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I've always defined myself as a wrestler even before I was probably a wrestler.

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. Stop it. 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 is saying

a life because it allowed me to focus and channel my energy. We're fortunate if you wrestled because

that 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, you learn

how to adapt, you learn how to solve problems. You know, if I look back my time, that's good

wrestling. If they gave me one thing more than anything else, that's toughness.

And we're back, ladies and gentlemen. You're listening to wrestling change my life,

presented by Spartan Combat. I'm your host, Ryan Warner. Thanks for bearing with me while I was

on vacation the past two weeks. I'm back in Chicago and ready to bring you this week's episode with

Iowa Assistant Coach Ryan Morningstar. This podcast was recorded at Coach Morningstar's house.

In rule Iowa, that's an understatement. We did this on a pig farm actually, and we talk about

Ryan's college career, his high school career, and most importantly, his time coaching the Hawks.

For those of you who don't know, Ryan was a 2-10-all American for the Hawks. Back when he was

wearing the black and gold, he joined Iowa's an assistant coach in 2012, has led Iowa to an

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