WEBVTT - Ep 99: Joe Sealey 0:00:03.840 --> 0:00:06.400 Make sure you're having fun and then you're taking rest. 0:00:06.600 --> 0:00:08.760 So you're learning a lot from the things you're doing, 0:00:08.800 --> 0:00:10.479 even if you're not getting a results at first. You 0:00:10.560 --> 0:00:12.719 got to stay consistent and over time you're going to 0:00:12.760 --> 0:00:14.120 get better from all the risk. 0:00:14.040 --> 0:00:15.720 You're taking, all the things you've learned. 0:00:15.760 --> 0:00:18.560 And so I think stay consistent, having fun and doing 0:00:18.600 --> 0:00:22.479 the right things outside of wrestling, like having the right thoughts, 0:00:22.640 --> 0:00:25.720 sleeping good, eating good, hanging out with the right people. 0:00:26.640 --> 0:00:29.680 This is the Reform Sports Project, a podcast about restoring 0:00:29.720 --> 0:00:32.879 healthy balance and perspective in all areas of sports through 0:00:33.000 --> 0:00:36.640 education and advocacy. Hi, this is nickmo moncor from the 0:00:36.640 --> 0:00:40.279 Reform Sports Podcast. Today, I'm speaking with Joseph Seally, one 0:00:40.280 --> 0:00:42.680 of the top high school wrestlers in the country. A 0:00:42.800 --> 0:00:46.360 twenty twenty two U seventeen world champion, Joe is currently 0:00:46.400 --> 0:00:49.000 the number one ranked wrestler in the class of twenty 0:00:49.080 --> 0:00:52.600 twenty four and as committed to Penn State University. Named 0:00:52.600 --> 0:00:55.640 the Athlete of the Week by USA Wrestling back in April. 0:00:56.000 --> 0:01:00.279 Joe and I discuss balancing wrestling, academics and a social life, 0:01:00.600 --> 0:01:03.480 learning from the losses, and the importance of having fun 0:01:03.560 --> 0:01:04.320 while competing. 0:01:04.680 --> 0:01:05.200 Back at it. 0:01:05.240 --> 0:01:08.160 Man, I'm really excited this young man who's coming on. 0:01:08.640 --> 0:01:11.280 I've certainly known about him here in the state of 0:01:11.319 --> 0:01:14.280 North Carolina back when he was, you know, just a 0:01:14.360 --> 0:01:15.000 younger guy. 0:01:15.720 --> 0:01:19.279 But now you know, I'm the national and even world scene. 0:01:19.319 --> 0:01:22.880 I mean, the guys are world champion, recently committed to 0:01:23.080 --> 0:01:26.880 the Penn State University, you know, the best program certainly 0:01:26.959 --> 0:01:31.000 over the last you know, probably two decades in college wrestling, 0:01:31.000 --> 0:01:33.640 but number one prospect in the class of twenty twenty four. 0:01:34.240 --> 0:01:36.759 Joseph Seally, Joe, thanks so much for hopping on, man. 0:01:36.959 --> 0:01:38.440 Thanks for having me on. I'm grateful. 0:01:38.760 --> 0:01:42.080 Yeah, man, I appreciate love following you in and as 0:01:42.120 --> 0:01:44.160 your season, as you're getting ready to go into your 0:01:44.240 --> 0:01:46.960 senior year. You know, you're now committed to Penn State. 0:01:47.440 --> 0:01:49.920 You know, what are what are your expectations, you know 0:01:50.000 --> 0:01:51.160 going into your senior year. 0:01:52.320 --> 0:01:53.840 I don't really have any expectations. 0:01:53.840 --> 0:01:56.840 I'm just trying to have fun with it, like since 0:01:56.840 --> 0:01:59.160 it's my last year, just try to wrestle as much. 0:01:59.080 --> 0:02:01.840 As possible and have fun and not put too much 0:02:01.840 --> 0:02:02.720 pressure on myself. 