#180 Rollie Peterkin - Escaping Wall Street and the American Dream

Wrestling Changed My Life (Wrestling Podcast)

Wrestling Changed My Life

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4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 November 2020

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Rollie Peterkin is one of the most inspiring people you’ll meet on this podcast. He bucked a job on Wall Street to fight MMA in Peru and since has traveled to 56 countries, authored a book and hosts a podcast. Before his life as an adventurer, Rollie was a 3x NCAA qualifier for Penn. This conversation is one of my all time favorites. Please enjoy! Follow Rollie: Instagram: @RolliePeterkin Twittter: @RolliePeterkin Book: The Cage: Escaping the American Dream Podcast: The Divergent Path Podcast * 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	He was like, I want you to come down here and fight MMA in Peru.
0:07.2	And I'm like, no, man, I can't believe this good Wall Street job.
0:10.4	Like I work on Wall Street. Like I can't do that.
0:16.0	We can adore anything and adapt and pivot and change.
0:21.6	Wrestling gave us that ability.
0:23.2	I would say nothing in life is impacted me
0:26.4	that things wrestling has taught me in terms of self-reflection resilience.
0:31.3	Stop it. Some guys have it, some guys don't.
0:34.1	Adversity, 100% how to pick myself up and be a man after I failed.
0:39.6	And everything that is shaped my life and what I'm at today would not be there without the values
0:46.3	and basically the lessons I've learned to the sport of wrestling.
0:49.9	For me, wrestling ain't a life because it allowed me to focus and channel my energy.
0:56.8	We're fortunate if you wrestled because if you wrestled, natural talent helps.
1:03.2	But it's 5% of the ingredient. It pales in comparison to heart and technique and effort.
1:11.6	It humbled me, taught me humility. Nothing can humble you more than wrestling.
1:17.0	I think it's the learning to adapt, right? You learn how to adapt. You learn how to solve problems.
1:23.8	If I look back my time, that's good wrestling. If you give me one thing more than anything else,
1:27.6	it's mental toughness.
1:30.0	Yes indeed, ladies and gentlemen. We're back. The Wrestling Change My Life podcast is here.
1:35.1	My guest today is the great Raleigh Petterkin.
1:39.7	Raleigh is one of the most fascinating cats I've had on the podcast. He was a stud wrestler at Penn.
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