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Wrestling Changed My Life (Wrestling Podcast)

#439 Daniel Cormier - The Henry Cejudo Experiment Bonus Episode

Wrestling Changed My Life (Wrestling Podcast)

Wrestling Changed My Life

Sports

51.1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

ABOUT THIS EPISODE Daniel Cormier is a 2x Olympian, two-division UFC champion, and is currently the commentator for the UFC along with Joe Rogan and Jon Anik. * PRESENTED BY THE FROG NINJA WRESTLING CLUB’S SUMMER CAMPS This episode is brought to you by the Frog Ninja Wrestling Camps, taking place June 27-29 (Lancaster, PA) and July 11-13 (Oxford, PA). If you live in PA and the surrounding areas, check out these camps! Register now at www.frogninjawrestlingclub.com.

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0:00.0

We can adore anything, and adapt, and pivot and change, wrestling gave us that ability.

0:11.2

I would say that nothing in life has impacted me or that things wrestling has taught me

0:16.0

in terms of self-reflection, resilience, toughness, some guys have it, some guys don't.

0:22.0

Adversity, 100%, how to pick myself up and be a man after I failed.

0:27.0

And everything that has shaped my life and where I'm at today would not be there without the values

0:34.0

and basically the lessons I've learned to the sport of wrestling.

0:38.0

For me, wrestling is saying a life because it allowed me to focus and channel my energy.

0:44.0

We're fortunate if you wrestled because if you wrestled, natural talent helps,

0:51.0

but it's 5% of the ingredients. It pales in comparison to heart and technique and effort.

0:59.0

It humbled me, taught me humility. Nothing can humble you more than wrestling.

1:05.0

I think it's the learning to adapt, right? You learn how to adapt, you learn how to solve problems.

1:11.0

If I look back my time, that's good wrestling. If they give me one thing more than anything else, it's toughness.

1:17.0

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to the wrestling change my life podcast. It's still Wednesday, May 3rd.

1:23.0

It's our last bonus episode from the Henry Chujudo experiment.

1:27.0

And this is with the big guy, the big one, Daniel Kormier, DC, two-time Olympian, World Bronze Medalist, UFC Champion, and two different weight classes.

1:40.0

This was one of the, if not the hardest interview I've ever had to schedule.

1:45.0

Nothing with DC is just a very busy person. He lives on the other side of the country.

1:50.0

So this interview was the last interview we did for the Henry Chujudo experiment.

1:55.0

It was a crazy story. You get out here and make it happen.

1:58.0

But DC was amazing and I can't wait for you to listen to this interview.

2:02.0

Okay, fan of the week goes to...

2:07.0

Lot to choose from folks. You guys have been awesome with the Apple Podcast reviews.

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