The Hero‘s Journey: Wrestling With Destiny

There is a quote that hangs on my 17-year-old son’s wall next to the light switch.

“Wrestling is the toughest sport. You go for days without food and water. Work out in a sauna after an intense practice to make a low weight class. You then beat the crap out of your opponent in six minute matches, some of which last up to 10 minutes if they go into overtime. No pussy rests like in football and no slow pace like in baseball. It’s an all-out tooth and claw war for 6-10 minutes against a man your exact size who has trained all season to kill you. After a match, you are nearly dead and sometimes cannot stand. You will eventually stand and then fight up to five times in one day—up to 50 minutes of pre-hell. If you are tough and survive.... more