0:02:03.040 --> 0:02:05.720 You started wrestling, If I'm not mistaken, I think you 0:02:05.720 --> 0:02:07.760 were like six seven eight years old, and it seemed like, 0:02:07.800 --> 0:02:10.480 if I remember correctly, had a ton of success even 0:02:10.520 --> 0:02:12.560 on the national scene at a very young age. Well, 0:02:12.800 --> 0:02:15.040 what got you into the sport of wrestling? And like, 0:02:15.240 --> 0:02:17.560 was it always like you were a fish in water? 0:02:17.720 --> 0:02:20.160 Like it just felt like natural? Like what, what do 0:02:20.200 --> 0:02:22.720 you think has made you have such success you know, 0:02:22.760 --> 0:02:23.639 your entire career? 0:02:24.160 --> 0:02:27.160 Well, I mean I actually started when I was even younger. 0:02:27.240 --> 0:02:29.520 I started around like four. I didn't start going to 0:02:29.520 --> 0:02:32.080 tournaments so I was five. But I was actually really 0:02:32.080 --> 0:02:34.280 bad when I started, and like I would cry all 0:02:34.320 --> 0:02:36.239 the time. I wasn't really good at it, So I 0:02:36.280 --> 0:02:38.079 guess that's why I didn't like it. But the more 0:02:38.120 --> 0:02:41.359 I wrestled, the better I got. And then my dad 0:02:41.440 --> 0:02:43.400 he was a really good coach for me, and it 0:02:43.480 --> 0:02:46.160 helped me out a lot, improving because he was really 0:02:46.200 --> 0:02:48.440 good with technique and the mindset and stuff. 0:02:48.480 --> 0:02:51.240 So that helped me to get better at a young age. 0:02:51.560 --> 0:02:53.960 Did you feel like you know right away when you 0:02:54.000 --> 0:02:56.720 first saw you said you had struggles when you were young, 0:02:56.760 --> 0:02:59.080 you had to work through that. But what was it 0:02:59.120 --> 0:03:00.960 that kept you coming back and wanting to get on 0:03:01.000 --> 0:03:02.960 the mat. Because wrestling's you know, especially at a young 0:03:03.000 --> 0:03:05.080 age is not an easy sport man, as you know, 0:03:06.160 --> 0:03:08.480 like you mentioned the mental grind and also the physical 0:03:08.600 --> 0:03:11.120 like what inside you, you know, brought out like, hey, 0:03:11.160 --> 0:03:12.399 I want to keep getting on that mat. 0:03:13.080 --> 0:03:15.359 I think I was just having fun with my friends. 0:03:15.400 --> 0:03:18.360 Like it was a place where I could expel all 0:03:18.360 --> 0:03:20.720 my energy. So I wasn't getting in trouble at school 0:03:20.720 --> 0:03:22.560 and stuff like that, So it was fun. 0:03:22.720 --> 0:03:24.320 I really like playing the games and stuff. 0:03:24.360 --> 0:03:24.440 Like. 0:03:24.480 --> 0:03:26.640 I wasn't as much into the wrestling, but it was 0:03:26.680 --> 0:03:28.880 fun playing games and be with my friends. 0:03:29.400 --> 0:03:32.120 So you have I mean, I'm friends with your dad 0:03:32.400 --> 0:03:35.000 on social media, and I see it at a really 0:03:35.040 --> 0:03:37.200 young age man, you've been really helping him, you know 0:03:37.560 --> 0:03:40.800 with his job, Like you've been working with your hands 0:03:40.880 --> 0:03:42.960 like labor, like doing construction. 0:03:43.520 --> 0:03:46.280 How much do you enjoy doing that? Do you see? 0:03:46.360 --> 0:03:49.200 Like when you're out there working and doing those things, 0:03:49.200 --> 0:03:51.040 does that help you all in the wrestling room? 0:03:51.360 --> 0:03:53.080 Yeah, I think it does. I mean even. 0:03:52.920 --> 0:03:55.400 Yesterday I was helping them in like here in Florida, 0:03:55.440 --> 0:03:57.680 it's so hot and you have to like drink so 0:03:57.760 --> 0:04:00.480 much water, and if you're working outside, it's like hard. 0:04:00.920 --> 0:04:02.920 But I think it's helped me to teach me about 0:04:02.920 --> 0:04:05.560 hard work and discipline just from a young age. I 0:04:05.560 --> 0:04:07.960 know wrestling does that too, but it's different, like when 0:04:07.960 --> 0:04:10.520 you're like working a whole day compared to just practice 0:04:10.520 --> 0:04:13.120 for two hours, because it's it's a little harder. 