#152 Nate Jackson - Princeton Assistant Coach, 2x All American

Wrestling Changed My Life (Wrestling Podcast)

Wrestling Changed My Life

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4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 23 July 2020

⏱️ 62 minutes

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ABOUT THIS EPISODE One of Illinois' favorites sons, Nate Jackson is our guest today. He's currently an assistant wrestling coach for Princeton University, and is also a member of the NJRTC. Nate is actively training for the 2021 Olympics. Enjoy it folks! SPONSOR This episode is brought to you by the Wrestling Changed My Life online store. We have podcast T-Shirts, Hoodies, Crew-necks, Stickers and more. Go to Store.WrestlingChangedMyLife.com to shop. 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. FOLLOW THE PODCAST WrestlingChangedMyLife.com

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0:00.0	Welcome to the show folks. This is wrestling changed my life. Here we go.
0:03.6	Wrestling gives you tools to really, you know, we're the most powerful people in the world
0:07.6	because we care about ourselves, you know, and we push ourselves first so we can hold other people accountable.
0:14.0	We can endure anything and adapt and pivot and change.
0:22.0	Wrestling gave us that ability.
0:24.0	I would say nothing in life has impacted me
0:27.0	more than the things wrestling has taught me
0:29.0	in terms of self-reflection, resilience.
0:32.0	Toughness. Some guys have it, resilience. Toughness.
0:33.0	Some guys have it, some guys don't.
0:35.0	Adversity, 100% how to pick myself up and be a man after I failed.
0:40.0	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 sport of wrestling.
0:51.0	For me, wrestling saved my life because it allowed me to focus and
0:55.3	channel my energy. We're fortunate if you wrestled because if you wrestled
1:01.6	natural talent helps but it's 5% of the ingredient it pales in comparison to
1:09.2	heart and technique and effort.
1:13.0	it humbled me.
1:14.0	Nothing can humble you more than wrestling.
1:18.0	I think it's the learning to adapt, right?
1:21.0	You learn, you learn how to
1:23.0	solve problems.
1:25.0	You know, if I look back my time, I'm not good wrestling.
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