46 Minutes With David Taylor

Spend a full 45 minutes with World Champion David Taylor as he discusses injury, weight, and Pat Downey on July 25th.

0:00 - Contrast emotions from 1 Year ago after surgery to now. 

0:06:20 - Did you know when it happened how serious the injury was?

0:08 - After the injury, how concerned were you about potentially losing opportunity at Olympics?

0:10:50 - Was it extra painful to see Pat Downey make the team at your weight?

0:13:05 - Has Downey’s trash talk gone too far?

0:14:45 - If we do 4 minute periods, no tech, how many points would you score on Pat Downey?

0:15:30 - Have you ever had this much animosity with an opponent?

0:16:25 - Where do you fit on the USA/International Pound for Pound discussion?

0:18:15 - Would you want to wrestle Sadulaev?

0:20:30 - Does DT have the best pace in the World?

0:22:50 - Did you ever question if you could wrestle your style at 86KG?

0:25:30 - What is it about your style that makes wrestlers so tired?

0:27:00 - Why did you decide to get into coaching during the height of your competition career?

0:33:10 - Contrast your coaching style vs the coaching style you were under as a youth wrestler.

0:37:10 - How were you able to avoid burn out considering you were elite from youth to HS to college to international? (Spoiler, DT did burn out twice)

0:42:10 - Has the NLWC room ever been tougher with Cael, Jake, DT, Snyder, Bo, etc there?

0:43:10 - Who is the king in the room? Cael? DT? Snyder?

0:44:00 - Are the rumors about Casey Cunningham true?

0:46:00 - Favorite part of a wrestling practice?