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Wrestling Changed My Life (Wrestling Podcast)

#55 Fan of the Week Spotlight: Justin Folley 3x NCAA D2 All American

Wrestling Changed My Life (Wrestling Podcast)

Wrestling Changed My Life

Sports

4.91.1K Ratings

🗓️ 27 September 2019

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Justin Folley is a 3x All American heading into his senior season at Upper Iowa University. This is a sprint episode and is quick and to the point. Justin shares how wrestling helped me through a few difficult times in high school. This episode is brought to you by WrestlingChangedMyLife.com

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to the show folks. This is wrestling changed my life. Here we go.

0:03.6

We can endure anything and adapt and pivot and change.

0:11.6

Wrestling gave us that ability.

0:14.0

I would say nothing in life has impacted me

0:17.0

more than the things wrestling has taught me

0:19.0

in terms of self-reflection, resilience.

0:22.0

Toughness. Some guys have it, resilience. Toughness.

0:23.0

Some guys have it, some guys don't.

0:25.0

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

0:30.0

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.

0:41.0

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

0:45.1

channel my energy. We're fortunate if you wrestled because if you wrestled

0:51.4

natural talent helps, but it's 5% of the ingredient. It pales in comparison to heart and

0:59.6

technique and effort. It humbled me, taught me humility. Nothing can humble you more than wrestling.

1:07.0

I think it's the learning to adapt, right? You learn, you learn how to adapt, you learn how to solve problems.

1:14.8

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

1:18.8

mental toughness.

1:21.6

Welcome to wrestling, changed my life life and happy Friday all.

1:24.3

Another week is in the books and I just wanted to say thank you.

1:27.5

I appreciate the shit out of you folks and I would...

1:30.5

I'd still be doing this even if you weren't listening but it really makes it a lot more fun when all of you folks are listening.

1:36.4

It's just it's just been a blast this summer. So thank you so much for tuning in.

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