Hello friends and family,
I don't post much onto the blog these days, and I apologize
but I have been using Twitter (@gentrywrestling) and Facebook
(page: Matt Gentry Wrestling) to do a lot more frequent updates on
my training and competition life. At the same time, I've been
getting a lot of requests for blogs from a different generation
that doesn't use social media. I'll leave out any comments on
age/old fashioned. :-)
I am just returning home to my beautiful wife after being
gone the last 2 weeks. I will be home about 10 days in June
and only 4 nights total in all of July. I am lucky that I
have such a supportive partner who really believes and supports me
so much. I read an article recently from the New Yorker
magazine by Malcolm Gladwell, the author of Blink, Tipping Point,
and Outliers. It talked about young geniuses and old masters
and that in ancient times, people of the arts were sponsored by
'patrons' who supported them so they could pursue their life work.
For me, I consider wrestling an art form, and I am constantly
striving to perfect my craft but for me to continue pursuing my
goals has required some sacrifices, mostly being on the road for
weeks at a time. I am very willing to make these sacrficices,
but now I am asking Emily (my wife) to make them as well. I
am lucky to have the support I have from my family, in-laws, but
especially Emily. As I near the end of my athletic career, I
am more appreciative than ever for that support, and the success I
have is really their success as well. Thank you!
Much love,
Matt