0:04:13.160 --> 0:04:15.120 But it's nice to be able to spend time with 0:04:15.160 --> 0:04:16.280 my dad and I. 0:04:16.240 --> 0:04:17.960 Get to learn some stuff that I can use later 0:04:18.000 --> 0:04:19.680 on in life. So I think it's pretty good. 0:04:19.880 --> 0:04:22.560 So is that a piece of like the accountability? I mean, 0:04:22.600 --> 0:04:24.760 wrestling takes a ton of discipline. You have to watch 0:04:24.760 --> 0:04:27.520 your way, you get to watch your diet, but juggling 0:04:27.520 --> 0:04:30.599 it all, you know, and staying highly highly competitive and 0:04:30.720 --> 0:04:33.400 also maintaining a social life, Like how do you find 0:04:33.440 --> 0:04:35.640 the time and focus to do that? 0:04:36.279 --> 0:04:36.599 Well? 0:04:37.160 --> 0:04:41.120 I mean before I started going to SEM in Pennsylvania, 0:04:41.520 --> 0:04:43.120 I really didn't have a social life. 0:04:43.120 --> 0:04:45.520 So I was like, i'ld go to school. 0:04:45.480 --> 0:04:47.440 And then I would go to high school practice, and 0:04:47.440 --> 0:04:49.640 then I would go to club practice, or even in middle. 0:04:49.400 --> 0:04:51.719 School, I'll go to middle school practice and then club practice. 0:04:52.279 --> 0:04:54.440 But at SEM, it makes it a lot easier because 0:04:54.560 --> 0:04:57.320 practice is there, and then all your friends are wrestlers too. 0:04:57.480 --> 0:04:59.800 It's like they live there with you, so it's a 0:04:59.800 --> 0:05:01.720 lot easier to have a social life. 0:05:01.760 --> 0:05:03.640 But before that I didn't really have much. 0:05:03.680 --> 0:05:07.000 I was just always think about wrestling and focusing on that, and. 0:05:07.040 --> 0:05:10.240 School is a lot easier in public school. 0:05:10.000 --> 0:05:12.600 So I had a lot of time to focus on 0:05:13.000 --> 0:05:15.279 just wrestling, so it was pretty pretty easy. 0:05:15.920 --> 0:05:18.599 Do you feel like having that social life has has 0:05:18.680 --> 0:05:22.360 helped you become even better at wrestling? Like the fact 0:05:22.360 --> 0:05:24.440 that you've been able to be more I guess well routed, 0:05:24.480 --> 0:05:26.159 since I mean you're at people might not know what 0:05:26.279 --> 0:05:29.000 SEM is Wyoming Seminary, which is one of the top 0:05:29.040 --> 0:05:31.400 wrestling programs in the country at the high school high 0:05:31.440 --> 0:05:33.920 school level, So do you feel like that social peace 0:05:34.560 --> 0:05:37.920 has been intricate to you maintaining you know, your success 0:05:37.920 --> 0:05:38.400 on the map. 0:05:38.839 --> 0:05:42.240 I think a little bit, because school at SAM is 0:05:42.279 --> 0:05:44.000 pretty hard since it's a private school. 0:05:44.440 --> 0:05:47.360 And I think having that social life and being able 0:05:47.400 --> 0:05:49.120 to hang out with my friends and stuff, it gives 0:05:49.160 --> 0:05:52.279 me a break from the school because I love wrestling, 0:05:52.360 --> 0:05:54.160 so it's not I don't really want to break from 0:05:54.160 --> 0:05:55.839 it most of the time. Like I could wrestle like 0:05:56.000 --> 0:05:59.120 every day for a couple hours. So I like wrestling, 0:05:59.279 --> 0:06:01.479 so that's good. But it does give me a break 0:06:01.480 --> 0:06:04.240 from school and stuff. So