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Wrestling Changed My Life (Wrestling Podcast)

#500 Bo Bassett - U17 World Champ, U20 Bronze, 3x Super 32 Champion

Wrestling Changed My Life (Wrestling Podcast)

Wrestling Changed My Life

Sports

51.1K Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2024

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Bo Bassett is a high school phenom. He's won 3 Super 32 titles and is a multiple-time world medalist. Enjoy!

Transcript

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0:00.0

We call this Championship Tuesday and I really like that because it gets you fired up for the day, gets you motivated and you know it's going to be tough.

0:07.0

So you just got to, you got to kind of get tougher.

0:09.0

And so a day like today, we had our 5am workout, so I roll out. I mean, I'm very lucky I go downstairs.

0:15.0

But I get up 450 and then I'm down wrestling by 5. So we wrestle for 30 minutes, live for 30 minutes.

0:20.0

We can endure anything and adapt and pivot and change.

0:27.6

Wrestling gave us that ability.

0:30.6

I would say nothing in life has impacted me more than the things wrestling has taught me in terms of

0:36.6

self-reflection, resilience.

0:38.3

Toughness. Some guys have it, some guys don't.

0:41.3

Adversity, 100% how to pick myself up and be a man after I failed.

0:46.3

And everything that has shaped my life and where I'm at today would not be there without the values

0:53.3

and basically the lessons I've learned to the sport of wrestling.

0:57.0

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

1:03.0

We're fortunate if you wrestle because if you wrestle, natural talent helps, but it's 5% of the ingredient.

1:13.6

It pales in comparison to heart and technique and effort.

1:17.6

It humbled me, taught me humility.

1:20.6

Nothing can humble you more than wrestling.

1:23.6

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

1:26.6

You learn, you learn how to adapt, you learn how to solve problems.

1:31.4

You know, if I look back my time, that's good wrestling. If it gave me one thing more than anything else, it's the middle of toughness.

1:36.6

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to the Wrestling Changed My Life podcast. It's your host, Ryan Warner. Our guest today is the great Bo Bassett.

1:45.3

Bo is a high school junior, but he's one of the most popular wrestlers in the country,

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