#457 John Heffernan - St Eds Head Coach, 2x All American for Iowa

Wrestling Changed My Life (Wrestling Podcast)

Wrestling Changed My Life

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🗓️ 11 September 2023

⏱️ 64 minutes

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ABOUT THIS EPISODE John Heffernan is the head coach at St. Ed’s in the Cleveland area. St. Ed’s is one of the most storied high school programs in the country, winning 11 national titles and 35 Ohio state titles since 1978. As a wrestler, John was an Ohio state champion and 2x All American for Iowa. * PRESENTING SPONSOR This Episode is presented by CauseMatch. Fundraise smarter, and widen your donor base and inspire larger gifts with peer-to-peer fundraising provided by CauseMatch. Go to https://lp.causematch.com/wrestling-clubs-demo/ to schedule your first peer-to-peer fundraising campaign.

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0:00.0	Ferguson used to use a sport all at the sport years year.
0:05.7	We can endure anything and adapt and pivot and change.
0:11.3	Wrestling gave us that ability.
0:12.8	I would say that nothing in life has impacted me
0:15.5	or that things wrestling has taught me in terms of self-reflection resilience.
0:20.9	Stop it. Some guys have it, some guys don't.
0:23.6	Adversity, 100% how to pick myself up and be a man after I failed.
0:29.2	And everything that has shaped my life and where I'm at today
0:33.6	would not be there without the values and basically the lessons I've learned
0:38.1	through the sport of wrestling.
0:39.5	For me, wrestling's ain't a life because it allowed me to focus and channel my energy.
0:46.4	We're fortunate if you wrestled because if you wrestled,
0:50.1	natural talent helps, but it's 5% of the ingredient.
0:56.1	It pales in comparison to heart and technique and effort.
1:01.2	It humbled me, taught me humility.
1:03.1	Nothing can humble you more than wrestling.
1:06.7	I think it's the learning to adapt, right?
1:09.3	You learn how to adapt.
1:10.9	You learn how to solve problems.
1:13.5	If I look back my time, that's good wrestling.
1:15.2	If you give me one thing more than anything else, it's mental toughness.
1:19.3	Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to the Wrestling Change My Life podcast.
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