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When I was a kid, I wrestled my high school amateur wrestling in junior year.

I played football. I wrestled. Those were team sports and I played for the school. When I was younger, I played kick the can and stuff like that. I loved that.

I grew up in a town with a great wrestling tradition. Then I was a team sport queen in high school; I played softball, volleyball, and soccer. Oh, and I also did ski racing.

I was an amateur wrestler, which I loved. It was my passion, but I started really late; I was a junior in high school when I began.

Instead of being like the other kids going to soccer or football practice, I was wrestling every day.

I grew up a wrestler; for a long time in Oklahoma I was a wrestler.

I was always into martial arts and boxing.

I went to college. I had a double major in biology and physical education, but my major was wrestling.

I did martial arts and karate for eight years when I was growing up.

I grew up in Westlake Villiage, a suburb of L.A. There was a guy there who was a fighter and was like, 'I'll teach you to box.' I started a little bit of boxing, then it crossed over into jiu-jitsu. I was into it for a little while, but then I started doing basketball, baseball, team sports.