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A Wrestling Life
- The Inspiring Stories of Dan Gable
- Narrated by: Joe Barrett
- Length: 4 hrs and 17 mins
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Publisher's Summary
What does it take to be an Olympic gold medalist and to coach a collegiate team to 15 NCAA titles? In A Wrestling Life: The Inspiring Stories of Dan Gable, famed wrestler and wrestling coach Dan Gable tells engaging and inspiring stories of his childhood in Waterloo, Iowa; overcoming the murder of his sister as a teenager; his sports career from swimming as a young boy, to his earliest wrestling matches, through the 1972 Olympics; coaching at the University of Iowa from the Banachs to the Brands; life-changing friendships he made along the way; and tales of his family life off the mat. A celebration of determination, teamwork, and the persevering human spirit, A Wrestling Life captures Gable's methods and philosophies for reaching individual greatness as well as the incredible amount of fulfillment and satisfaction that comes from working as part of a team.
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- Tim M.
- 02-12-19
Live, Breathe, Train a Wrestlers Life
Loved It, soaked up every word & memory. I dealt like I was a part of this knowing Dan Gable & once recruited by him. I'll listen to this 100×'s in my years. it will never get old.
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- Amazon Customer
- 05-30-21
Fun insightful tales.
I heard a variation of some of these stories while at a wrestling coaches clinic in 2001. It a nice listen.
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- Tory Morgan
- 01-15-21
Greatness
Gable is a great person and athlete. I didn’t wrestle, but I was happy with how applicable this book is to the life of anyone looking to push the limits of their field.
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- Chris
- 10-17-20
AWESOME!!!
The stories are inspiring. Dan Gable is the Michael Jordan of Wrestling. Read it twice.
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- Nate Sellers
- 12-09-19
easy listening, great stories, Dan is the Man!
love to hear the trials and tribulations this works great. Iwill definitely listen to again!
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- priceless
- 03-21-19
A book for wrestling fans
The whole family enjoyed listening to this enlightening story about our favorite sport of wrestling.
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- David A. Johnson
- 11-29-18
Gable wins again! Appropriate for everyone, not just wrestlers
I enjoyed every minute of it, couldn’t put it down. This book is about his life and stories about family, wrestling, strategy, philosophy etc. It is not a technical book of specifics in wrestling, so it’s appropriate for anyone, even if they have never wrestled. For my fellow wrestlers however, it will show you the mindset of a champion. I wish I could have read it in high school (80s). My dad would have loved it too. He once called Gable “a man amongst men”.
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- Amazon Customer
- 10-23-18
Enjoyable Read
Great read, great inspiration, and great life lessons. Thank you Coach Gable! One of my favorite wrestling experiences growing up was attending your Iowa style 2-week intensive training camp in the summer of 1994. I was exposed to the meaning of hard work and enjoyed almost every minute of it.
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- Joshua Greetan
- 04-13-18
Amazing!
Highly recommend! Make sure you have time because you will but want to stop listening!
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- Vicki K
- 04-05-18
Great stories from an Iowa legend!
We loved Dan's stories about life lessons the best. His methods for success were also inspiring and his passion for wrestling is also a blueprint for success. Great book!
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- Master J. A. Ware
- 06-25-17
like bland, warm and comforting porridge.
Dan Gable is a legend within wrestling/mma/bjj circles for being one of the finest Olympic wrestlers and wresting coaches. however this book is pretty dull and uninteresting.
this book is essentially short stories from Dan's life , all seem to have a underlying moral message underneath them. There is little information on the technical aspects of the sport or dans actual career. The nature of the book results in a vauge and cobbled together collection of stories.
An incredibly easy listen, but it is the audio equivalent of bland but comforting porridge. Very well read though.
