#82 Adam Tirapelle - NCAA Champion & Founder of Strong Valley Wealth and Pension

Wrestling Changed My Life (Wrestling Podcast)

Wrestling Changed My Life

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🗓️ 11 December 2019

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Adam Tirapelle is a true triple threat. As a wrestler he was an NCAA champion and 3x All American for the University of Illinois. He’s also the coach of California powerhouse Clovis High School, where he’s led the Cougars to 6 CA state titles. And, he’s also a business owner, as Adam is one of the founding partners at Strong Valley Wealth and Pension. Enjoy this episode and we’ll see you again next Monday for our next episode. As always, greatly appreciate everyone tuning in.

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0:00.0	On today's episode of wrestling change my life with Adam Terapelli.
0:05.0	The first practice we ever had was on a Thursday and we've done our pre-season and we had
0:09.7	Thursday practice and I'll never forget, went with three or four guys and all, you know, eight,
0:16.1	ten minute, typical, you know, 12 minute Mark Johnson, you know, matches. So, uh, so I didn't get a takedown. Didn't score, didn't score point. Literally didn't get a takedown didn't score a point, literally didn't score.
0:28.8	We can endure anything and adapt and pivot and change. Wrestling gave us that ability. I would say nothing in life has impacted me more than the things wrestling has taught me in terms of self-reflection, resilience.
0:44.0	Toughness.
0:45.0	Some guys have it, some guys don't.
0:46.8	Adversity, 100% how to pick myself up and be a man after I failed.
0:52.3	And everything that has shaped my life and where I'm at today
0:56.4	would not be there without the values and basically the lessons I've learned
1:00.9	through the sport of wrestling. For me, you're wrestling saving my life because it allowed me to focus and channel my energy.
1:08.0	We're fortunate if you wrestle because if you wrestle,
1:12.0	natural talent helps, but it's 5% of the ingredient.
1:19.2	It pales in comparison to heart and technique and effort.
1:24.0	It humbled me, taught me humility.
1:26.0	Nothing can humble you more than wrestling.
1:29.0	I think it's the learning to adapt, right?
1:32.0	You learn, you learn how to adapt, you learn how to solve problems.
1:36.4	You know, if I look back my time, I could at wrestling. If it gave me one thing more than anything else, it's
1:40.3	mental toughness. Ladies and Jents, this is your host Ryan Warner.
1:45.0	Welcome back to another episode of wrestling changed my life.
1:48.0	I'm sitting here in the wrestling capital of America, Chicago I L,
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