Welcome to the show folks. This is wrestling changed my life. Here we go.

I beat Lampi in the semis and I remember as you're coming out they like interview you and they were like,

oh like how does it feel being the underdog and that was like the first time in my head because you know even

though other people might have been doing that and the seed said it like my family

my training partners my coaches you know we all kind of just thought I was going to win

We can endure anything and adapt and pivot and change

Wrestling gave us that ability. I would say nothing in life has impacted

me or the things wrestling has taught me in terms of self-reflection, resilience.

Toughness. Some guys have it, resilience. Toughness.

Some guys have it, some guys don't.

Adversity, 100% how to pick myself up and be a man after I failed.

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 sport of wrestling.

For me, wrestling saved my life because it allowed me to focus and channel my energy.

We're fortunate if you wrestle because if you wrestle, natural talent helps, but it's 5% of the ingredient. It pales in comparison to heart and technique and effort.

It humbled me, thought me humility. Nothing can humble you more than wrestling.

I think it's the learning to adapt, right? You learn, you learn how to adapt, you learn how to solve problems.

You know, if I look back at my time, I spent wrestling, if it gave me one thing more than anything

else, it's been a toughness.

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to the show. You're listening to the wrestling change my life podcast this is your host Ryan Warner

I'm on my last day of vacation and I forgot my microphone so I'm recording the intros on my iPhone

Please forgive the poor audio quality.

Okay, let's get to it.

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