#135 Randy Lewis - Olympic Gold Medalist, Iowa Hawkeye Legend

Wrestling Changed My Life (Wrestling Podcast)

Wrestling Changed My Life

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4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2020

⏱️ 81 minutes

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ABOUT THIS EPISODE Randy Lewis is one of the most decorated Iowa wrestlers of all time, winning an Olympic gold in 1984 and two NCAA titles for legendary coach Dan Gable. During this episode we go straight story mode, as Randy talks about his journey to Iowa, the best Iowa teams of all time, and the best NCAA finals matches of all time. 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	We can endure anything and adapt and pivot and change.
0:11.6	Wrestling gave us that ability.
0:14.0	I would say nothing in life has impacted me
0:17.0	or the things wrestling has taught me in terms of
0:20.0	self-reflection, resilience.
0:22.0	Toughness. Some guys have it, resilience. Toughness.
0:23.0	Some guys have it, some guys don't.
0:25.0	Adversity, 100% how to pick myself up and be a man after I failed.
0:30.0	And everything that is 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 sport of wrestling.
0:41.0	For me, wrestling saved my life because it allowed me to focus and
0:45.1	channel my energy. We're fortunate if you wrestled because if you wrestled
0:51.4	natural talent helps but it's 5% of the ingredient it pales in comparison to heart
0:59.4	and technique and effort it humbled me, taught me humility.
1:04.0	Nothing can humble you more than wrestling.
1:08.0	I think it's the learning to adapt, right?
1:11.0	You learn, you learn how to learn, you learn how to
1:12.8	to solve problems.
1:14.0	You know, if I look back my time, I spent wrestling
1:16.6	if it gave me one thing more than anything else, it's a mental toughness.
1:19.7	Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to the show. This is your host Ryan Warner and you're listening to the wrestling change my life podcast my guest today is Iowa Hawkeye great Randy Lewis Olympic Golden Medalist two-time. This guy has stories for Daisy. We get
1:34.9	into a lot of them on this episode. So let's get to it.
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