I think that does help 0:06:04.320 --> 0:06:06.880 with my wrestling because I can be more focused when 0:06:06.920 --> 0:06:09.279 I'm actually wrestling and not worried about school work and 0:06:09.279 --> 0:06:09.960 stuff like that. 0:06:10.760 --> 0:06:15.000 I often advocate for, you know, young kids especially to 0:06:15.760 --> 0:06:18.880 have experiences, no different experiences, play different sports. But there 0:06:18.880 --> 0:06:23.080 are situations where some kids really like and enjoy, you know, 0:06:23.160 --> 0:06:25.240 playing their one sport, you know, whatever is, whether that 0:06:25.320 --> 0:06:28.400 be wrestling or baseball, soccer, doesn't matter. They just they 0:06:28.400 --> 0:06:30.719 can't get enough of it, you know, they take breaks 0:06:30.720 --> 0:06:32.720 when they need to. But did you ever, you know, 0:06:33.120 --> 0:06:35.279 try any other sports or was it like never anything 0:06:35.279 --> 0:06:36.320 that you were really interested in. 0:06:36.640 --> 0:06:39.839 Yeah, I used to play baseball and football. But what 0:06:39.920 --> 0:06:41.640 got me out of it was one year at Super 0:06:41.680 --> 0:06:42.080 thirty two. 0:06:42.360 --> 0:06:43.960 I had been training in football, so I was only 0:06:44.000 --> 0:06:46.080 wrestling like two days a week or something. 0:06:46.120 --> 0:06:48.760 So I was always at football practice and I went 0:06:48.800 --> 0:06:50.680 to Super thirty two and I cut all this. 0:06:50.680 --> 0:06:52.479 Weight and then I went on too, and I was like, 0:06:52.600 --> 0:06:54.360 I'm done with this. So I just wanted to wrestle 0:06:54.400 --> 0:06:56.839 all the time because I was tired of losing. But 0:06:57.200 --> 0:06:59.240 I think it's important to play other sports because I 0:06:59.279 --> 0:07:02.080 think it helps you to your athleticism and your coordination and. 0:07:02.000 --> 0:07:04.160 Stuff like that. Even now I try to do other. 0:07:04.080 --> 0:07:06.159 Stuff, Like I've been playing soccer a little bit, not 0:07:06.240 --> 0:07:08.400 like competitive, just like on my own and I'll go 0:07:08.440 --> 0:07:11.320 play racquetball with my girlfriend's dad sometimes just to like 0:07:11.360 --> 0:07:13.520 work on my athleticism and stuff. 0:07:14.160 --> 0:07:17.080 Yeah, and I've seen you compete, you know, and you're very, 0:07:17.200 --> 0:07:19.360 very athletic, so you attribute a lot of it. So 0:07:19.400 --> 0:07:21.480 you do some cross training stuff that you think helps 0:07:21.480 --> 0:07:22.360 you on the wrestling. 0:07:22.160 --> 0:07:23.200 At Yeah, a little bit. 0:07:23.240 --> 0:07:26.560 And I'm also naturally pretty flexible. My dad's pretty athletic 0:07:26.600 --> 0:07:29.400 guy easterom track in high school. I think you broke 0:07:29.480 --> 0:07:31.320 the state record for the mile, and he's really good 0:07:31.320 --> 0:07:32.680 at swimming and stuff. And I think I got a 0:07:32.720 --> 0:07:34.760 lot of head jeans, so I think that helped out. 0:07:35.160 --> 0:07:38.040 You mentioned the mindset piece of it, and I never 0:07:38.080 --> 0:07:40.160 wrestled day in my life, but I mean, I know 0:07:40.960 --> 0:07:44.000 from my sons and just talking to other retss that 0:07:44.080 --> 0:07:47.040 mindset plays a huge role. What are some experiences, I 0:07:47.080 --> 0:07:50.360 guess specifically where you struggled and had some adversity, whether 0:07:50.400 --> 0:07:52.600 that be a loss or whatever it is that you 0:07:52.640 --> 0:07:56.360 can attribute, like man that time that this loss happened 0:07:56.440 --> 0:07:59.280 or this happened or whatever in my life, it really 0:07:59.360 --> 0:08:00.680 helped me lock I learned from it. 0:08:00.720 --> 0:08:01.360 Are there any. 0:08:01.160 --> 0:08:03.960 Specific instances that you can think of where adversity really 0:08:04.120 --> 0:08:06.240 helps you grow throughout your career? 