He looked at me and he said I think I'm done I'm gonna I'm gonna give him forfeit the third match and

I think that's when my coaching career really started because I just looked at him I just told him that he had no choice that he was going to do this, that he'll regret this for the rest of your life.

We can endure anything and adapt and pivot and change.

Wrestling gave us that ability.

I would say 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 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 wrestled

because if you wrestled, 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

adapt, you learn how to solve problems.

You know, if I look like my time,

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