#199 Pat Popolizio - Head Coach, North Carolina State

Wrestling Changed My Life (Wrestling Podcast)

Wrestling Changed My Life

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4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2021

⏱️ 43 minutes

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ABOUT THIS EPISODE Pat Popolizio is the head wrestling coach at North Carolina State. He’s widely considered one of the top college coaches in the game. He’s built NC State into a perennial power, and before that, re-built Binghamton from the ground up. Awesome conversation here folks, enjoy! TEXT the SHOW! --Keyword: Wrestle --Number: 224-54 * SPONSOR This episode is brought to you by the Spartan Combat Nationals, taking place this May 21-23 in Jacksonville Florida. The Nationals features beach wrestling on day one, freestyle on day two, folkstyle on day 3 and a team duals on the final day. Register now at SpartanCombat.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! * 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	You're listening to the wrestling change in my life podcast quick update folks
0:05.2	This Smith a seven-part audio documentary on both John and Pat Smith
0:10.5	drops this Monday February 1st
0:13.5	You can listen to all seven episodes right here on the wrestling change in my life podcast
0:18.6	Don't miss it now. Let's get to this episode with Pat Papalizio
0:27.0	We can endure anything
0:29.3	and adapt and pivot and change
0:32.8	Wrestling give us that ability. I would say that nothing in life has impacted me or the thing is wrestling has taught me in terms of
0:40.7	self-reflection resilience
0:42.7	Stop this some guys have it some guys don't
0:45.6	adversity 100% how to pick myself up and be a man after I failed and
0:50.8	Everything that is shaped my life and
0:54.0	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
1:00.8	For me wrestling is in a life because it allowed me to focus and channel my energy
1:07.8	We're fortunate if you wrestled because if you wrestled
1:11.6	natural talent helps but it's
1:15.7	5% of the ingredient it pales in comparison to heart and technique and effort
1:22.5	It humbled me taught me humility nothing can hit humble you more than wrestling. I
1:28.2	Think it's the learning to adapt right you learn you learn how to adapt you learn how to solve problems
1:34.8	No, probably back in my time. That's good wrestling if you did me one thing more than anything else. It's not toughness
1:41.1	Welcome back to the wrestling change my life podcast. Thanks for tuning in folks before we get to the episode. I must apologize
1:49.4	That we're releasing our second episode of the week on a Friday. That's a sin in my household
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