#451 BJ Futrell - Northwestern Assistant Coach, 2x All American for Illinois

Wrestling Changed My Life (Wrestling Podcast)

Wrestling Changed My Life

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🗓️ 7 August 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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ABOUT THIS EPISODE B.J. Futrell is the newly announced assistant coach at Northwestern. BJ was previously an assistant at Penn under coach Roger Reina. As a wrestler, BJ is one of the best to come out of the great state of Illinois. He was a 5x kids state champ, 2x high school state champ and a 2x All American for Illinois. He was also a National Team member at both the university and senior levels. As a kid, BJ competed for the famed Harvey Twisters wrestling club. Enjoy!

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0:00.0	I went from being a 112 my senior year high school to a starting 125 pounder in the big
0:09.0	internet 18 years old.
0:15.0	We can adore anything and adapt and pivot and change.
0:20.8	Wrestling gave us that ability.
0:22.0	I would say nothing in life has impacted me or the things wrestling has taught me in terms
0:27.2	of self-reflection, resilience.
0:30.2	Stop mess.
0:31.2	Some guys have it, some guys don't.
0:33.2	Adversity, 100% how to pick myself up and be a man after I failed.
0:38.2	And everything that is shaped my life and what I'm at today would not be there without the values
0:45.2	and basically the lessons I've learned to the sport of wrestling.
0:48.2	For me wrestling is saying a life because it allowed me to focus and channel my energy.
0:55.2	We're fortunate if you wrestled because if you wrestled natural talent helps.
1:01.2	But it's 5% of the ingredient.
1:05.2	It pales in comparison to heart and technique and effort.
1:09.2	It humbled me, taught me humility.
1:12.2	Nothing can humble you more than wrestling.
1:15.2	I think it's the learning to adapt, right?
1:18.2	You learn how to adapt, you learn how to solve problems.
1:22.2	If I look back my time, that's good wrestling.
1:24.2	If you gave me one thing more than anything else, it's mental toughness.
1:28.2	Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to the Wrestling Change of My Life podcast.
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