And then right after graduating I went to Peru to help set up community centers and I was there were global vision. I was going to be there for a year-long project and I stayed there doing social impact work for almost eight years.

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, 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 is shaped my life and where I'm at today would not be there without the values and basically the lessons I've learned through the sport of wrestling.

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

channel my energy.

We're fortunate if you wrestle because if you wrestle, natural talent helps, but it's 5% of the ingredient it pales in comparison to heart

and technique and effort.

it humbled me.

Nothing can humble you more than wrestling.

I think it's the learning to adapt, right?

You learn, 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 it's

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