Pat Smith walks in and I'm like oh my God right I

Pat Smith and he's you know he's walking around like I need somebody go with me. I'm going up to Colorado and I need somebody take a ride with me and he's

asking all these guys and everyone's like, oh I got this going on, I got that going on. And my brother's like,

oh, jump in the car with him. Why don't you go? And I ended up, I grabbed myself by the, you know what, and I was like, yeah, you know, where you go? And he had no idea who I was, but he was open personality, right?

And that's what started it.

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, 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

support of wrestling. For me, wrestling saved my life because it allowed me to focus and

channel my energy. We're fortunate if you rustled because if you rustled, natural

talent helps, but it's 5% of the ingredient. It pales in comparison to heart and technique and effort.

It humbled me, thought me humility.

Nothing can humble you more than wrestling.

I think it's the learning to adapt right you learn you learn how to adapt you learn how to solve problems.

You know if I look back my time I spent wrestling if it gave me one thing more than anything else, it's a mental toughness.

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to the Wrestling Change My Life Podcast.

It's your host, Ryan Warner. Our guest today is the great Frank Popaleso,

founder and creator of the Journeyman Wrestling Club,

which is now expanded to hosting tournaments of all shapes and sizes.

Frank is a true legend in the world of wrestling and it's an honor to have him on. In this episode folks is brought to you by Beat the Streets National.

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