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I've wrestled in 16 US opens, been in the final of 12 of them. I actually won one. And in

saying all those things, I never qualify for a state term in high school. I know you already

knew this, but 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 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.

You know, probably back in my time, that's good wrestling. If you did,

be one thing more than anything else that's toughness.

Welcome back to wrestling change my life. Our guest today is Tom, the big cat, Erickson,

one of the great heavyweight wrestlers of all time. Tom grew up in Illinois, never qualified

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