This year I've jumped a little bit of a level with not worrying so much about making mistakes

and being perfect because I've tried to get to a point where I'm wrestling free like

I do in the practice room and when I can do that, one, I don't get nearly as tired and

two, I'm able to string things together a lot better and I'm able to score in different

ways. We can endure anything and adapt and pivot and change. Wrestling gave us that

ability. I would say that nothing in life has impacted me or the things wrestling 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 wrestled because if you wrestled, natural talent helps but it's 5% of the ingredient.

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. It's your host

Ryan Warner. Our guest today is North Carolina State Senior Trent Hydeley. He's currently

ranked second in the country, 3-10 Mall American, NCA finalist as a freshman. An avid listener

of this podcast. We love Trent. It was great to have him on the show and I can't wait

for you to hear this episode.

Fan of the week goes to our friend Anthony Mena that's Antdog 73 on Instagram, a so-cow

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