Welcome to the show, folks. This is wrestling change my life. Here we go.

I always wanted to be the hated guy. I think it went a little too far sometimes if you have ever

listened in our hated down at the assembly hall.

We can endure anything and adapt and pivot and change.

Wrestling gave 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 has 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 is saying my 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 5% of the ingredients. It pales in comparison to heart and technique and effort.

It humbled me, taught me humility. Nothing can humble you more than wrestling.

I think it's the learning to adapt, right? You learn how to adapt, you learn how to solve problems.

And 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 gentlemen, welcome back to the show. You're listening to wrestling change my life.

My guest today is coach Boo Mike Bukowski, creator of the Monteney Wrestling Dynasty.

He led Monteney to 18 titles and created that program from the ground up.

I mean, they had never even been down to state before he took over.

Now they're one of the best teams in the country.

Really enjoyed this conversation. I hope you do. And I know you will as well, folks.

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