# MT State Champ Tegan Jones - Wrestling Mindset Success Story Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/wrestling-mindset-487624/mt-state-champ-tegan-jones-wrestling-mindset-success-story Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/wrestling-mindset-487624/mt-state-champ-tegan-jones-wrestling-mindset-success-story.md Podcast: [Wrestling Mindset](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wrestling-mindset-487624) Published: 2026-05-25T13:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/wrestlingmindset/episodes/mt-state-champ-tegan-jones-wrestling-mindset-success-story Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/5aec535fe48f8bda3d66626d/e/6a13d86f83dd9b6e111106db/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/wrestling-mindset-487624/episodes/mt-state-champ-tegan-jones-wrestling-mindset-success-story Duration seconds: 1120 ## Resource Gene Zannetti talks with Montana state champion Tegan Jones about winning his first state title as a senior after placing fourth the year before, how four years of mindset training helped him through trial and error to find what worked best for him, why hearing "believe in yourself" from an outside perspective who had accomplished what he wanted to do made all the difference, and how he applied the same wrestling principles of hard methodical work to get accepted into Penn and Brown while aspiring to become a surgeon. Timestamps: 1:22 - Four years of mindset training through trial and error 3:44 - Placing fourth at states then pivoting for senior year 4:03 - Building self-confidence wrestling older guys as a freshman 5:06 - Why it's different hearing advice from an outside perspective 7:24 - Not worried about wins or losses, just focused on performing 9:20 - Fortune favors the bold: Aristotle quote before state finals 12:38 - Applying wrestling principles to get into Ivy League schools 🎯 This episode is sponsored by: πŸ₯— Eat Clean Bro – eatcleanbro.com Use code MINDSET for 15% off your order πŸ’ͺ Champion Athletes Sports Nutrition – champion-athletes.com Use code MINDSET25 for a special discount Please LIKE and SUBSCRIBE to the podcast and go through the archives to hear more great episodes. If you want to support the podcast, please leave a 5-star rating & review on Apple Podcasts. For all partnership and sponsorship inquiries, email mindset@wrestlingmindset.com πŸŽ™Stay connected with Wrestling Mindset πŸ”— Visit our website: https://www.wrestlingmindset.com/ πŸ“ž Book a free consultation: https://www.wrestlingmindset.com/1-on-1-coaching/ Wrestling Mindset Social Media Instagram: / wrestlingmindset Facebook: / wrestlingmindset Twitter: / wrestlingmindse 🎧 Listen to our podcast… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/wrestling-mindset-487624/episodes/mt-state-champ-tegan-jones-wrestling-mindset-success-story/transcription-requests` β€” Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/wrestling-mindset-487624/mt-state-champ-tegan-jones-wrestling-mindset-success-story.md` β€” Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.