Glynn Leyshon

Wrestling 1952-57, Coach 1964-80
Captain of Wrestling Team 1954
CIAU Wrestling Champion 1952-53, 1953-54
Coach of 7 League Champions 1964-80
National Wrestling Coach 1966-79
Olympic Wrestling Coach 1980

What makes a successful athlete?

I felt that if you were going to be a successful athlete, you should be completely successful. That is, watch your diet, watch your behavior,
uh, make sure you come to practices, and the whole package. And that included drinking, smoking of course was out of the question. But uh, I didn’t want my guys to drink. And they said, “It won’t hurt ya.” And I said, “Will it help you? What, you only should be doing stuff that should be positive and not negative, and not nothing.”

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