Welcome to the show folks this is wrestling changed my life here we go but in 83 we had nine guys at the big 10 finals

And we also total two matches that year we could ship really took force. We had nine champs and one fourth. So out of

47 matches, Iowa fans only seen two losses. That was it.

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, 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 wrestled because if you wrestled

natural talent helps, but it's 5% of the ingredient. It pales in comparison to heart and technique and effort.

It humbled me, but 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 my time, I could at wrestling.

If it gave me one thing more than anything else, it's a mental toughness.

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Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to the wrestling change my life podcast.

This is your host Ryan Warner.

My guest today is the great Barry Davis, three-time national champ, Olympic silver medalist

at 1984.

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