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 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

five percent of the ingredient.

It pales in 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, 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 the toughness.

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to the Wrestling Change My Life podcast. It's Monday, November

4th. Got a great episode for you with Brian Medlin, recurring guests, friend of the program, head coach of the

Illinois RTC.

You won't find a single person in this country with a better knowledge of freestyle wrestling

on the international scene than Brian Medlin.

He knows the Russians.

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