 and Gable was still considered the baddest man to step on a mat. He created an intense culture of competition that runs through the entire sport.
You think so? That was right on the heels of Cael Sanderson, you don’t think he matched up to Gable?
@@christoph1596 chael P? Oh yea he’s the greatest
I started wrestling at the age of 9 and stopped when I was 17. Shit was so hard but taught me how to have a tough mind.
Dan Gable is definitely someone I'd listen to on spotify
Exactly man, I was surprised to see him when I opened up TH-cam. A legend LIke him I'll watch on spotify.
Good GOOOOOOOOD
Best part about growing up in Iowa is that Dan came to our high school to talk our senior year, legend
I love listening to old legends. Joe is so good with the older guests. Very intuitive and respectful
My dad was working in China in 2009 - one day, while on the subway, a Russian walked up to my dad and while pointing at his Hawkeye cap he said “Dan Gable”...I think that was 37 years after Gable had beaten “Russia’s best” - running through the Olympics without a point scored on him - even years after Gable became the greatest coach EVER. For those who know, LEGEND. Around the world.
Alexander Kirellin?
@@adamhull9994 The reverse lift!
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That’s awesome! Respect is given where it is due. Wish that would be the case more often with so many legends of sport.
This guys a great storyteller, to be honest I never heard of him till this JRE
One of the best wrestlers to have ever lived
@@lanemiller5015 probably THE best to ever live. This man had other countries like Russia pouring in government funds to their wrestling programs just to try and beat sir Dan Gable. He’s the GOAT
Wil dasovich , to be honest you dont know shit.
Lol kuya Wil ... one of the greatest American wrestlers
My favorite athlete of all time
When Dan Gable stands up, Chuck Norris flinches.
I had to Google Dan's name to know what the conversation was about. Now I know. My father wrestled in high school. He was hairy. And his opponents were scared at his appearance. But he told me: "When they learned I was a pussycat, I lost." I miss my dad. We had so much fun in the end of his life.
That's a great story Gary, he sounds like a fun guy. I'm sure he's looking down on you with a big proud smile on his face.
@@blaiseboy123 No, bro! He sleeps in the grave (Ecclesiates 9:5,10). We face two of the ordained resurrections to come (John 5:9). I pray you're in the first. This way, we can be friends "for ever and ever." Be smart and follow "Thus saith the LORD" and not the church. They'll betray you, bro!
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Proud Iowan here and a definite Hawkeye. Gable is loved by all Iowans, Hawks, Cyclones and (Northern Iowa) Panthers. Iowa's greatest athlete of all time.
This is Jamies easiest day ever. I'm 3/4 of the way through it on spotify and he has not made a peep or pulled a single thing up.
Wrestlers never change. He's still "like that". A rambunctious kid at heart.
Once a wrestler, always a wrestler. My son has followed the path and has grown immensely from it. He will be a better, more mentally and physically tough man. I am proud and humbled by his efforts.
My grandpa grew up wrestling with him and they were pretty good friends later in life and he is such a great guy
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I'm a bjj guy and he's even a legend in our game. I use the Gable grip all the time. Respect
Yes! He probably has no idea how much his contributions are mentioned in BJJ schools across the country!
Heavily depressed just now I need this
Me also.
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Keep your head up, set a goal and achieve it, no better feeling :)
Keep your head up buddy
Amen
The pride of the state of Iowa. We love you Dan!
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He is a prize to American, I grew up in Kentucky and now I live in alaska and have 2 boys his name echos in all of the gyms in this great country.🇺🇲
@@butcherbaker4258 Cheers to that
IOWA- Idiots out walking around. J/K real ones know iowa is a great place to raise a family and live in peace
@@paulhurkman2961 So does your mom! 515
I went to an Iowa wrestling practice when the Brands were wrestling for Gable... most intense practice I've ever seen.
Watching there practices makes ours look like Disneyland lol
I grew up in the same era. I really feel for kids now days that you don't get a chance to maybe screw up a few times. I know I did. It shouldn't ruin your life to mess up one time.
I was pulled over by a cop who told me to go just down the road and get some coffee and sit for a while so I could sober up. That kind of thing is impossible now days.
Later, when I quit drinking I had pos car that I got pulled over in at 2:30 AM in and the cop was fishing for drunks at the 'magic hour' . I told the truth that I was just headed home from an AA meeting. He asked how I was doing with it. I told him I was doing ok. He looked at my car and said "How are you doing for money? Could you use a bit of help?"
