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

I always tell my girls, like, if you've done something before, you're confident you can do it again.

Well, when you kind of get those visualizing reps in, you've seen yourself do it.

So just build that confidence and really relate to your performance.

We can adore 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 what 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's ain't no 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 ingredient. 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.

You know, probably back in my time, that's a good wrestling if you did me one thing more than

anything else, it's mental toughness. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to the Wrestling

Change My Life podcast. This is your host, Ryan Warner. Hope you're doing outstanding.

College wrestling is back big 10 seasons rolling. It's an awesome time to be alive.

My guest today is Victoria Francis. She was a 2019 world team member runner up at the 2016

Olympic Trials and Illinois native. What more do I need to say, folks? Enjoy this one.

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