#69 Nate Weber - Army Special Forces, Olympic Bobsledder, Wrestling fanatic

Wrestling Changed My Life (Wrestling Podcast)

Wrestling Changed My Life

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4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 November 2019

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Nathan "Nate" Weber is an American bobsledder. He competed in the four-man event at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Weber joined the U.S. Army in 2005, and served with the Special Forces in Niger, Cameroon and Afghanistan. Prior to becoming a Green Beret, Nate wrestled in high school and is an avid wrestling fan.

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0:00.0	You are listening to the one and only wrestling
0:03.4	change my life podcast.
0:08.3	We can endure anything and adapt and pivot and change. Wrestling gave us that ability. and in terms of self-reflection, resilience.
0:23.6	Toughness.
0:24.6	Some guys have it, some guys don't.
0:26.6	Adversity, 100% how to pick myself up and be a man after I failed.
0:31.9	And everything that is 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.
0:42.0	For me, wrestling save my life because it
0:44.1	allowed me to focus and channel my energy. We're fortunate if you wrestled because if you
0:50.8	wrestled, natural talent helps but it's 5% of the
0:57.8	ingredient it pales in comparison to heart and technique and effort.
1:03.0	It humbled me, taught me humility.
1:05.0	Nothing can humble you more than wrestling.
1:09.0	I think it's the learning to adapt, right?
1:12.0	You learn, you learn how to
1:13.0	adapt, you learn how to solve problems.
1:16.1	You know, if I look back my time, that's good wrestling.
1:17.8	If it gave me one thing more than anything else, it's
1:20.0	a mental toughness.
1:21.8	Ladies and gents, boys and girls, welcome to another episode of Wrestling Change My Life.
1:27.0	This is your host, Ryan Warner.
1:29.0	Thank you for tuning in.
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