ONE OF THE BIGGEST LESSONS OF MY LIFE
A cold New York morning
Bright and early on a Saturday
The bus came to pick up me and my team on our way to one of the first tournaments of the season
I had cut 12lbs for this tournament
I didn’t even think I was going to wrestle
I was so nervous, butterflies all in my stomach, thinking about every single possibility that could go wrong
I came In as a back up and in my mind I was hoping I wouldn’t have to wrestle that day
Suddenly our 152lber got disqualified and then they turned right to me
“Your up gonzalez”
Fuck…
Hearts racing…hands sweating…I throw my music on trying to pumped up
Suddenly im shaking my opponents hands
Within a matter of seconds the match was over
I pinned him…
The whistle blew and I did exactly as I was trained to do
It felt so relieving…so rewarding…so satisfying
I felt on top of the world
I went on to win another match that day
All this nervousness I had before the match wasn’t really anything
It was a story my head was making up…
I want you guys to realize that the things that the things we are scared of
The things we might think are an obstacle or holding us back
Its just a story you’ve built up in your head
You might think losing 10-20lbs is hard….
But thats because you’ve never done it before
Its not fucking hard once you’ve done it
So stop with the story in your head and GO AND FUCKING DO IT!!
Once you realize its doable…your just gonna be thinking about what your next gaol is
