Anthony Robles was born without a right leg. He tried a prosthetic, but at age three he pulled it off and chose crutches instead. At fourteen in Mesa, Arizona, he found wrestling, and by his own account he was the worst wrestler on the team. He kept working. He went 96-0 his last two years of high school and won two state titles. Few colleges gave him a chance, but he went to Arizona State anyway. As a senior in 2011, he went 36-0, won the NCAA championship at 125 pounds, and was named the tournament’s Outstanding Wrestler. Robles proved what he’d been saying all along: life is about what you can do, not what you can’t.
