Keep going. All my life, keep going, keep going. You know Dan Gable wrestler ? Yeah. Olympic champion. Yeah! He he said, he always said in practice he wanted to go until he quits.
I've always understood the importance of breathing from being an athlete. I was a wrestler . And wrestling is, it's really dependent on your cardiovascular health.
That was the initial impulse. Can I make "The Wrestler " with the 13-year-old girl, you know what I mean? And then it was like-- it didn't become documentary at a certain point, because I realized, just to film it naturalistically doesn't do justice to her feeling, which
It was good. I was always-- I like wrestling. I was a keen wrestler , a keen amateur wrestler . I've wrestled men in pubs and privately in my own home.
You know? Just stop. The King was this wrestler and, you know, very macho, and all that.
Maotai, or kickboxing, or even wrestling. And any wrestler from high school will tell you it builds character. And if you can't handle that, you're pretty much out right away.
You're in debt. And next thing you know, you'd have a bad afternoon, bad evening. And the sumo wrestler charges that they cried agave cried a guy moved to the side and kicks the guy in the teeth and knocked out
Female Presenter: Welcome everybody. It's great to see a big crowd here. We're excited today to welcome Jesse Ventura to Authors at Google in Santa Monica. Jesse's a former Navy Seal and professional wrestler and, I have to say, I was lucky enough to see him wrestle live back in the day a few times. And I loved it and I especially used to love watching him as a commentator on television, cause he was always astute and funny. And he used to say he was the only commentator
And then on a Tuesday morning, think about an environment-- let's say, 2011. They look like wrestlers .
and I don't know. It's the wrestlers in business? Actually, I get 32 ounces of beer.
You're in debt. And next thing you know, you'd have a bad afternoon, bad evening. And they're wrestlers , for example.
But in general, I always think about that, and to me, the best depiction of this is in Japan, where every year for some freaky reason, they take their sumo wrestlers and on national TV-- and guys this is a video. You can just hit down in the lower left hand corner of my screen and get that started.
And it's kind of like doing a fringe show at the Edinburgh Festival when you do a play in like a cafe. If you were a WWE wrestler , what would your stage name be, and what would your finishing move be?
since Marvel's "Infinity War." Yeah, I mean, if you made-- if you made up-- so first, I've just the simple story, which is-- this was a story of the professional wrestler Hulk Hogan having sex with his best friend's wife. His best friend was legally named Bubba the Love Sponge, and then Bubba the Love Sponge was secretly recording them having sex.
Would you give us any suggestions on how to find the lessons from adversity without having those catastrophic losses? If you're just a good wrestler , you know, there's ways to win.
Building. Does anybody in this room know Bill de Blasio-- the mayor of New York? Nine time world champion arm wrestler , Alexey Voevoda, is a vegan.
saying, Dad, if x equals 3, and y is unknown-- just in his blood. And he was a gifted wrestler and wrestled in 2004 in Athens. So that's my family background at least.
I didn't, I'm not a political science major and I'm certainly not a lawyer. Imagine that. All these ideas that this pro-wrestler comes up with. But anyway, those are a few of the things that as you look into this book, and I will open up here for questions in a minute, because that's usually the best way. I don't wanna just lecture, lecture, lecture. I'd like to answer questions on what's on your mind. But as you look through this book, I
And I went, "Woe, the only constant in there is me." And that's how these patterns started to develop and how we began to work with them. The Martyr becomes an Integrator, and instead it's almost like a big sumo wrestler in the sky, and you have to tackle this thing to the ground. Two people together can make agreements on
store. So he walked in, there was a gigantic rainbow flag. You know, it had a little bookstore with books like mama, He is the oldest continuously fighting wrestler in Mexico. This is his daily schedule. Um wakes he does the graveyard
to the success of Dagestani wrestlers and fighters, the coaching staff of Dagestan.
I've wrestled men in pubs and privately in my own home. And I'd always loved wrestlers boots. I was always fascinated, always was like, oh, my god, their boots are amazing.
If you know anything about wrestlers , we can't shoot the basketball.
As one of the sumo wrestlers for the heart and soul of the future of the web.
Where we brought in Lucha Libre wrestlers from Mexico City.
And it's kind of like doing a fringe show at the Edinburgh Festival when you do a play in like a cafe. And he wouldn't be so much of a wrestler .
Splaying my legs for hip control like a wrestler pinning an opponent, I yelled for help.
Dennis Rogers is a former world champion arm wrestler who has a supreme gift, he has unbelievably dense muscle tissue.
And it was wonderful though. And it was just hilarious that you had all these professional wrestlers going through all their moves so beautifully, and then me and Florence Pugh just, sort of, huffing and puffing.
Would you give us any suggestions on how to find the lessons from adversity without having those catastrophic losses? I love that we have a handful of wrestlers here.
to the Columbia wrestling team. And there's a wide range talking to wrestlers . They're receptive and, sure, I get what it's about.
bands, about professional wrestlers , just about anything, but dominated heavily by books.
to my father and secondly to the entire world that I can become the best wrestler or fighter. But I never thought of being crowned king after I became a
wrongly, I might make a good wrestler , which really terrified me on more than one level.
Dan also became the head coach of the University of Iowa, leading the Hawkeyes to 15 NCAA championships, crowning 45 champions and 152 All-Americans. At one point, almost every single wrestler who won the NCAA championships during one year was one of Dan's. Needless to say, October 25 was Dan Gable Day in Iowa.
You're in debt. And next thing you know, you'd have a bad afternoon, bad evening. You know, it's come from the sumo wrestler , the boxer, and the karate guy to a fairly different image.
But then I'm reading about him picking up a 350-pound sumo wrestler off the ground.
OK, so three things. First thing. My brother is an Olympic wrestler and a mathematician. I once ran with the Bulls in Spain.
So we've talked about father. We've talked about the truth that is a brother that is an Olympic wrestler and a mathematician. Go a little bit more on your background and tell me a little bit about those.
And he was a Rhodes scholar, a champion wrestler , very brilliant guy, and became a monk with me.
So it sounded like you took advantage of everything that you had. What about when you were a coach for the Hawkeyes and your wrestlers were training to become Olympic athletes, NCAA champions? How would you help them surround themselves with the right people?
In Japan they do all kinds of interesting stuff and having their sumo wrestlers run down the street and video tape them, it's one of the interesting things they do.
stories that's in the book had to drive around New Jersey looking for sumo wrestlers outfit for for one episode of
their most closely matched fellow aspirants. Wrestlers here, legacies there, Pakistanis to the right, woodwinds, novelists, witheringly brilliant mathematicians, faculty kids, staff
And at that moment, I realized that no matter how strong the wrestler is,
And then through that, yeah. My question here for you is, you've been a wrestler , you rock climb, you skydive, you've been a firefighter.
I don't know, just trying to do-- just trying to be chill. Yeah, no, I definitely caught "The Wrestler ," especially with those following her through her experiences. That was the initial impulse.
How much did you prep and watch for that? I mean, that's the best thing about playing a famous wrestler is that every single fight she's ever done is on there. And even the documentary was just so helpful to use, because you can see what she was like when she was younger
And I think what he's done, and he's such an enormous part of his community, I really take my hat off to him. He's amazing. Yeah, and teaching a blind wrestler is a big part of that too in the movie. Yeah, and that's a verbatim true story.
And Ric, you're widely regarded as the greatest professional wrestler of all time.