Gene Zannetti talks with Final X champion and World Team member Wyatt Hendrickson about why he said mindset was the key difference between making the world team and becoming a world champion, how deciding to be a national champion nine months before NCA's shaped every training decision that followed, the difference between confidence and cockiness and how his opponents can feel which one you are before the match even starts, and why discipline trumps motivation every time and he trains for his future self not his present comfort.

Timestamps:

2:35 - Last year the goal was just to make the world team — now it's to be a world champion

5:00 - You can't fool yourself at worlds if you didn't live the lifestyle in training

6:12 - Dad's lesson: the match is won or lost before you even step out on the mat

7:54 - Confidence versus cockiness: confidence has nothing to do with the other person

9:02 - So locked in before the Gable finals that he never heard what Gable said to him

11:59 - Wrestling your match not your opponent's match — same principle on the mat and mentally

13:18 - Training with David Taylor and Saeed Valencia replaced his ego with humility

16:15 - Discipline trumps motivation — he trains hard today so his future self can be proud

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