#134 Forrest Molinari - 2x Team USA World Team Member, 2x US Open Champ

Wrestling Changed My Life (Wrestling Podcast)

Wrestling Changed My Life

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🗓️ 27 May 2020

⏱️ 56 minutes

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ABOUT THIS EPISODE Forrest Molinari is a 2x world team member and is vying for a sport on the 2021 Olympic Team. She was fifth at both the 2018 and 2019 World Championships. She was also the 2019 and 2020 US Open champion. Originally based out of California, Forrest attended King University (Tennessee) and now lives in Iowa City, Iowa. 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.
0:14.5	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	Being Team USA and like what that means and how we wrestle and she said and this like something this is
0:34.4	something that really stuck with me because I just liked it I thought it fit my
0:37.4	personality well she said that Americans have a reputation for wrestling hard until the last whistle.
0:49.0	We can endure anything and adapt and pivot and change. Wrestling gave us that ability.
0:56.2	I would say nothing in life has impacted me or the things wrestling has taught me in terms
1:01.4	of self-reflection, resilience.
1:04.0	Some guys have it, some guys don't.
1:07.0	Adversity, 100% how to pick myself up and be a man after I failed.
1:12.0	And everything that has shaped my life... up and be a man after I failed.
1:12.6	And everything that has shaped my life
1:15.7	and where I'm at today would not be there without the values
1:19.3	and basically the lessons I've learned
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