#133 Sunny Abe - 1996 Olympian for Japan, NCAA Champ for PSU

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Wrestling Changed My Life

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🗓️ 25 May 2020

⏱️ 51 minutes

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ABOUT THIS EPISODE Sunny Abe is a former national champion for Penn State. At age 17, he moved from Japan to the US without speaking English. After two years of rigorous training (8+ hours a day), he was enrolled at Penn State where he’d go on to finish 4th, 3rd, 2nd and 1st for the Nittany Lions. He was also an Olympian for Japan at the 96 games. 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	Hey guys if you've done anything for me please sign up for the Beat the Street Chicago virtual gala.
0:06.0	It's taking place on Saturday, June 6th from 8 to 9 p.m.
0:11.0	You can register by going to wrestling change by life.
0:13.5	dot com.
0:14.4	Right on our home page, you'll see the registration tab.
0:18.0	Beat the street Chicago Virtual Gala, Saturday, June 6th would mean the world to me if you'd attend this thing.
0:24.6	Thank you.
0:25.6	Welcome to the show, folks.
0:26.8	This is wrestling changed my life.
0:28.1	Here we go.
0:29.1	I think it was wrestling changed all my life life for sure.
0:36.3	We can endure anything and adapt and pivot and change.
0:41.8	Wrestling gave us that ability.
0:43.3	I would say nothing in life has impacted me more than the things wrestling has taught me in terms of
0:49.4	self-reflection, resilience. Some guys have it, some guys don't.
0:54.0	Adversity, 100% how to pick myself up and be a man after I failed.
0:59.0	And everything that has shaped my life
1:02.0	and where I'm at today would not be there without the values and basically the lessons I've learned through the support of wrestling.
1:10.0	For me, wrestling saved my life because it allowed me to focus and channel my energy.
1:17.0	We're fortunate if you wrestled because if you wrestled, natural talent helps, but it's 5% of the ingredient. It pales in comparison to heart and technique and effort.
1:31.0	It humbled me, about the humility. Nothing can humble you more than wrestling.
1:37.2	I think it's the learning to adapt, right? You learn, you learn how to adapt, you learn how to
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