Dumb It Down and Fight | Skylar Grote

Gene Zannetti talks with elite women's freestyle wrestler Skylar Grote about competing at Real American Freestyle against six-time world champion Adeline Gray in front of 12,000 people, how she refused to go in as the underdog even at a weight class above her own, the money in the bank analogy her coach gave her after the loss that reframed a year of close heartbreaks against elite competition as deposits she hasn't withdrawn yet, why she dumps everything down to three words before a match, you know how to fight, to cut through the noise in her head, and her goals of winning world and Olympic gold and eventually running the best women's wrestling camp in the world.

Timestamps:

2:23 - First time competing in front of 12,000 people

3:15 - Got the call a month out to wrestle Adeline Gray

6:07 - Shifted from I have to win to what do I have to do to be the best

6:28 - The money in the bank analogy for close losses

8:54 - Pre-match: dumb it down to you know how to fight

11:00 - Colorado Springs camp then Poland for international reps

14:16 - Teaching kids humbles her in ways 20 years of competing never did

18:00 - Elite women wrestlers still lack resources most people assume they have

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