#471 Earl Smith - Intermat Site Editor & 2x Journalist OTY Winner

Wrestling Changed My Life (Wrestling Podcast)

Wrestling Changed My Life

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5 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 December 2023

⏱️ 64 minutes

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ABOUT THIS EPISODE Earl Smith is the site editor for Intermat. He’s one of the leading experts on high school and NCAA wrestling. Enjoy!

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0:00.0	We can endure anything, and adapt, and pivot and change.
0:09.5	Refling gave us that ability.
0:10.7	I would say that nothing in life has impacted me more than the things Rafsen has taught
0:15.2	me in terms of self-reflection, resilience.
0:18.5	Stop it.
0:19.5	Some guys haven't.
0:20.5	Some guys don't.
0:21.5	Adversity.
0:22.5	100% how to pick myself up and be a man after I failed.
0:27.2	And everything that has shaped my life and where I'm at today would not be there without
0:32.9	the values and basically the lessons I've learned to the sport of wrestling.
0:37.5	For me, wrestling is saying my life because it allowed me to focus and channel my energy.
0:43.5	We're fortunate if you've wrestled because if you've wrestled, natural talent helps.
0:50.9	But it's 5% of the ingredient.
0:54.1	Pales and comparison to heart and technique and effort.
0:59.2	It humbled me, taught me humility, nothing can humble you more than wrestling.
1:04.6	I think it's the learning to adapt, right?
1:07.2	You learn how to adapt, you learn how to solve problems.
1:10.4	If I look back my time, that's good wrestling.
1:13.0	If you give me one thing more than anything else, it's mental toughness.
1:17.2	Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to the Wrestling Change My Life podcast.
1:21.4	It's your host, Ryan Warner, coming to you from Chicago, IL, Monday, December 11th.
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