The following is a list of character traits that can be learned and practiced through wrestling that will help you your entire life!

1. Caring: showing concern for others through words and actions.
2. Cooperation:  being able to work with others to accomplish a task.
3. Courage: taking positive and healthy risks to benefit yourself and others.
4. Courteous: behavior that is marked by graciousness and good maners.
5. Empathy:  identification with and understanding of other’s feelings and motives.
6. Excellence: the condition of excelling or surpassing goodness.
7. Generosity:  giving or sharing liberally; unselfish.
8. Goal Setting: identifying a desired outcome and planning a line of action to achieve it.
9. Gratitude:  the feeling of being grateful or thankful.
10. Honesty: a willingness to say openly what is known to be true.
11. Humanity:  believing that people of different cultures, abilities, religions, genders, and races are equally valuable members of our society.
12. Integrity:  Consistently doing what is right and true.
13. Loyality: Faithful to one’s oath, commitment, or obligations.
14. Patience:  willingness to wait and endure without complaint.
15. Persevarance: Staying with a task; not giving up.
16. Resilience: the ability to recover rapidly from illness, change, or misfortune.
17. Respect: showing regard for self, others, property and those in authority.
18. Responsibility: willingness to be accountable for your own actions without blaming others.
19. Self-Control:  managing your behavior in a positive way.
20. Self-Discipline: training and control of one’s behavior for personal improvement.
21. Self –esteem: having and demonstrating a positive belief in you.
22. Service:  extending time and effort to help others.
23. Will Power:  the ability to overcome inner emotional and mental resistance for taking action.