#293 Dan Dennis - Olympian and Head Coach for the Hawkeye Wrestling Club

Wrestling Changed My Life (Wrestling Podcast)

Wrestling Changed My Life

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🗓️ 13 December 2021

⏱️ 51 minutes

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ABOUT THIS EPISODE Dan Dennis is the Head Coach for the Hawkeye Wrestling Club. He was a 2x All American for the University of Iowa, wrestling for head coach Tom Brands and Olympic Bronze medalist Terry Brands. During Dennis’ senior year, he placed 2nd at the NCAA Division 1 wrestling tournament. In 2016, Dan became an Olympian, beating former Hawkeye Tony Ramos in the finals of the Olympic Trials. This interview was recorded for the Hawkeye Wrestling Club Podcast, which is a video podcast, available exclusively to Hawkeye Wrestling Club Inner Circle members. Watch the full episode now on the Inner Circle Portal. Photo: Tony Rotundo / Wrestlers are Warriors * PRESENTED BY QUANT WRESTLING This episode is presented by Quant Wrestling. Download the Quant Wrestling app now on the Apple App Store. Quant just released their predictions/odds for the 2022 NCAA tournament. Check them out now on the Quant Wrestling App. Use the discount code WCML to get your first month free! Download the Quant Wrestling App: https://apps.apple.com/cg/app/quant-wrestling/id1552232724 * 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, the Wrestling Changed My Life Podcast features long-form interviews with amateur wrestlers - past and current - MMA fighters and titans of industry. New episodes are released every Monday and Wednesday, where host Ryan Warner talks college wrestling, Olympic wrestling and more with some of the biggest names in the sport. Wrestling Changed My Life also produces original audio documentaries including Slaying Saitiev, The Smiths and Gable the GOAT.

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0:00.0	Folks, our latest sponsor, Quatt Wrestling, QU-ANT just released their predictions for
0:06.9	the 2022 NCAA tournament.
0:10.0	Check them out now on Quatt Wrestling, which you can download through the App Store.
0:15.8	Get your first month for using the discount code WCML.
0:20.0	You cannot be around these guys for longer than 30 minutes and not realize why you would
0:26.1	be motivated around them and why you would want to push yourself further than what you
0:29.8	thought you could.
0:34.8	We can endure anything and adapt and pivot and change.
0:40.6	Wrestling gave us that ability.
0:41.8	I would say that nothing in life has impacted me or that things wrestling has taught me
0:46.6	in terms of self-reflection, resilience.
0:49.8	Stop this.
0:50.8	Some guys have it, some guys don't.
0:52.8	Adversity, 100%, how to pick myself up and be a man after I failed.
0:58.3	And everything that has shaped my life and where I'm at today would not be there without
1:04.0	the values and basically the lessons I've learned to sport wrestling.
1:08.6	For me, wrestling is saying a life because it allowed me to focus and channel my energy.
1:14.6	We're fortunate if you wrestled because if you wrestled, natural talent helps.
1:22.0	But it's 5% of the ingredients.
1:25.2	It pales in comparison to heart and technique and effort.
1:30.4	It humbled me.
1:31.4	It humbled me.
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