Zeke and I have trained together for years.

We push each other, we had our own training schedule, right?

So the normal national team's training schedule is three days on, one day off.

Okay, so when we get together for World Championships or Olympics or whatever it is

that's the normal training schedule. Zeke and I never we took a day off when we needed a day off.

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 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 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 that's good wrestling if it gave me

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