Wrestling Blogs - Steve Costanzo

Friday, October 30, 2009 The Husky Voice – Volume 1, Issue 2 St. Cloud State University Wrestling By Coach Steve Costanzo The month of October is nearly completed and the team is starting to come along nicely. With nearly 11 weeks into the semester, enthusiasm for a new wrestling season is under three weeks away. IN SESSION We have officially been on the mat now for about three weeks. A lot of people have been asking - how are you guys going to be this year? I have to say – I really don’t know. Time will answer much more… more »

The next question is WHAT are you holding back? For example; energy, effort and love, ect. We all hold something back. Holding back is the key reason we have Mediocre performances and experiences. Giving all you've got is the Key to Exceptional performance and experiences. Do you want to be EXCEPTIONAL ... or ... average? Just by waking up in the morning...You've Made it to the "Average" Club. What you do after that makes all the difference. Holding back is why people sometimes fail. When you hold back you never fully know what may have happened if you went "all… more »

"FOCUS ON THE GOOD, CRUSH THE BAD AND SPREAD THE LOVE" This was based off the time I had to take a shot in the arm that would say to all........I will live or I will die. Basic bee sting type recipe the killed the tumor, the reaction if it was bad would was a bee sting kit to stop the reaction and then the tumor would grow with no help.I sat.....thought a very long time about what frame of mind I would wrestle this challenge in. FOCUS ON THE GOOD- positive mind set, no matter how the fight goes… more »

"The virtue of all achievement is victory over oneself. Those who know this can never know defeat." - A.J. Cronin Yet I am not ashamed, because I know whom I have beleived, and am convinced that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him for that day...Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that day - and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing. - Tmothy 1:12; 4:8 Keep beleiving in yourself. Put your faith… more »

Tuesday, September 22, 2009 The Husky Voice – Volume 1 St. Cloud State University Wrestling By Coach Steve Costanzo Today is the first day of fall and the crusty corn fields are showing significant signs that the wrestling season is just around the corner. As there is hope for a bountiful harvest, there is hope for a successful season of Husky wrestling. Getting Started It has been an exciting pre-season for the Husky wrestling team. Fifteen new members have joined the squad and the incoming recruiting class has been nationally recognized by Wrestling USA Magazine. While our work-outs have been… more »

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"Unsinkable Ships - Sink, Unbendable Steal - Bends." Keep believing! more »

The below quotation is from one of our great men in the sport of wrestling - Mark Schwab - former UNI All-American."No easy points ever: This is a wrestling commandment. At no time in our sport do you ever render easy points to an opponent, be it in practice or competition. You have to slug this out and make your opponent earn, work, and exhaust themselves to get points on you. If you allow this, you’re setting yourself up for future defeats. NEVER put yourself in a position where all you can do is hold on. You become limited. You… more »

One of my favorite songs...listen as it all makes sense to me: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-UP26qH9Jc more »

As we work together to become something more than individuals, let us find strength and solace in each other. As the way becomes hard and the path becomes narrow, give us your strength Lord to go on. And as we strive to better ourselves, lead us safely into the light of your knowledge. For with you, we find a strength we will never know alone. more »

Funny how simple it is for people to trash God and then wonder why the world's going to hell. Funny how we believe what the newspapers say, but question what the Bible says. Funny how you can send 'jokes' through e-mail and they spread like wildfire, but when you start sending messages regarding the Lord, people think twice about sharing. Funny how lewd, crude, vulgar and obscene articles pass freely through cyberspace, but public discussion of God is suppressed in the school and workplace. more »

"You can never pay back, but you can always pay forward." Woody Hays more »

1. PAIN OF HARD WORK 2. PAIN OF REGRET One is temporary, the other lasts a LIFETIME! more »

There's no Limit to What You Can Do...But to Find Out What You Can Do...You Must First Put It All On The Line... The reason most people don't put it all on the line is because the very act of putting it on the line exposes any weaknesses and, of course, any strengths. Putting it on the line means going all out...holding nothing back. HOW ELSE WILL YOU KNOW WHAT YOU REALLY CAN DO? HOW ELSE WILL YOU BE ABLE TO MAKE ANY CHANGES BASED ON EXPOSED WEAKNESSES? You need to know what your strengths are just as you must… more »

"For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the world-rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places." Ephesians 6:12 more »

Without God our week would be: Sinday, Mournday, Tearsday, Wasteday, Thirstday, Fightday & Shatterday. more »

An Angel says, 'Never borrow from the future. If you worry about what may happen tomorrow and it doesn't happen, you have worried in vain. Even if it does happen, you have to worry twice...' more »

"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass It's about learning to dance in the rain." Ephesians 5:15 encourages us to 'be very careful how you live, making the most of your time.' Each and every one of us goes through tough times, but God is getting ready to bless us in a way that only He can. more »

Change is a scarry word. Although, in somecases it is necessary to build character, to build strength. I found this below story and I though that I would share. Radical Adjustmentsby Charles R. Swindoll more »