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I started judo in 2001, through the sunset it was murdered in 2004, and then I had my

first leg amputated in 2014. We can endure anything and adapt and pivot and change.

Wrestling gave us that ability. I would say nothing in life has impacted me

more than 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. Well, 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. If I look back my time, that's good wrestling. If they give me one thing more

than anything else, that's toughness. Welcome back to the wrestling change my life podcast, ladies

and gentlemen. This is your host, Ryan Warner. Today we have a special guest, John Kuchinsky.

You've never heard his name in the national wrestling circuits, but this guy is a winner

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