Damn, still brings a tear even today. A decent human being not judging me to be a piece of crap and willing to give me a hand in the right direction. I did not expect a cop to do that either. In my recent past they were "the enemy".
kirk johnson, the difference now is there was 160 million people then, the population in the us has doubled since then, DUI deaths skyrocketed, abductions, rape, murder all on the rise, you cant just let a dui driver drive home cause he made a mistake, its crazy to think gables dad got drunk and beat his wife then went and played pool with cops until he sobered up and they brought him home, luckily that story didn't end up like many women dead at the hands of some drunk. I bet you drove drunk many times after that encounter before quiting.
@@timcorey8474 I don't disagree with you. I am in favor of keeping drunks (like I was) off of the road. I'm suggesting the system could still be improved.
Sorry bro, that was a POS thing to say to you from that cop. Wish nothing but the best.
Dan Gable is the definition of a legend. He is king of wrestling as we know it.
Farmer Burns?
Karl Gotch?
My good cop was Wally Sudit of the Chicago PD. He would roll up on us before whatever bad thing we were gonna do and pull me out/straighten me out, then let me go far away from the scene. The "All cops are bad thing" made it so the good ones can't shine.
Love the Wrestlers on the podcast!!!
Mental toughness is what separates us all
@@generallobster hes mentally rough cause hes not a bitch
Man that story about Dan fighting the kid and their dads watching is so awesome
Easily amused I see.
@@soldierofgod349 shut up yoel
@@soldierofgod349 Mika Bipin? WHERE ARE YU?
@@AliBaba-wr4gw I see you soooooon booooii
@@soldierofgod349 There you got some attention, happy lol.
I first heard of Dan Gable in a movie called never back down, where they were talking about the 72’ Olympic Games and how Dan Gable was the best ever and how he was out of Iowa. Always remembered the name since I first watched the movie when I was 14. I’m 24 now.
my boys wrestled 4-18yr old and college for the youngest wrestling. nothing makes better men. discipline makes good humans. Gables a legend
I wrestled folk style some in the Army Infantry, though I was more of a Judo and Jujitsu grappler, and we had a lot of former high school & college wrestlers in the Infantry. . .Honestly, many of the wrestlers I have known were bullies.
So I'll respectfully disagree that Wrestling makes better men.
I believe good parental training and Christian values makes good men.
Were you worried about injuries? I'm worried for my boy.
@@SoldierDrew I should say MOST wrestlers turn into good men! But mine also were raised right and with good Christian values. so def agree with you there! you are correct tho, there can be two different types of wrestlers for sure. Just read an article where a college wrestler strangled his team mate☹️. Neither of my boys have ever been a bully, but would be the first ones to stand up to someone who was a bully. feel like wrestling gives confidence, lessons on losing, winning etc. And at least with the ones i know, hard working and driven to be the best they can be in all aspects of life!
@@tjsoutpiel9649 of course, i’m always on the verge of a panic attack when watching them lol. And the older they get the more brutal it is, and he can be a college kid, BUT he’s still MY baby lol. have seen some pretty yucky injuries on the mat for sure. But we have to let them do the things they love even if we worry ourselves sick😅
This one is worth me actually opening Spotify for
Mental Toughness = YMCA plug. I love it. Breaks my heart when I see communities without one. It was such a huge part of my childhood as well. Dan Gable is a wrestling legend. Even for people who have no context for him or the sport, you just know this is a guy to listen to.
Ymca plug?
@@definitelynottigerwhitten5865you figured it out yet ?
Dan Gable is on another level of intensity. His mental toughness is legendary.
I liked the Brent Metcalf quote. “I never celebrate after a victory. I don’t want my opponent to think it was a big deal that I beat him”. Something to that effect. Powerful, nonetheless.
Wrestling is the only sport I know where hs athletes will turn down scholarships. Had a few really good guys on my hs team turn down scholarships because they didn't want to deal with the practices, the weight cutting, etc., in college lol
I had a teammate beat a D2 college recruit (as a junior) and the recruit had graduated and his coach was watching the match. He went up to my teammate after the match and asked about looking into coming to their college and he flat out told the coach “no, I’m not wrestling in college.” The kid he beat ended up being an AA in college. That’s just a small example of people I grew up with in Northeast Ohio that had D1 wrestling skill but either didn’t want to wrestle or didn’t want to go to school. We’re a different breed they say lol
@@johnfraleee Yeah one guy turned down schollies to a bunch of schools including the Air Force Academy. His father lost his fucking mind. A lot of the really good guys were wrestling because of their parents.
