I was on the front side and I was wrestling and this doof bit me in the hand like this and I like

cockbacked, punched him and sat like whacked him inside the head and they were like no, no, no, two points, so they just gave the get two points, so that's why I lost the match.

We can endure anything and adapt and pivot and change.

Wrestling gave us that ability.

I would say nothing in life has impacted me more than the things wrestling has taught me in terms of self reflection, resilience, toughness, some guys have it, some guys don't, adversity, hundred percent, how to pick myself up and be a man after I failed.

And everything that has shaped my life and what 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 a 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 it's 5% of the ingredients, it pales in comparison to heart and technique and effort.

It humbled me, taught me humility, nothing can hit 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.

You know, probably back in my time, that's good wrestling. If you did me one thing more than anything else, it's not toughness.

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to the wrestling change my life podcast. It's yours truly Ryan Warner coming to you with a new episode.

Our guest today is the great Brent Metcalf, assistant coach at Iowa State, where he's been for the past seven years.

Before that, he was a legend for the Iowa Hawks, three time in CW finalists, two time in CW champ, Brent was on the world level from 2010 through 2016,

making several US world teams. He's one of the best to ever do it. It's been an honor to have him on the podcast for today's show.

It's a short episode. Unfortunately, typically we go an hour, some scheduling thing came up and we were only able to do 30 minutes, but I hope you enjoy it nonetheless.

Fan of the week goes to one of our younger fans, Mac, Barbary, hope I'm pronouncing that correctly, a wrestler for Francis, Hal, Junior Vikings.

Thank you so much for listening to this show and good luck this season.

And without further ado, folks, let's give it up for Brent Metcalf.

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