Ben Kunzle is a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt under Roberto “Cyborg” Abreu, motivational speaker, and athlete for the South Florida Rattlers Wheelchair Rugby Team. Ben suffered a C5-C6 spinal cord injury during training that left him paralyzed from the biceps down.

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Here’s the timestamps for the episode. You should be able to click through the timestamp on most players: 

(0:00) Intro

(1:50) Spinal injury incident

(9:47) Divorce, broken homes, and young athletes

(15:00) Coaches functioning as parental figures

(19:00) Paralyzed: New life path

(28:00) Hope

(32:00) Working out and wheelchair rugby

(43:00) Driving cars, mobility, and freedom

(50:00) Doctors, pills, and pain

(56:00) Keeping your head up

(1:06:00) Online trolls and bullying

(1:13:00) Importance of humor

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