@@jasonablah7702 exactly, I would say at least half, if not more quit after high school when their parents didn’t have a say anymore. I was fortunate to not have that pressure, but wish I had the push to go to wrestle in college. I had opportunities to wrestle at very good colleges, but didn’t have the motivation to cut weight, wrestle, and go to school. It was hard enough for me in high school let alone college. Plus add women 😂. I give my hat to these guys like David Taylor, Kyle Dake, Burroughs, etc who are around my age and still doing the grind.
@@johnfraleee Especially the guys that are grinding it out that won't make any money from it. It wasn't until the last decade that wrestlers started to make decent money outside of the ones who transition to MMA.
I grew up in a different time and a different world as this man. That was my initial thought before listening, and now I realize how wrong I am.
Something about his raw goodness shames me in a good way.
Thanks JRE.
Dan Gable is a national treasure. 💀🔥
I have no idea who this man is, i'm grateful to hear him. By the way he tells stories of his family and his past, you can see he is humble, he's acquired some sense of inner peace and he is a gracious and honest man. I'm 30 years old, born in 1990, and I don't know- but I don't think we make em like this anymore!
They haven’t made em like this in a long time.
Not really true, but they’re not as common as they used to be.. every kid in Iowa growing up in the seventies wanted to be Dan Gable.
One of the best folkstyle wrestlers of all time. He is a legend in the state of Iowa.
Dude won the Gold in 72'. Nobody scored a point on him. None of the best could even get a point.
Good thing they don’t make like him anymore good chance him and parents were racist as fuck
@@Nassirtheory quite literally a bold of assumption since you have no idea who they are or what they were like in person.
I wrestled throughout school and was in the heavyweight class. I went to a summer wrestling camp and Mr. Gable was there for several days coaching each and every kid that was there. He’s a first class guy and his move that he taught me became my signature reversal because of how he showed me to set it up and execute it. Thanks Dan.
"What do you do?" Yes, as though there was a question.
Dan has been my hero for over 50 years. Great, great, GREAT man.
Shout out to Waterloo, Iowa!
Dan just cut the greatest promo the YMCA could ask for lmaooo
I can't believe Joe got Dan Gable on the podcast. Insane. I'll have to listen to the whole thing.
My dad went to high school with Dan. Dan was tough as nails.
His story is amazing. I Remember reading his book as a kid. He was my idle in my book report. Down to earth, intense as hell but still knows how to have fun. True champ.
There’s something so singular about a good storyteller. Love, love listening to this man.
“I was uncommon among uncommon 4th graders” - Dan “Backstroke” Gable
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True that I was never handcuffed with a pair of wires by my common friends
Meeting him was the highlight of my wrestling career. He is an amazing man and athlete.
When I was in high school, one of my coaches was Carl Adams, former teammate of Gable at ISU and a 2x NCAA Champ, and I’ve heard stories from him about Gable and I’ve never had a better coach than Carl Adams.
Funny thing is, I first heard of Dan Gable through the iron sheik during his crazy hall of fame induction speech comparing him to Kurt Angle lol
Went to Gable camp as a high school wrestler and it was one of the best sports experiences that I had. He was a great speaker and it was a huge confidence booster to spend a week drilling with wrestlers from all over the country.
Crazy how accurate this is! The YMCA was where I got my first start wrestling as well, during senior year of high school. We had to setup mats in the back room secretly to wrestle haha!
I went to Iowa wrestling camp in high school (2001) and Gable was there. It changed my mental toughness from then on.
Would’ve thought Mr. Gable was in his early 60’s not a decade more than that, he’s clearly sharp and his cognitive awareness is still on point as well, loved this segment.
I met the legend at one of his Wrestling Camps as well, what a story! Even though his Father was angry at him for handcuffing that Kid with his makeshift Handcuffs, he had to be proud of him as well. Hard times lead to greatness when it comes to People like Dan Gable.
Great interview!
I remember wrestling in one of his clinics back in highschool .. What an amazing guy!
Dan Gable is a legend. Really looking forward to this one.
He’s a life long legend from us Iowans.
I'm a retired middle school special ed teacher. I always tried to get them into wrestling because the coaches were stellar and I knew the boys would gain mental strength if nothing else.
Is Dan looking at Joe and Jamie? He keeps looking over. So polite
Hes looking at you...
