#59 Mike Thorn - 2x All American for the Gophers & Vice President - Financial Advisor for RBC Wealth

Wrestling Changed My Life (Wrestling Podcast)

Wrestling Changed My Life

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4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 October 2019

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Mike Thorn is a 2x All American for the Minnesota Gophers and 3x State Champion. He and his two brothers combined to win 11 Minnesota high school state titles. In this episode we talk about the transition from high school to college, the turning point in his freshman season, and the lessons learned from J Robinson. Outstanding conversation here folks. Thanks for tuning in! This episode is brought to you by WrestlingChangedMyLife.Com. *Please Subscribe to the show if you enjoyed this episode.

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0:00.0	I went back in the locker and Marty Morgan who I love, we're good friends now.
0:05.4	He's my coach at the time, just ripped me apart.
0:08.8	Like he's just basically like there's no more excuses, you know, you got to grow up.
0:15.0	Welcome to the show folks. This is wrestling changed my life. Here we go.
0:22.0	We can endure anything and adapt and pivot and change. Wrestling gave us that ability.
0:30.0	I would say nothing in life has impacted me more than the things wrestling has taught me in terms of
0:36.0	self-reflection, resilience.
0:38.0	Toughness. Some guys have it, some guys don't.
0:40.9	Adversity, 100% how to pick myself up and be a man after I failed.
0:46.4	And everything that has shaped my life and where I'm at today would not be there without the
0:52.4	values and basically the lessons I've learned
0:55.2	through the sport of wrestling.
0:56.7	For me, wrestling saved my life because it allowed me to focus and channel my energy.
1:03.7	We're fortunate if you wrestle because if you wrestle,
1:07.2	natural talent helps, but it's 5% of the ingredient.
1:13.2	It pales in comparison to heart and technique and effort.
1:18.4	It humbled me, thought me humility.
1:20.2	Nothing can humble you more than wrestling.
1:23.0	I think it's the learning to adapt, right?
1:26.0	You learn, you learn how to adapt, you learn how to solve problems.
1:30.0	You know, if I look back at my time, I've spent wrestling.
1:32.0	If it gave me one thing more than anything else it's meant toughness
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