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 that 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's ain't no 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 ingredients.

It pales in comparison to heart and technique and effort.

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

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

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

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to the Wrestling Change in My Life podcast.

This is your host, Ryan Warner. Our guest today is Mike Zatic, three-time All-American for the University of Iowa,

World Runner Up in 2006, Olympian in 2008, one of the fiercest competitors that we've ever seen, folks.

So good to have Mike on the podcast and I can't wait for you to hear this interview.

Fan of the Week goes to...

This one's from J.M. Rice. The subject is fantastic podcast.

Thank you for all your hard work on this podcast. I have three boys all heavily involved in the sport.

You have great interviews that really bring their heroes into our truck as we travel to and from practice.

Thank you so much for the review, J.M. Rice, and thanks to everyone who's left an Apple podcast review.

Now without further ado, folks, let's give it up for the great Mike Zatic.

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