#148 Jordan Burroughs - 5x World & Olympic Champion

Wrestling Changed My Life (Wrestling Podcast)

Wrestling Changed My Life

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🗓️ 8 July 2020

⏱️ 53 minutes

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ABOUT THIS EPISODE Jordan Burroughs is arguably the best American wrestler of all time. After winning two NCAA titles for Nebraska, JB won his first world championship in 2011. He’d go on to win the 2012 Olympics, as well as subsequent world titles in 2013, 2015 and 2017. He’s one of the best to ever step on the mat - period. This interview was recorded at JB’s in-laws in Buffalo New York. Enjoy it folks! FOLLOW THE PODCAST WrestlingChangedMyLife.com SPONSOR This episode is brought to you by Assembly Fall, our latest audio documentary that went live last Tuesday. You can listen via episode #145 in the feed, or by texting IHSA to 555-888. About Assembly Fall: In a match dubbed as the biggest upset in Illinois history, Matt Kucala defied the odds and pinned the previously unbeaten Eric Tannenbaum at the 2001 IHSA state finals. Assembly Fall takes an in-depth look at that match and answers the question: is it the biggest upset in state history? 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	It's still all like a dream to me. I think the more you accomplished the more
0:06.8	entitled you feel to your achievements, but at this point I look back at where I was
0:12.3	then and where I came from.
0:14.0	And I'm just like, this is really cool.
0:16.0	I want more.
0:17.0	I want to be considered the best ever.
0:22.0	We can endure anything and adapt and pivot and change. Wrestling gave us that ability.
0:29.6	I would say nothing in life has impacted me.
0:32.2	The things wrestling has taught me in terms of
0:35.0	self-reflection, resilience. Toughness. Some guys have it, some guys don't. Adversity,
0:41.4	100% how to pick myself up and be a man after I failed.
0:45.0	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
0:55.0	sport of wrestling.
0:56.4	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,
1:05.0	natural talent helps, but it's 5% of the ingredient.
1:12.8	It pales in comparison to heart and technique and effort.
1:17.8	It humbled me, taught me humility.
1:19.7	Nothing can humble you more than wrestling. I think it's the learning to adapt right you
1:26.2	learn you learn how to adapt you learn how to solve problems. You know if I look
1:30.7	back my time that's good wrestling if it gave me one thing more than anything else that's meant toughness
1:35.7	Ladies and gentlemen welcome back to the wrestling change my life podcast. This is your host Ryan Warner
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