The Ultimate Winner

Late one night this spring, Gable was relaxing over a beer at his home 2½ miles north of Iowa City. Outside, the moon lit up his 26 acres. When Gable does relax he has a beer. During the summer, he'll spend a few hours fishing for walleyes up on the Mississippi. The rest of the time he recruits wrestlers, coaches wrestling, plans for wrestling, analyzes wrestling, dreams about wrestling. When he's not thinking about wrestling, he is wrestling.

"The Olympics," he's saying, "could be very exciting for wrestling and for America. I do have a knack for this sport, and I do know total effort. The way to go is the hardest way. But maybe the athletes aren't as excited about the Olympics as I am. Maybe they're not like me."