#320 Spencer Lee - 3x NCAA Champion

Wrestling Changed My Life (Wrestling Podcast)

Wrestling Changed My Life

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🗓️ 15 March 2022

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Spencer Lee is a 3x NCAA champ for the Iowa Hawkeyes under Coach Tom Brands. This interview was recorded as part of the Hawkeye Wrestling Club’s Inner Circle Podcast. The full video interview can be found at HawkeyeWrestlingClub.com. * PRESENTED BY QUANT WRESTLING Quant Wrestling combines data analytics with the sport of collegiate wrestling. They track and time every activity in a wrestling match to produce 550 statistics that update daily to the Quant App. Download the Quant Wrestling app now on the Apple and Google app stores. Use the discount code WCML to get your first month free. * 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	Wrestling fans, if you're going to the NCAA tournament in Detroit, Michigan, Detroit, Rock City,
0:06.2	this Thursday hosting a happy hour at
0:10.0	Hockey Town Cafe from 4 to 6 p.m. Eastern time with stalemates. So we're co-hosting this happy hour
0:16.3	It's in between session one and two on Thursday at Hockey Town Cafe
0:21.2	Be there or be square now. Let's get to the interview with Spencer Lee
0:25.7	So what they say is Iowa style is your style. So whoever you are like
0:29.6	Whether it's Spencer Lee or Jacob Forner, Iowa style is how you wrestle
0:37.8	We can adore anything
0:40.0	and adapt and pivot and change
0:43.6	Wrestling gave us that ability. I would say nothing in life has impacted me or the things wrestling has taught me in terms of
0:51.3	self-reflection
0:52.5	resilience toughness some guys have it some guys don't
0:56.4	adversity 100% how to pick myself up and be a man after I failed and
1:01.7	Everything that is shaped my life and
1:04.9	What I'm at today would not be there without the values and basically the lessons I've learned to the sport of wrestling
1:11.7	For me wrestling say in a life because it allowed me to focus and channel my energy
1:18.6	We're fortunate if you wrestled because if you wrestle
1:22.5	natural talent helps
1:25.0	But it's it's
1:27.0	5% of the ingredient it pales in comparison to heart and technique and effort
1:33.3	It humbled me taught the humility nothing can hit humble you more than wrestling
1:39.0	I think it's the learning to adapt right you learn you learn how to adapt you learn how to solve problems
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