#99 Zach Sanders - Assistant Coach for the Gophers, 4x All American

Wrestling Changed My Life (Wrestling Podcast)

Wrestling Changed My Life

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4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2020

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Zach Sanders is an assistant coach for the Minnesota Gophers. As a wrestler, Zach was one of the best to ever come out of the great state of Minnesota. He was a 5x high school state champ; his brother was also a 5x state champ. At the U, Zach was a 4x All American and has had a successful senior-level career. Great conversation with Zach and hope you all enjoy it. For podcast merch, check out our online store: Store.WrestlingChangedMyLife.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	I don't know what my life would be like without wrestling.
0:06.4	We can endure anything and adapt and pivot and change. Wrestling gave us that ability.
0:16.9	I would say nothing in life has impacted me more than the things wrestling has taught me
0:21.6	in terms of self-reflection, resilience.
0:25.0	Toughness. Some guys have it, some guys don't.
0:28.0	Adversity, 100% how to pick myself up and be a man after I failed.
0:33.3	And everything that has shaped my life
0:36.4	and where I'm at today would not be there
0:38.8	without the values and basically the lessons
0:41.7	I've learned through the sport of wrestling.
0:43.6	For me, wrestling saved my life because it allowed me to focus and channel my energy.
0:50.6	We're fortunate if you wrestle because if you wrestle
0:53.0	natural talent helps but it's
0:57.8	5% of the ingredient.
1:00.0	It pales in comparison to heart and technique and effort.
1:05.0	It humbled me.
1:06.0	Nothing can humble you more than wrestling.
1:10.0	I think it's the learning to adapt, right learn you learn how to adapt you learn how to solve problems
1:17.2	You know if I look back my time that's good wrestling if they gave me one thing more than anything else
1:21.2	It's not the toughness
1:23.7	Ladies and gents, welcome back to wrestling change my life.
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