# @nicksantonastasso on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Dayum0Ht1PH
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/67998930-nicksantonastasso-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/717a9140b3.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-07-18T00:00:02.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Nick Santonastasso (@nicksantonastasso) — https://gondola.cc/nicksantonastasso

## Caption

Fourth grade, kickball. My friend Andrew kicked the ball because I couldn’t. I scored. And the pitcher looked at the catcher and said, ‘How are you gonna let a cripple score on you?’

I was nine.

For years I thought my body was my biggest disability. The reason people didn’t like me. The reason I’d never fit in.

Then I started training. Not for likes, to prove something to myself in private first.

‘You get praised in public for what you do in private.’ That line is real. I lived it.

The body got built. Third place in my first competition. One arm. No legs.

The people who think they can’t show up consistently don’t have a discipline problem. They have the same operating system problem I had.

Comment DIAGNOSTIC if that line just hit somewhere.

#mentaltoughness #unconsciousgoal #bodybuildingmindset #identityconsistency #highperformermindset

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- **Views:** 6,627
- **Likes:** 527
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- **Comments:** 40

## Tags

bodybuildingmindset, unconsciousgoal, highperformermindset, mentaltoughness, identityconsistency

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