#311 Nick Cegelski - USC Wrestling Coach, 30 Minutes to Presidents Club Host

Wrestling Changed My Life (Wrestling Podcast)

Wrestling Changed My Life

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4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Nick Cegelski is a former college wrestler for USC, where he helped start a club team, who runs a successful sales podcast, 30 Minutes to Presidents Club. * PRESENTED BY SPARTAN COMBAT The Spartan Nationals are coming to Jacksonville, Florida April 8-10. Wrestle a different style each day, while competing for the coolest trophy in wrestling. Register now at Spartancombat.com * 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! * 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	The Spartan Nationals are coming to Jacksonville, Florida April 8th through the 10th
0:04.7	Russell freestyle, folk style Greco and Beach at
0:08.7	The Spartan Nationals register now at Spartancombat dot com that Spartancombat dot com
0:15.8	Attitude is more important than facts your attitude is more important than your circumstances
0:20.1	The way that you perceive things is much more important than how they actually are
0:25.3	We can adore anything and adapt and pivot and change
0:34.0	Wrestling give us that ability. I would say that nothing in life has impacted me or the things
0:39.2	Wrestling has taught me in terms of self-reflection, resilience, toughness, some guys have it some guys don't
0:46.8	Adversity 100% how to pick myself up and be a man after I fail
0:51.6	And everything that is shaped my life
0:55.1	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
1:02.1	For me wrestling is a life because it allowed me to focus and channel my energy
1:09.0	We're fortunate if you wrestled because if you wrestled
1:12.8	natural talent helps but it's
1:16.9	5% of the ingredient it pales in comparison to heart and technique and effort
1:23.7	It humbled me taught me humility nothing can hit humble you more than wrestling. I
1:29.4	Think it's the learning to adapt right you learn you learn how to adapt you learn how to solve problems
1:36.0	You know probably back in my time that's good wrestling if you give me one thing more than anything else it's not toughness
1:42.6	Ladies and gentlemen welcome back to the wrestling change my life podcast
1:46.2	This is yours truly Ryan Warner coming to you from Chicago, IL
1:50.6	Here in Illinois it's state tournament week the sectionals were this weekend and all of the lucky state qualifiers
1:57.3	We'll be heading down to assembly hall this Thursday
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