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I get super nervous, but as soon as I got on the mat, I was completely fine.

Or I got in the cage, I was completely fine. It's like time to do work. But when I'd be in the back,

you know, I'd put like a put a towel over my face and then I breathe in deep, breathe out,

and then I'd do the holding after and then I'd be ready to go.

We can adore anything and adapt and pivot and change.

Wrestling gave us that ability.

I would say that nothing in life has impacted me or that 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 is 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 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.

If I look back my time, that's good wrestling. If you give me one thing more than anything else,

it's mental toughness.

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