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“One More Round”
 “Gentleman” Jim Corbett was famous for not only being a world champion, but also for his contributions to the sport of boxing, politically and scientifically. Gentleman Jim (no relation to Sensei Corbett) helped to bring boxing to the attention of the public and politicians so that the sport became legal (similiar to the battle that MMA has had in the late 1990’s and early part of this millenium). He even served jail time for his participation in matches. He bettered the sport by popularizing the influence of footwork, the use of the left hook, and even the use of handwraps. Read more about him here.
Notwithstanding, Gentleman Jim provided those of us training in the martial sports, or any endeavor for that matter, inspiration to have the will to suceed. A famous quote by him is,
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“Fight one more round. When your feet are so tired that you have to shuffle back to the center of the ring, fight one more round. When your arms are so tired that you can hardly lift your hands to come on guard, fight one more round. When your nose is bleeding and your eyes are black and you are so tired that you wish that your opponent would crack you one on the jaw and put you to sleep, fight one more round - remembering that the man who always fights one more round is never whipped.”
Click HERE to hear a minister relaying Gentleman Jim’s attitude. Note, he does not mention James J. Corbett in the oratory that is about his battle with the great John L. Sullivan.
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Dan Gable
The fact that Dan Gable won a Gold Medal in the 1972 Olympics is not why references to him have been added to this page. It is the fact that, much like Gentleman Jim, he had one of the best training ethics of any combat sportsmen, ever. See the following quotes:
Gable on Goals:
“I’m a big believer in starting with high standards and raising them. We make progress only  when we push ourselves to the highest level. If we don’t progress, we backslide into bad habits, laziness and poor attitude.” “I’m a big believer in starting with high standards and raising them. We make progress only when we push ourselves to the highest level. If we don’t progress, we backslide into bad habits, laziness and poor attitude.”
Gable on Priorities:
“When you finally decide how successful you really want to be, you’ve got to set priorities. Then, each and every day, you’ve got to take care of the top ones. The lower ones may fall behind, but you can’t let the top ones slip. You don’t forget about the lower ones though because they can add up to hurt you. Just take care of the top ones first. In 25 years as a head coach and assistant, I think I might have missed one practice. Why? Because practice is my top priority. A day doesn’t go by when I don’t accomplish something in my family life or my profession because those two things are my top priorities.”
Gable on Hard Work:
“The obvious goals were there- State Champion, NCAA Champion, Olympic Champion. To get there I had to set an everyday goal which was to push myself to exhaustion or, in other words, to work so hard in practice that someone would have to carry me off the mat.”
Gable on Raising your Level of Performance:
“Raising your level of performance requires a proper mentality and meaning from within. This gives you the ability and drive to work on the things necessary to go to a higher level. When people ask me how to raise their level of performance, the first thing I ask is, How important is it to you?”
from http://www.dangable.com/
Follow this link, http://www.flocasts.com/flowrestling/coverage.php?c=66&w=0&id=4385, to a video interview where you can learn more about his work ethic.
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