We can adore anything, and adapt, and pivot, and change.

Refling gave us that ability.

I would say that nothing in life has impacted me, or that things Raphson 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 is saying my life, because it allowed me to focus and channel my energy.

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

it's 5% of the ingredients.

Pales and 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 My Life podcast.

This is your host, Ryan Warner, and today's episode is a new format I'm trying out.

We're doing a deep dive on the 1987 NCAA tournament.

When I first started out with this idea, I wanted to hit on several NCAA tournaments, 1987

being the first, 1991, 94, and then 01.

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