0:08:06.720 --> 0:08:06.920 Yeah. 0:08:06.920 --> 0:08:10.080 I think even this this year, all the times that 0:08:10.080 --> 0:08:12.360 I lost, I think it was technical, but it was 0:08:12.400 --> 0:08:15.000 also a lot of mental stuff too, Like every time 0:08:15.000 --> 0:08:17.440 I lost, like I wasn't in the moment or I 0:08:17.560 --> 0:08:19.800 was thinking about when it lose instead of having fun 0:08:19.880 --> 0:08:20.440 and get. 0:08:20.240 --> 0:08:22.600 Better because for me, that's that's when I wrestled. My 0:08:22.600 --> 0:08:24.160 best is when I'm having fun and get better. 0:08:24.160 --> 0:08:26.960 And sometimes you lose focus sometimes and you're thinking about 0:08:27.000 --> 0:08:29.920 other things, and a loss will help you to refocus 0:08:30.000 --> 0:08:33.160 on the right things. And so I took some losses 0:08:33.200 --> 0:08:35.199 this year, and I think it's just going to help 0:08:35.240 --> 0:08:38.000 me to become an even better wrestler technically and mentally. 0:08:38.120 --> 0:08:42.000 So I think it. I think especially this last loss. 0:08:42.200 --> 0:08:44.000 I was at World Team Trials when I was wrestling 0:08:44.000 --> 0:08:47.360 with Hankle, I was really focused on when losing because 0:08:47.360 --> 0:08:50.120 it's World Team Trials instead of having fun and just 0:08:50.160 --> 0:08:53.240 getting better. Because I ended up losing anyways, So I 0:08:53.280 --> 0:08:55.440 should just focus on having fun and trying my best, 0:08:55.440 --> 0:08:56.880 and I think I think I would have wrestled better 0:08:56.920 --> 0:08:57.480 if I did that. 0:08:57.920 --> 0:08:58.560 That's interesting. 0:08:58.600 --> 0:09:01.360 So so when you don't focus on the outcomes and 0:09:01.400 --> 0:09:03.720 you just try to stay present, that's like a you know, 0:09:03.720 --> 0:09:05.640 I hear some of the most the lead athletes talk 0:09:05.720 --> 0:09:07.720 about that. How are ways in which that I guess 0:09:07.720 --> 0:09:10.680 that you practice that? Like, you know, especially with X, 0:09:10.760 --> 0:09:13.000 you know, maybe you don't have expected maybe you do. 0:09:13.120 --> 0:09:16.040 Maybe you don't put that pressure on yourself, but certainly 0:09:16.360 --> 0:09:18.960 you know, with your ranking and with you know where 0:09:19.000 --> 0:09:22.480 you're committed, there are expectations out there that people may have. 0:09:22.559 --> 0:09:23.959 How do you separate yourself? 0:09:23.960 --> 0:09:26.360 Have there been any like do you get coached by 0:09:26.360 --> 0:09:28.600 anybody a how to stay present? Because that is such 0:09:28.640 --> 0:09:30.680 a such a valuable piece that I hear the most 0:09:30.679 --> 0:09:33.000 the lead athletes say in any sport. Yeah. 0:09:33.040 --> 0:09:36.160 I mean mostly it was from my dad, Like he 0:09:36.240 --> 0:09:37.840 was the one who was teaching me and stuff at 0:09:37.880 --> 0:09:40.200 a young age, Like He's telling me how to focus 0:09:40.200 --> 0:09:42.040 on when I losing. And I think that really helped 0:09:42.040 --> 0:09:44.960 me with my progress because I would go challenge myself 0:09:44.960 --> 0:09:46.920 and wrestle people that were better than me, just so 0:09:46.960 --> 0:09:50.280 I could improve. And also I've been watching Pen State. 