# @nicksantonastasso on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Daobb5lNCay
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/67662803-nicksantonastasso-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/da62027a96.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-07-11T00:00:08.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Nick Santonastasso (@nicksantonastasso) — https://gondola.cc/nicksantonastasso

## Caption

I was 17. Just gotten my butt kicked. Lost my match. I got off the mat and this lady came up to me crying and I thought I’d done something wrong. 

She said: ‘I want to thank you.’ For what? ‘My daughter is over there on the sideline. She never wanted to do a sport. But seeing you out there, she wants to try new things.’ 

I wasn’t even trying to inspire anyone. I was just trying to dig myself out of my own hole. And passively, by just playing full out, I was changing people’s lives without doing anything. 

That was the moment I stopped seeing the syndrome as something that happened to me. It was given to me. It was a gift. 

You don’t need a perfect story. You need to play full out.

#mentaltoughness #unconsciousgoal #playingfullout #originatorystory #highperformermindset

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unconsciousgoal, originatorystory, highperformermindset, playingfullout, mentaltoughness

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