Originally posted by Coach Brown:
Being a former Basketball player turned wrestler in high school and watching my little bro play in highschool and in college I think that the biggest difference is that wrestling makes little boys into men and gives them a sense of confidence that basketball cannot give a growning, insecure, young man...in only 2 weeks of wrestling I have seen boys who have no self-confidence become sure of themselves..but perhaps the best aspect of "our sport" as opposed to "their sport" is that it teaches working hard for a goal has rewards beyond natural ability..many guys I wrestled with in college could not walk and chew gum but on a wrestling mat they had all the ability they needed....a big heart and alot of guts...wrestling rules and "pumpkin pounding" will always be more special to the general public but itsn't that what makes it so special..only a few of us dare to do it and that makes us brothers..we have all sweat, bled, and cried on the mat, something you never see in basketball..but you can make millions of dollars playing round ball which is nothing compared to a gold medal in wrestling..case closed...
Amen! You have put it so eloquently...