0:09:50.559 --> 0:09:52.000 That's one of the big reasons I went it is 0:09:52.000 --> 0:09:54.120 because of the mindset. A lot of their guys talk 0:09:54.120 --> 0:09:56.719 about having fun and that resonated with me a lot, 0:09:56.800 --> 0:09:59.120 So I thought that would be good for me to 0:09:59.120 --> 0:10:01.280 go there because that's what I try to think about. 0:10:01.320 --> 0:10:03.160 And that's a big part of the reason I went there, 0:10:03.200 --> 0:10:06.240 is because I think having fun and just focusing on 0:10:06.400 --> 0:10:08.600 getting better instead of winning and losing, it'll help you 0:10:08.640 --> 0:10:10.040 to reach any of your goals. 0:10:10.080 --> 0:10:11.840 I think personally, that's what I think. 0:10:11.960 --> 0:10:14.640 So what was the recruiting process, Like, I mean, I'm 0:10:14.679 --> 0:10:18.040 sure I would imagine like every school in the country 0:10:18.040 --> 0:10:21.200 would have been excited to have you commit to their program. 0:10:21.240 --> 0:10:23.640 Like what was it about Penn State And did you 0:10:23.720 --> 0:10:26.360 feel like a lot of pressure on when to commit 0:10:26.440 --> 0:10:28.440 where to commit? Like what was that process? Like? 0:10:29.559 --> 0:10:31.520 Yeah, I got a ton of calls the first day, 0:10:31.640 --> 0:10:33.800 like so many. I was pretty much on the phone 0:10:33.800 --> 0:10:36.880 the whole day. But I kind of always knew I 0:10:36.880 --> 0:10:38.600 wanted to go to Penn State because I've been watching 0:10:38.640 --> 0:10:41.880 them like for like a long time growing up. But 0:10:41.960 --> 0:10:44.120 I still had some other schools in mine like North 0:10:44.120 --> 0:10:48.679 Carolina schools and some of mywa schools because I'm in 0:10:48.840 --> 0:10:51.360 private school and they like private school guys. So I 0:10:51.400 --> 0:10:53.360 was just thinking about a little bit. But I think 0:10:53.400 --> 0:10:55.000 I always knew I wanted to go to Penn State, 0:10:55.080 --> 0:10:57.440 So it was pretty easy for me to decide. Like 0:10:57.679 --> 0:10:59.840 I only went on one visit to Penn State and. 0:11:00.080 --> 0:11:02.000 I already loved it. I liked all the people. 0:11:01.760 --> 0:11:04.520 There, so that's it was pretty I didn't really feel 0:11:04.520 --> 0:11:05.559 any pressure from it. 0:11:05.559 --> 0:11:07.320 It was pretty easy for me and my dad. 0:11:07.360 --> 0:11:09.960 It was just like, yeah, as long as it's good 0:11:09.960 --> 0:11:12.439 for you. He wasn't too caught up in it. He 0:11:12.520 --> 0:11:15.320 knew I would pick the right place, so it's pretty easy. 0:11:15.640 --> 0:11:19.359 It's pretty much well documented that, you know, coach Kle Sanderson, 0:11:19.360 --> 0:11:21.920 who's I would put out there as you know, one 0:11:21.960 --> 0:11:24.480 of the greatest coaches in any sport, especially over the 0:11:24.559 --> 0:11:27.280 last fifteen twenty years. I mean, that's a complete dynasty 0:11:27.720 --> 0:11:29.840 that continues. It seems to get better and better. But 0:11:30.040 --> 0:11:32.240 it's kind of well documented that they keep like a 0:11:32.280 --> 0:11:35.199 tight leash around like what they do and how they 0:11:35.240 --> 0:11:37.520 go about their business. I was fortunate enough to interview 0:11:37.559 --> 0:11:40.040 Bo Nickel and he talked a little bit about it 0:11:40.120 --> 0:11:42.880 and what is it about that program in particular, because 0:11:42.880 --> 0:11:46.319 it seems so much more it seems like the results 0:11:46.440 --> 0:11:48.760 are a byproduct of their process. 