Welcome to the show folks. This is wrestling change my life. Here we go. I just I think it's a perfect like the perfectionist and me so

As we get closer and closer to competition

I'm looking to have more and more perfect practices and if you're pushing yourself. They probably don't look perfect and

My coaches were pushing me and I was pushing myself my teammates were pushing me so

You know, I remember right before worlds. I was wrestling Haley O'Goa who I had to beat to make the team and

And we were doing a match and she'd tech me

We can adore anything and adapt and pivot and change

Wrestling give 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 is shaped my life and

Where I'm at today would not be there without the values and basically the lessons I've learned to the sport of wrestling

For me wrestling saying a 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

It's 5% of the ingredient it pales in comparison to heart and technique and effort

It humbled me taught me humility nothing can hit 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 that's good wrestling if you give me one thing more than anything else. It's mental toughness

Ladies and gents welcome back to the wrestling change my life podcast. This is your host Ryan Warner

My guest today is Sarah Hilda Brandt number one wrestler in the US at 50 kgs

She got second at the 2018 World Championships and she's wrestling this Sunday November 1st at the Hawkeye Wrestling Club

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