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This interview was so good. Guy is one in a million
never thought Joe would have this legend on! I grew up In Illinois and Ohio two wrestling powerhouses wrestled for 10+ years and this man and Burroughs were always a huge inspiration, once you’ve wrestled everything really does become easier. Having a bad day at work doesn’t come close to being on your back pinned down fighting with everything you got to belly out and getting a raise buying a dream car/home whatever doesn’t come close to having your hand raised after a hard fought match for me. Absolute shame the olympic committee ever removed the sport in favor of racewalking badminton and that thing where girls twirl streamers
He's so wonderfully midwestern, I love it.
Being a great athlete and being a great coach are two different things. Gable was a legend more so as a coach than as an athlete although he only lost one match in his career. He doesn't strike me as a gifted communicator. I wonder how he was able to instill his winning philosophy in his students.
He led by example. You don't see his intensity here in the interview. As a wrestler and coach he was about as intense as a man can be. His teams won the Big Ten title every single year that he coached, 4 as an assistant and then 21 as head coach, and won 15 NCAA titles as head coach, including 9 in a row. Seems like he found a way to instill that winning philosophy in his athletes. As an athlete he was just as much a legend, winning state, national, world, and Olympic titles. He would have been a legend as a wrestler if he never coached, and he would have been a legend if he just coached and never wrestled. I have no idea how you could make your comment unless you are just too young to know.
Wrestling made me tough. Coaches work you and show you the way. I loved it. Took me to mma. And becoming confident. I also helped alot of people in dangerous situations in bars.
Dude that story about him taking his neighbors kid home like that, regardless of if it was justified, is full of “FU I’m the alpha” energy and he’s carried that his whole life. My god
So besides the whole "alpha male" study being flawed and disavowed by the researcher - this incident want about proving he was the top dog or whatever. It was childish revenge.
@@arielsavala5360 to each their own man, I’m just a kid idk how shit works or what’s best, morally speaking. Literally just saw a badass moment and wanted to recognize it
@@arielsavala5360 Hey Ariel, when's the little mermaid 3 coming out?
@@arielsavala5360 can you point me to the study?
@@Mr.Hyde_23 lmfaooo
SALUTE to Gable. Solid dude... great interview. Coulda been 12 hours loved it
Joe "CATCH NEW EPISODES OF THE JOE ROGAN EXPERIENCE, ONLY ON SPOTIFY" Rogan
Well yeah, what do you expect?
Torturous*, especially when you listen while you're doing things, meaning you don't have hold of your phone. He does the read so poorly too. You can sorta hear him sigh as he does it. And you can hear the real annoyance too. He definitely did all this for the money.
Not that there's anything wrong with that. In fact, more power to him.
I get enough from the clips thank you
It's an expensive ad.
That Dads watching story is sooo fucking awesome, old school shit
Yeah man, that happened to me a bunch, parents in the neighborhood just let you go to town lol. They'll be having a BBQ and a beer.
There was far less people around in "The good old days". I think that is exactly the problem. We don't have the small town lifestyle where you care about your close neighbor. There's alot of people now and alot of them get in your way so we've lost the value of people
My old job brought him in as a motivational speaker and he talked about wrestling the whole time lol some people were like,"what the hell just happened?" but I loved it. I got to hang out with him for a bit afterwards. He was campaigning to keep wrestling in the Olympics at the time and you could tell by his energy. Intense. Great guy, living legend!
When I was a kid I remember having the bright blue Asics Dan Gable shoes. Those were the Jordans of wrestling
No, the Jordans were the Gables of basketball.
My dad wrestled at the same time as Dan and even wrestled guys who wrestled Dan. I grew up hearing about this guy in the 70s and 80s. It's weird to see him on this show with Joe. I kind of thought he was forgotten
I read this guy’s technique and training book he is so inspirational
What's the book called
Coaching wrestling successfully
Have Thomas Sowell on!!
Joes too liberal
Why? He has nothing new to say.
@@brainxtc2171 same with Biden but he’s our president
@@jordan7172 That makes no sense. By virtue of being president, he has a great deal of influence. Anything Biden says is of some importance like him or not. Sowell is a tired irrelevant old man. He has a few fanboys, but that's it.
@@brainxtc2171 compare their mental states, and education, then get back to me on that. You are all opinion, mr. SJW
Fugg i might I have to download Spotify now
Yep
Wrestling is so important to our culture and this video and the comments it generated exemplify that. Character should always come first. Listening to Coach Gable speak with such humilty and class is great. Such a well-rounded individual that we can all strive to be more like. Thanks Dan!!
