Because I was such, you know, you know, I was so depressed, like, to dangerous levels.

Like, you got to worry about me levels. I didn't care about anything. Like, it was the first time

my life where I gave up. And through giving up, I went to a tournament without caring much, without,

like, you know, trying to control everything. And I went into one damn thing, like a one far

lot of nowhere. We can endure anything, and adapt, and pivot and change, wrestling gave us

that ability. I would say that nothing in life has impacted me or the things wrestling has taught

me in terms of self-reflection, resilience. Stop this. 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 through the sport of wrestling.

For me, wrestling's ain't a 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.

You know, 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 wrestling change in my life podcasts,

presented by Spartan Combat. This is your host, Ryan Warner. Happy Friday to you.

We've been on the road all this week, recording interviews.

For our next audio documentary that I can't announce yet, but I'll be announcing soon.

And so I apologize for getting our second episode of the week out on Friday.

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