#161 Vince Silva - The first walk-on to All American in OSU history

Wrestling Changed My Life (Wrestling Podcast)

Wrestling Changed My Life

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🗓️ 2 September 2020

⏱️ 93 minutes

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ABOUT THIS EPISODE Vince Silva was a 2x All American for Oklahoma State in the late 1980’s. He’s the first redshirt to All-American at Oklahoma State. Today, Vince is the head coach for the Santa Ana College wrestling team and runs a PI firm. In this episode we talk about Vince’s wild ride to Stillwater, the transition from walk-on to All American, and the power of mentors. Enjoy! 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	You see a pattern? I said yes sir. What is it? It's like
0:09.2	Oklahoma State seems to be number one and maybe Iowa.'s correct if you want to be a national
0:14.8	champion that's where you need to go.
0:19.4	We can endure anything and adapt and pivot and change. Wrestling gave us that ability.
0:28.4	I would say nothing in life has impacted me more than the things wrestling has taught me in terms of self-reflection,
0:35.5	resilience.
0:36.5	Toughness.
0:37.5	Some guys have it, some guys don't.
0:39.5	Adversity, 100% how to pick myself up and be a man after I failed.
0:44.0	And everything that has shaped my life and where I'm at today would not be there without the
0:50.8	values and basically the lessons I've learned through the sport of wrestling.
0:55.0	For me, wrestling saved my life because it allowed me to focus and channel my energy.
1:01.0	We're fortunate if you wrestled because if you rustled, natural talent helps, but it's 5% of the
1:10.8	ingredient.
1:11.8	It pales in comparison to heart and technique and effort.
1:16.9	It humbled me. Thought me humility. Nothing can humble you more than wrestling.
1:22.3	I think it's the learning to adapt, right?
1:25.0	You learn, you learn how to adapt, you learn how to solve problems.
1:29.2	You know, if I look back my time, that's good wrestling.
1:30.8	If it gave me one thing more than anything else, it's
1:33.0	mental toughness. Welcome back to the wrestling change my life podcast, folks.
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