0:11:49.120 --> 0:11:52.360 But do you know anything about like what the process is? 0:11:52.440 --> 0:11:54.679 Like I hear a lot about humility and all of 0:11:54.760 --> 0:11:55.280 those things. 0:11:55.360 --> 0:11:57.840 Is that from what your experience has been and maybe 0:11:57.840 --> 0:12:00.440 talking to coach Cale and guys that wrestle there, how 0:12:00.480 --> 0:12:03.000 important is it at Penn State to buy into their 0:12:03.040 --> 0:12:06.480 process and kind of focus on that versus the end result. 0:12:07.280 --> 0:12:10.520 Yeah, I think their process works really good is because 0:12:10.720 --> 0:12:13.960 they're not focused on like their results either. They're just 0:12:13.960 --> 0:12:16.360 worried about the athletes. They'll do anything to make sure 0:12:16.360 --> 0:12:17.440 the athletes. 0:12:17.080 --> 0:12:20.400 Reach their goals. They keep a good relationship with the athletes, 0:12:20.600 --> 0:12:22.080 and all they do is one of the best worries. 0:12:22.240 --> 0:12:25.000 They're really pretty like humble, like they say, like if 0:12:25.040 --> 0:12:26.680 you're at a tournament or saw and they'll be hiding 0:12:26.760 --> 0:12:28.520 in like the top stand, like with the hat and 0:12:28.559 --> 0:12:30.320 a hoodie on, you don't even know they're there. 0:12:30.600 --> 0:12:31.800 And that's how they are. 0:12:31.600 --> 0:12:34.000 They're just in it for the athletes, and I think 0:12:34.000 --> 0:12:37.760 it's a good devide into their process because they're just 0:12:37.800 --> 0:12:38.640 in it for the athletes. 0:12:38.679 --> 0:12:39.200 Pretty much. 0:12:39.440 --> 0:12:42.200 When we come back, Joe and I discuss why what 0:12:42.360 --> 0:12:45.200 you do outside of practice can make all the difference. 0:12:45.760 --> 0:12:47.840 Before we go to break, I wanted to share another 0:12:47.920 --> 0:12:50.120 update with you from our friends at Team Staff. 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Head to teamsnap dot com 0:13:56.160 --> 0:13:59.760 today and register for the free webinar Beyond Basic Scheduling 0:13:59.800 --> 0:14:03.480 for or your youth sports organization on Tuesday, August twenty ninth, 0:14:03.520 --> 0:14:13.400 at one pm Eastern eleven am Mountain Time. Welcome back 0:14:13.679 --> 0:14:15.920 where we left off, Joe and I were about to 0:14:15.960 --> 0:14:18.960 talk about why pushing yourself outside of your comfort zone 0:14:19.120 --> 0:14:21.720 helps me make you better in the long run. So 0:14:21.840 --> 0:14:24.440 with you going into your senior year, you have I mean, 0:14:24.480 --> 0:14:27.880 you're gonna have some some big, you know, national tournaments 0:14:27.880 --> 0:14:30.080 coming up, And I mean is your end goal obviously 0:14:30.120 --> 0:14:32.760 to go and be a national champion at Penn State? 0:14:32.800 --> 0:14:35.960 But then what are your goals and aspirations even beyond that? 0:14:36.040 --> 0:14:38.280 Do you want to continue on international scene and be 0:14:38.320 --> 0:14:39.240 an Olympian one day? 0:14:39.920 --> 0:14:40.120 Yeah? 0:14:40.360 --> 0:14:42.560 My main goal since I've been young is to be 0:14:42.760 --> 0:14:45.360 an Olympic champ, and I think Penn State is going 0:14:45.400 --> 0:14:47.080 to help me to be because there's a lot of 0:14:47.400 --> 0:14:49.400 there's a couple of Olympians in the room, a couple 0:14:49.440 --> 0:14:52.560 of Olympic champs. There's three Olympic champs, actually four Olympic champs 0:14:52.560 --> 0:14:55.080 in the room. So I think it's it's a good 0:14:55.080 --> 0:14:57.440 place if you want to do good at the Olympics 0:14:57.440 --> 0:15:00.160 and also want to be world champion and I you 0:15:00.160 --> 0:15:01.280 said national champions. 