#178 Hardell Moore - Oklahoma Wrestling Academy Head Coach

Wrestling Changed My Life (Wrestling Podcast)

Wrestling Changed My Life

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🗓️ 12 November 2020

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Hardell Moore (@hardell_m) is the head coach at the Oklahoma Wrestling Academy (OWA). As a wrestler, he was a 2x All American for Oklahoma State, placing second as a senior in 1998. Hardell is in the sport for the right reasons folks. He’s passing on life lessons everyday at the OWA. Please enjoy! * 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 *** 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.
0:03.6	What type of individual are you when you take your wrestling shoes off,
0:07.6	leave them in the middle of the mat, and now you become getting a real world.
0:15.0	We can adore anything and adapt and pivot and change.
0:20.6	Wrestling gave us that ability.
0:22.1	I would say nothing in life has impacted me or the things
0:25.8	wrestling has taught me in terms of self-reflection, resilience,
0:30.3	toughness. Some guys have it, some guys don't.
0:33.1	Adversity, 100% how to pick myself up and be a man after I failed.
0:38.5	And everything that has shaped my life and what I'm at today would not be there without the values
0:45.2	and basically the lessons I've learned through the sport of wrestling.
0:48.8	For me wrestling is saying my life because it allowed me to focus and channel my energy.
0:55.8	We're fortunate if you wrestled because if you wrestled, natural talent helps,
1:02.1	but it's 5% of the ingredient. It pales in comparison to heart and technique and effort.
1:10.5	It humbled me, taught me humility. Nothing can humble you more than wrestling.
1:16.0	I think it's the learning to adapt, right? You learn how to adapt, you learn how to solve problems.
1:21.8	If I look back my time, that's good wrestling. If you give me one thing more than anything else,
1:26.6	it's mental toughness.
1:28.8	Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to the Wrestling Change My Life podcast. This is yours
1:32.7	truly, Ryan Warner, host of the show. My guest today is the great Hardell Moore,
1:38.2	the head coach at the Oklahoma Wrestling Academy. He's also a two-time
1:42.9	All-American for the Cowboys NCAA finalist back in 1998. And Hardell is all about the love.
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