#255 Matt Azevedo - Drexel Head Coach

Wrestling Changed My Life (Wrestling Podcast)

Wrestling Changed My Life

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4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 30 July 2021

⏱️ 68 minutes

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ABOUT THIS EPISODE Matt Azevedo is the head coach at Drexel University. He’s led the Dragons since April of 2011. Prior to Drexel, Matt coached at Cornell and Cal Poly. As a wrestler, he wrestled for both Arizona State and Iowa State. While at Iowa State he wrestled for Bobby Douglas and was teammates with Cody Sanderson, Cael Sanderon and the great Joe Heskett. As a wrestler, Matt beat Henry Cejudo in 2008 to win the US Open. Enjoy this one folks! (Photo: Tony Rotundo) * PRESENTED BY SPARTAN COMBAT This episode is presented by Spartan Combat. Shop Kyle Dake Team USA merchandise at Spartan Combat. * FANS If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference in helping to convince hard-to-get guests. I also love reading the reviews! * TEXT THE SHOW –Keyword: Wrestle –Number: 224-54 * FOLLOW the PODCAST Twitter: @Ryan_N_Warner Instagram: Wrestling Changed My Life Facebook: Wrestling Changed My Life Website: wrestlingchangedmylife.com Shop merchandise at our Online Store: Store.WrestlingChangedMyLife.com *** ABOUT Presented by Spartan Combat and hosted by Ryan Warner, the award-winning Wrestling Changed My Life Podcast features in-depth interviews with wrestlers, fighters and coaches. New episodes are released every Monday and Wednesday. Wrestling Changed My Life is the fastest growing wrestling podcast and has been featured as high as #28 on Apple’s Top Sports Podcasts Charts.

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0:00.0	You're listening to wrestling change my life presented by Spartan combat. Let's go. We would do these pre-season stadium workouts
0:08.7	that were just
0:11.5	You know two hours of just non-stop
0:16.5	Some of the hardest things you can imagine doing
0:22.5	We can endure anything and adapt and pivot and change
0:27.9	Wrestling gave us that ability. I would say nothing in life has impacted me
0:32.9	The things wrestling has taught me in terms of
0:35.9	self-reflection resilience
0:37.9	Stop mess some guys haven't some guys don't adversity
0:41.9	100% how to pick myself up and be a man after I failed and
0:46.3	Everything that is shaped my life and
0:49.6	We're on that today would not be there without the values and basically the lessons I've learned to the sport of wrestling
0:56.3	For me wrestling stainless life because it allowed me to focus and channel my energy
1:03.3	We're fortunate if you wrestled because if you wrestled
1:07.1	natural talent helps but it's it's
1:11.2	5% of the ingredients it pales in comparison to heart and technique and effort
1:18.1	It humbled me taught me humility nothing can help you more than wrestling
1:23.9	I think it's the learning to adapt right you learn you learn how to adapt you learn how to solve problems
1:30.3	Know probably back my time. That's good wrestling if they give me one thing more than anything else. It's not toughness
1:37.3	Ladies and gentlemen welcome back to the wrestling change my life podcast. This is Ryan Moore to your host
1:43.8	We're coming to you Friday July 30th from the windy Chicago IL birthplace of the baby back ribs
1:51.2	As you know typically we get our second episode out midweek, but I'm writing the script for our next audio documentary
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