0:15:01.280 --> 0:15:02.640 So those are some of my goals. 0:15:02.920 --> 0:15:05.880 How do you stay at eighteen years old focused on 0:15:06.000 --> 0:15:08.280 the present when it seems you know, at a at 0:15:08.320 --> 0:15:10.320 a young age man, it's hard to stay focused on 0:15:10.360 --> 0:15:13.920 the present and not get lost and chasing these aspirations. 0:15:14.280 --> 0:15:15.320 Well, yeah, I mean it is. 0:15:15.440 --> 0:15:17.880 It's still hard for me sometimes, Like like I said, 0:15:18.040 --> 0:15:19.920 at that loss side in World Team Trials, I was 0:15:19.920 --> 0:15:20.920 on president in the moment. 0:15:21.040 --> 0:15:23.640 You need those losses sometimes to refocus, and. 0:15:23.560 --> 0:15:27.120 So it's helped me do that loss help me to refocus, 0:15:27.200 --> 0:15:29.360 And it's it is hard, and I think it's going. 0:15:29.280 --> 0:15:30.760 To be hard for like forever. 0:15:31.080 --> 0:15:32.560 You just gotta I got to make sure I stay 0:15:32.560 --> 0:15:35.520 focused and make sure I'm just focusing on myself instead 0:15:35.520 --> 0:15:36.960 of what other people think. 0:15:37.440 --> 0:15:39.920 How do you keep your body in preparation? Like do 0:15:39.960 --> 0:15:41.240 you do a lot of weightlifting? 0:15:41.400 --> 0:15:44.360 Like how much is your diet a component of your preparation, 0:15:44.600 --> 0:15:47.680 and I guess walk us through a week of the 0:15:47.760 --> 0:15:50.240 day in the life of Joe Sealer when it comes 0:15:50.240 --> 0:15:52.640 to training and everything to do that goes around it. 0:15:52.960 --> 0:15:55.400 Yeah, so I've never really listed anyways. 0:15:55.960 --> 0:15:59.760 I've always just I do like, like when I was 0:15:59.760 --> 0:16:01.760 in Carolina, I used to go to school hard knocks. 0:16:01.760 --> 0:16:03.120 We did a little bit of weightlft him but it 0:16:03.120 --> 0:16:05.200 wasn't anything heavy, like you get a bar bell and 0:16:05.280 --> 0:16:07.840 do some some stuff, but it was pretty easy. 0:16:07.840 --> 0:16:09.560 And I'm big on body weight. 0:16:09.440 --> 0:16:12.840 Stuff, but I've always folk tried to focus on making 0:16:12.840 --> 0:16:15.320 sure I'm moving well and I'm flexible and I can 0:16:15.720 --> 0:16:18.680 just move well without pain or any restriction or anything 0:16:18.720 --> 0:16:21.800 like that, instead of lifting a bunch of weights, because 0:16:21.840 --> 0:16:23.760 I've always thought like people that lifted a bunch of 0:16:23.760 --> 0:16:25.960 weights ended up getting injured, and I think, if you 0:16:25.960 --> 0:16:26.880 do it right, you won't. 0:16:26.960 --> 0:16:29.240 But I've just never done it. I think I try 0:16:29.240 --> 0:16:31.480 to put all my effort into wrestling practice. 0:16:31.760 --> 0:16:33.960 Like if I if I'm losing a match, I don't 0:16:33.960 --> 0:16:36.120 ever want to say it's because he was stronger or 0:16:36.120 --> 0:16:37.960 faster me. I want to be like, it's because he 0:16:38.040 --> 0:16:40.640 did something better than me wrestling wise, I think you 0:16:40.640 --> 0:16:43.480 can fix any loss just with wrestling or your mind. 0:16:43.680 --> 0:16:45.960 But like a day in the life typically would just 0:16:46.000 --> 0:16:46.920 be like I do. 0:16:47.000 --> 0:16:48.760 I do try to eat pretty healthy, and I drink 0:16:48.800 --> 0:16:50.480 a lot of water, and I try to get my 0:16:50.560 --> 0:16:53.080