#62 Sammie Henson - World Champion, Olympic Silver Medalist and 2x NCAA Champion

Wrestling Changed My Life (Wrestling Podcast)

Wrestling Changed My Life

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🗓️ 14 October 2019

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Born in St. Louis, MO in 1971, Sammie “The Bull” Henson has become one of the most decorated and respected wrestlers in America. Sammie started his wrestling career at a young age and went on to graduate from Francis Howell High School in St. Charles, MO. Sammie was a member of the 1988 Junior World Championship team which competed in Austria and went on to wrestle at the collegiate level at both Clemson University and the University of Missouri-Columbia. Following a decade of hard work and dedication, Sammie earned the title of World Champion in 1998 and became an Olympic silver medalist at the 2000 Sydney Games. He has served as an assistant coach at the University of Oklahoma and continues to share his expertise and passion with wrestlers across the country. Currently, Sammie runs Bull Trained in the St. Louis Metro area. You can find camps, gear and online technique at BullTrained.com. **This episode is brought to you by WrestlingChangedMyLife.com. **Please subscribe and rate the show!

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0:00.0	Welcome to the show folks this is wrestling changed my life here we go I like
0:04.0	breaking people and it's something about you know just winning and hand fighting and
0:09.1	getting the shots and and physical just being, that's an amazing feeling.
0:14.2	You know, just have someone totally, you know,
0:16.9	your two warriors battling and then, you know,
0:19.5	you totally just take over.
0:20.9	We can endure anything and adapt and pivot and change.
0:30.0	Wrestling gave us that ability.
0:31.4	I would say nothing in life has impacted me
0:34.1	or the things wrestling has taught me
0:36.2	in terms of self-reflection, resilience.
0:39.6	Toughness.
0:40.5	Some guys have it, some guys don't. Adversity.
0:43.0	100% how to pick myself up and be a man after I failed.
0:47.0	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.
0:58.0	For me, wrestling saved my life because it allowed me to focus and channel my energy.
1:05.1	We're fortunate if you wrestled because if you wrestled
1:08.6	natural talent helps, but it's 5% of the ingredient.
1:14.6	It pales in comparison to heart and technique and effort.
1:19.8	It humbled me, pop me humility.
1:21.6	Nothing can humble you more than wrestling.
1:25.3	I think it's the learning to adapt, right?
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