#127 John Fisher - 4x All American, 183 Collegiate Wins

Wrestling Changed My Life (Wrestling Podcast)

Wrestling Changed My Life

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🗓️ 9 May 2020

⏱️ 74 minutes

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John Fisher is a 4x All American for Michigan, compiling an incredible 183 wins for the Wolverines. John was also the 1992 Olympic Trials runner-up, where he took John Smith to three matches. Enjoy folks! FOLLOW THE PODCAST WrestlingChangedMyLife.com SPONSOR This episode is brought to you by the Beat the Streets Chicago Virtual Gala, which takes place on Saturday June 6 from 8-9pm. It would mean the world to me if you registered to attend the gala. No donation necessary, just come and see what we’re doing with Beat the Streets Chicago. To register, go to WrestlingChangedMyLife.com and click on the Beat the Streets tile. ABOUT THE WRESTLING CHANGED MY LIFE PODCAST Hosted by Ryan Warner, the Wrestling Changed My Life Podcast features in-depth interviews with wrestlers and coaches to learn how the sport shaped and molded their lives. By stitching together stories of sacrifice, triumph, defeat and perseverance, the Podcast takes the listener deep inside the world’s oldest sport. New episodes are released every Monday and Wednesday.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the show folks. This is wrestling changed my life. Here we go.
0:03.6	If you don't think you can beat someone, why even go out there and wrestle?
0:07.6	You're just wasting your time.
0:08.8	We can endure anything and adapt and pivot and change. Wrestling gave us that ability.
0:19.5	I would say nothing in life has impacted me or the things wrestling has taught me in terms of
0:25.0	self-reflection, resilience. Some guys have it, some guys don't. Adversity, 100%
0:32.0	how to pick myself up and be a man after I failed.
0:35.0	And everything that has shaped my life and where I'm at today would not be there without the values and basically the lessons I've learned through the
0:45.0	sport of wrestling.
0:46.3	For me, wrestling saved my life because it allowed me to focus and channel my energy. We're fortunate if you rustled, because if you rustled,
0:55.0	natural talent helps, but it's 5% of the ingredient.
1:02.8	It pales in comparison to heart and technique and effort.
1:08.0	It humbled me, taught me humility.
1:09.7	Nothing can humble you more than wrestling. I think it's the learning to adapt, right? You learn, you learn
1:16.8	how to adapt, you learn how to solve problems. You know, if I look back at my time, I stood
1:21.4	in wrestling. If it gave me one thing more than anything else,
1:24.0	it's meant toughness.
1:25.9	Ladies and gents, welcome back to wrestling change my life.
1:28.6	This is your host Ryan Warner.
1:30.1	My guest today is the great John Fisher, four-time All-American from Michigan,
1:34.4	Olympic Trials runner-up to one John Smith. This was a great episode and I hope you enjoy it.
1:39.2	Fate of the week goes to Derek Morford, Mercer County alum, former Alito Green Dragon.
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