#83 Josh Alber - 4x Illinois State Champion, 4x NCAA Qualifier for UNI
Wrestling Changed My Life (Wrestling Podcast)
Wrestling Changed My Life
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🗓️ 17 December 2019
⏱️ 59 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | On episode 83 of the wrestling change my life podcast with Josh Albert. |
| 0:05.6 | I was just like so hungry and it wasn't as high relief at all like I was just I |
| 0:10.8 | wanted to just kill everyone and dominate and so |
| 0:17.1 | We can endure anything and adapt and pivot and change wrestling Wrestling gave us that ability. |
| 0:24.0 | I would say nothing in life has impacted me |
| 0:27.0 | or the things wrestling has taught me in terms of |
| 0:30.0 | self-reflection, resilience. |
| 0:32.0 | Toughness. Some guys have it, resilience. Toughness. |
| 0:33.0 | Some guys have it, some guys don't. |
| 0:35.0 | Adversity, 100% how to pick myself up and be a man after I failed. |
| 0:40.0 | 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. |
| 0:51.0 | For me, wrestling saved my life because it allowed me to focus and |
| 0:55.1 | channel my energy. We're fortunate if you wrestled because if you wrestled |
| 1:00.1 | natural talent helps, but it's 5% of the ingredient. It pales in comparison to heart and |
| 1:09.6 | technique and effort. It humbled me, taught me humility. |
| 1:14.0 | Nothing can humble you more than wrestling. |
| 1:18.0 | I think it's the learning to adapt, right? |
| 1:21.0 | You learn, you learn how to learn, you learn how to |
| 1:22.8 | to solve problems. |
| 1:25.0 | You know, if I look back my time, I spent wrestling. |
| 1:26.6 | If it gave me one thing more than anything else, it's mental toughness. |
| 1:31.2 | Christmas time is here, and the biggest present of all wrestling changed by life. |
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