#176 David "Magic Man" Taylor - World Champ, 2x NCAA Champ

Wrestling Changed My Life (Wrestling Podcast)

Wrestling Changed My Life

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🗓️ 6 November 2020

⏱️ 57 minutes

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David “Magic Man” Taylor (@magicman_psu) was the 2018 World Champ and is vying for a spot on the 2021 Olympic Team. Back in college, he helped create the Penn State dynasty, winning two NCAA titles for the great Cael Sanderson (@caelsanderson). Today, he runs and owns the M2 training Center and lives in State College PA. This conversation focuses on the major turning point in David’s post-collegiate career. Please enjoy! Learn more about the M2 training center: m2trainingcenter.com * FANS: If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests. I also love reading the reviews! * SPONSOR: This episode is brought to you by the Wrestling Changed My Life text message newsletter. Text the word “Wrestle” to the number 224-54 to join. * FOLLOW the PODCAST Twitter: @Ryan_N_Warner Instagram: Wrestling Changed My Life Facebook: Wrestling Changed My Life Website: wrestlingchangedmylife.com Shop merchandise at our Online Store: Store.WrestlingChangedMyLife.com * Photo: Tony Rotundo, Wrestlers are Warriors *** ABOUT: 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 change my life here. We go and I go out and I get to take down two takedowns
0:05.8	And it was like five minutes ago
0:07.1	I don't know and I just hit this wall and I'm just I mean
0:10.3	I remember just feeling so embarrassed like I'm hitting these shots and I just
0:14.0	He's like running behind me and I'm just dying came get up. It's like I'm like the slowest person
0:18.6	I'm getting taken down. I know if I get back up being it taken out again
0:21.5	I
0:22.3	Remember like this moment and be like what am I doing?
0:25.6	We can adore anything and adapt and pivot and change
0:34.3	Wrestling gave us that ability. I would say nothing in life has impacted me or the things wrestling has taught me in terms of
0:42.0	Self-reflection resilience toughness some guys have it some guys don't
0:46.9	Adversity 100% how to pick myself up and be a man after I failed
0:52.2	And everything that is shaped my life
0:55.5	And what I'm at today would not be there without the values and basically the lessons I've learned to the sport of wrestling
1:02.6	For me wrestling saying a life because it allowed me to focus and channel my energy
1:09.5	We're fortunate if you wrestled because if you wrestled
1:13.2	natural talent helps
1:15.9	but it's it's
1:17.4	5% of the ingredients it pales in comparison to heart and technique and effort
1:24.0	It humbled me taught me humility nothing can hit humble you more than wrestling
1:29.8	I think it's the learning to adapt right you learn you learn how to adapt you learn how to solve problems
1:36.5	You know probably back in my time that's good wrestling if you gave me one thing more than anything else it's toughness
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