Gene Zannetti talks with Yale Street Wrestling Club coach Donnie DeFilippis about why kids need to visualize being in the state finals long before they get there, how parents destroy their kids' belief by talking negatively about opponents, and why making excuses for injuries turns losses into crutches instead of learning opportunities.

Timestamps:

5:39 - Visualization is so important

6:37 - Envisioned myself in the state finals for over a year as a freshman

17:47 - If you don't really believe in your kid, how do you expect him to believe in himself

20:33 - Set your goals high; coming up short, you've still won

21:34 - Making excuses about injuries

35:07 - Imagine writing your own movie, you'd pick the toughest road and win

42:16 - The difference between hurt and injured

55:00 - You're gonna miss these moments, don't focus only on winning and losing

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Gene Zannetti talks with entrepreneur Lance Bachman about why you become the average of the five people you hang out with, how he sold six companies for hundreds of millions despite never being a great wrestler, and why 99.9% of people criticizing on forums are stone-cold losers who've never done anything of substance.

Timestamps:

4:31 - Sales is the fastest way to become a millionaire

7:24 - Competing vs winning

11:22 - Pick 2-3 things: social life, education, or athletics

17:12 - Once you learn to make money, it compounds fast

21:41 - There's not a lot of money in wrestling

25:02 - 99.9% of people commenting are stone-cold losers

28:35 - "You changed" - isn't that the point?

34:50 - The brick wall is your advantage

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Gene Zannetti talks with Dragon Wrestling Club founder Eleazar De Luca about why cutting weight is overrated, how confidence comes from drilling proper technique, and teaching wrestlers to shoot to positions of strength instead of uncertainty.

Timestamps:

2:40 - High school wrestlers focus on the wrong things

3:38 - Learning from his own mistakes

7:16 - Soviet Union model: one coach for life

10:36 - Drilling proper technique and chain wrestling

12:23 - Teaching proper vs improper wrestling positions

17:00 - Confidence is brought by the drill

20:10 - Competition frequency recommendations

27:04 - USA Wrestling's systematic approach

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