"everybody's talking about the "good old days" The good ole days, Well, let's talk about the good old dayz"
Dan Gable the king of Iowa. Collest guy you will ever meet. He will take the time and speak with fans. He is a real one
For sure, he's probably the most prolific Iowan ever. He's like a god to wrestlers, no matter where they're from.
@@imlerith1800 Agreed. He could be a complete d and we would give his respect, however he is the most humble man and that's why we hold him higher.
@@imlerith1800 I went to a school that Dan would frequent, due to prospects. I was joking around with him one day and took a half speed shot single leg on him, before I dropped levels, he sprawled on me so hard I think I bounced my head off the mat. Next thing I remember I had two points scored on me and he had moved back to the front position and had me in the tightest cow tie I've ever been in. He let me up, smiled and turned back to his conversation with my dad.
I used to watch Jre daily for hours on end.... then spotify attacked :(
These days I watch maybe an hours worth of jre in a month.
So he only posts clips on TH-cam? The full podcasts are only Spotify I'm assuming. No thanks.
Upvote this...
Yeah no one cares about ur incel opinions. Open the other app if u love it so much. Oh u don't care enough to open another app boohoo such a hard life
@@BrokeMalone do you know what incel means?
Gable is right. Most of the time those in trouble with the law need to be loved, counseled, talked to, etc. Of course remove the danger from the situation, but showing grace is sometimes best.
What makes you tough among tough people? Answer: YMCA lol
Apparently it's fun to stay there
He's reminiscing, I like his answer.
Ha! Fuckin funny
i remember having to use to use the ymca showers before swim class. the boys locker/shower was built underground so you had to go down stairs. it was always crawling with big ol roaches. reminds me of the lockeroom-shower scene from the original "It" the clown" movie
That’s where Hank Hill learned how to fight
Thankz Joe ... One Of My two hero's in Sports .. The Dan's ... Gable nd Hodge
The good old days were the good old days. Humans make mistakes. Nowadays you have too many beers and get in a fight its on your record for life even if you get it expunged ....its always there no matter what. Important lesson for you younger lads...I feel for kids nowadays.
I didn’t get this part because the good old days were only good if you were white. A colored person in those days would never get away with the things he mentioned getting a talking for
@@03JPR lol how do you measure that?
@@03JPR i was referring to the good old days in relation to Gables story. You are correct though. Gables portion about getting second chances...my statement was referencing that particular portion only/that context only.
My wrestling coach molded me as a man. If you didnt go to school you didnt wrestle, he told me there is no room for quitting as a varsity athlete. I attribute my success in the military to the toughness and discipline to coach Jacobus
We'd all love the good old days if we all got a pass on past mistakes
The problem with the good old days for the people who really didn't have any real problems we're just maybe stepped over the line once or twice yes the old days system works but those people who stepping out of line or doing bad things was just the start those are the people who really suffer during the good ol days, because it enabled them to continue without getting that serious help they needed
True but keep in mind people now are getting serious jail time for making little mistakes and then after the jail time they will have problems finding a job and getting back to a normal life, if you can arrest someone and then just talk to them convince them not to do whatever it was again and let em off with a warning without them having to loose thier job it is better for everyone. The way it works now people get away with stuff like that all the time as well but only if you can afford an expensive lawyer which is why poor people are doing jail time for little mistakes while rich people get away with doing the same things
@@joeyisamazing1091 yes depends what you consider a little mistake
me and my dad, went to a collage wrestling duo meet with my coach and I met 3 best wrestlers in the world dan gables was the coach of my coach once, he was pretty honored that we were there.
Have Willie Nelson on!!
He dead.
He *almost dead
Willie is eternal.
U serious? He's goneeee
@@bobbyboucher1936 Google is your friend.
Such a incredible podcast for our sport.. first Burroughs on JRE and now the National treasure Dan Gable. This is amazing !
Him handcuffing a kid in 4th grade and taking him home is the most badass thing I've ever heard a 4th grader doing.
Probably put in a half hour on the heavy bag while other kids were napping doing their box of milk.
Definitely listening to this episode, that story was cool
love that these kid's dads knew, "let 'em work it out like men are supposed to." Nowadays those fathers would be arrested for child abuse blah blah.
Yeah that's why men act like girls now. It's such a turn off 🤮
@@BettyWhite2171 it’s because we let women vote
my dad taught me how to fight...
I dont know getting cte at the age of 8 doesnt seem that manly to me. Wrestling match is fine but fist fight?
@@dasher964 that was the good ole dayz... it was the wa y right or wtong
This taught me nothing about mental toughness but God dang did I like those stories!!