#60 Tony Davis - South Side Chicago to NCAA Champion

Wrestling Changed My Life (Wrestling Podcast)

Wrestling Changed My Life

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🗓️ 6 October 2019

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Tony Davis is an Illinois wrestling legend. He was the first 5x IKWF state champion, and then wrestled for the prestigious Mt. Carmel Caravans, alongside teammates Joe Williams and TJ Williams. Tony won an Illinois high school state title but then was expelled and found himself living a different life. He was shot and hospitalized when Iowa Central Community College offered him a chance to wrestle collegiately. It was at this moment that Tony Davis decided to change his life. He went on to become a 2x junior college national champ, and 2x NCAA finalist, winning the NCAA’s his senior year. Ironically, Davis’ junior year ended with a loss to fellow high school and Harvey Twister teammate TJ Williams. If you live in the North Carolina area, give tony a look for private lessons. He can be found at TonyDavisWrestling.com.

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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.
0:11.8	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
0:45.2	channel my energy.
0:48.2	We're fortunate if you wrestle because if you wrestle, natural talent helps, but it's 5% of the ingredient it pales in comparison to heart
0:59.5	and technique and effort.
1:02.9	it humbled me.
1:03.9	Nothing can humble you more than wrestling.
1:08.3	I think it's the learning to adapt, right?
1:10.9	You learn, you learn how to
1:13.0	solve problems.
1:15.0	You know, if I look like my time, I'm good wrestling.
1:16.7	If it gave me one thing more than anything else, it's mental toughness.
1:21.0	My guest today is Tony Davis, and his journey is incredible.
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