Super 32 is in the books, folks, which means it's time to start planning for the Spartan combat

nationals coming back to Jacksonville, Florida, this April 8th through the 10th,

Russell Beach, folk style freestyle and grucco at the Spartan combat nationals.

Register now at Spartancombat.com.

It's just trying to be authentic, but quite frankly, it is about the kids,

it's about the coaches, it's about the administration.

They're going to be around long after I'm gone.

When I decide to retire, if I get fired, who knows, it'll still be here.

So, while I make it about me and about what I'm doing,

when without these kids that are grinding, without these coaches that play hours and hours,

taking away from their family, without the parents that are just going to all of this

tournaments across the country, it's about them.

We can adore 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, 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 where 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.

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