Out of the Mouth of Babes "Our Future Leaders"
Welcome to "Out of the Mouth of Babes: Our Future Leaders" with Kevin Handley Sr.!
In this enlightening and empowering podcast, we delve into the minds of the next generation—the brilliant and dynamic youth who hold the keys to our collective future. Join our host, Kevin Handley Sr., as he takes us on an inspiring journey through conversations with young visionaries, activists, innovators, and changemakers from around the world.
Each episode of "Out of the Mouth of Babes" brings you candid and thought-provoking interviews with these remarkable young individuals who are making a significant impact in their communities and beyond. From tackling pressing global issues to spearheading innovative projects, these youth leaders are reshaping the world as we know it.
Kevin Handley Sr., a seasoned and compassionate host, skillfully uncovers the stories behind these young achievers, delving into their motivations, challenges, and the transformative experiences that have shaped their journeys. Listeners will be inspired by the depth of insight and wisdom these young guests possess, proving that age is no barrier to effecting meaningful change.
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Out of the Mouth of Babes "Our Future Leaders"
S2 E2 - Trailblazing on the Mat: Friendship and Empowerment in Girls' Wrestling
Step onto the mat with us as we spotlight two incredible athletes, Marlee Wampler and Key’Aysha Golden, who are trailblazers in the world of girls' wrestling at Richmond High School. With passion and grit, they share their journey from stepping into the wrestling room for the first time to competing fiercely at regionals and sectionals. Their stories reveal not only the challenges they faced, such as overcoming fear and injuries, but also their pride in making history as part of the inaugural girls' team. Their candid reflections highlight how they've carved out a legacy in their school's athletic history.
Experience the powerful camaraderie and growth unfolding within this pioneering team. Marlee and Key’Aysha unveil the deep bonds of friendship that resemble a sisterhood, offering each other unwavering support both on and off the mat. We delve into the evolution of their wrestling techniques, including mastering the art of the crossface, and discuss the growing visibility and recognition of girls' wrestling. From the promise of NCAA scholarships to the excitement surrounding the first girls' NCAA championship, this episode underscores the transformative potential of wrestling for young women in Richmond.
Embark on a journey of resilience, inspiration, and friendship as these young wrestlers share their dreams of competing at state and international levels. Gain insights into how they balance wrestling with other commitments and navigate the pressures of social media and peer opinions. The athletes provide personal anecdotes that showcase the strength of their community and the life lessons they've learned through wrestling. With aspirations that stretch beyond the mat, Marlee and Key’Aysha invite listeners to discover the empowering world of girls' wrestling, where perseverance and passion pave the way for future leaders.
Welcome to Out of the Mouth of Babes, a podcast for our future leaders. Today I have two exceptional young women, but first I'm going to start off by letting them introduce themselves. They're going to tell you who they are, where they're from, what school they attend and some of the things that they're involved in. Starting off to my right, who me?
Speaker 2:Hello, I am Marlee Wampler. I go to Richmond High School and I'm a part of girls wrestling. I do student council too. I'm Keisha Golden and I attend Richmond High School and I'm from Richmond, indiana, and I play volleyball and I play softball and I do girls wrestling. I play volleyball and I play softball and I do girls wrestling.
Speaker 1:All right, now I'm just going to set some ground rules here first, before we get started. I've got a lot of questions for you, young ladies, and I know this may be your first time in the studio, so it is very important to get close to the microphone when you're speaking. So you guys both have something in common, right? You guys both are members of the girls wrestling team. How did you first get into wrestling and what motivated you to join the sport? Now, the way this will work is that I'll ask a question and both of you all will have a chance to start, so I'm going to point out first to Marley first, and then Kiesha will answer the second one first. So the question is how did you get into wrestling and what motivated you to join the sport?
Speaker 2:I got into wrestling mostly from my brother's friends, because they all do wrestling and we would just wrestle sometimes. And then me and my best friend, layla, decided that we wanted to try wrestling because we just never tried anything like it before and we ended up really liking it. Yeah, tried anything like it before and we ended up really liking it.
Speaker 2:so, yeah, um, I got into wrestling because, like when I was little, I would like wrestle on my cousins and stuff with my family and then, like um, one day, like after volleyball season, marley was like you should join girls wrestling and I was like I don't know, I'll think about it. And then, like a month later, I started doing it and I liked it and I was good well, both of you young ladies had some success as freshmen.
Speaker 1:Both of you guys went to regionals, which is one step away from the state tournament. Now, the most important part about wrestling right now in Indiana is that it is now a sanctioned sport IHSA sanctioned sport. So what does it mean to you all and this is starting off with Kiki for you to be part of the inaugural girls' season in Richmond High School? Because, as you know, when you look at the record books and you go down the line, 100 years from now, there's going to be a picture and that picture is going to show you all on that picture. So how does that make you feel to be part of that history?
Speaker 2:It feels good. I don't know, I'm just ready for the future. Yeah, that's it. I feel really good to be a part of it. It means a lot to be the first girls wrestling team at our high school and I'm just glad that I'm able to be a part of it and just make history at our school now, as you know, wrestling is difficult, um and um.
Speaker 1:There are some times that it's tiresome. What were some of the challenges you faced during your first year of wrestling? Because it's different than softball and it's different than volleyball. So what are some of the challenges that you faced going off with Marley?
Speaker 2:I think a challenge I faced was probably just being scared of my opponent and just thinking, because she's been wrestling for a lot longer time than me, that she's just going to be way better than me. So that was probably one of my biggest problems I faced this season.
Speaker 1:I feel like I was doing great all season and then I got hurt with my shoulder and then I feel like we've done a lot of wonderful things. Can you share with me one of your memorable moments, something that you're the most proud of, that you dealt with this year?
Speaker 2:At sectionals. I was going for the first place spot and then we wrestled. I lost, but I was still proud of myself because I got second place and I beat the other girls in my weight class what about you?
Speaker 2:um, I think I'd say the same for Kiki. Probably just like almost winning first place, that meant a lot, and it was a very humbling experience when I didn't, because I realized that I just need to, like, try harder and just do my best, and even though I didn't get first place, I was still proud of myself, so yeah now.
Speaker 1:We were fortunate this year with girls wrestling that we had about in access, about 15 young ladies. How was your support from your teammates?
Speaker 2:um, the support from my teammates were great. I love my teammates. Um, we all have a really close bond and that's probably my favorite thing about this whole season is just meeting such amazing people. Just yeah, I love my teammates. I'm very grateful for my teammates. They're all so sweet and kind and I just love how like welcoming they were and I feel like I have a special bond with each one of them, like, and they're all different because I just we all just are so close. We're like sisters kind of.
Speaker 1:Yeah, now, I mentioned to you all that there was some wrestling happening this morning with young ladies. I mentioned to you all that there was some wrestling happening this morning with young ladies. How important is it for young girls to see you all wrestling and competing, and what do you want to do to help young ladies out in the community and to become wrestlers?
Speaker 2:I love watching little kids wrestle, Like it's so funny and I just like sometimes I just want to help them because, like they're struggling sometimes, but like if I would have started at their age. I feel like I just want to help them Because, like they're struggling sometimes, but like if I would have started at their age, I feel like I would be the exact same. So I just want to help them, but it makes me happy seeing how little they are wrestling. I love seeing the younger girls wrestle Because I know there's a future for our wrestling team at the high school and just in general.
Speaker 1:I love to see little girls trying out for wrestling. Now, wrestling is a sport that it's sequential and you have to learn the fundamentals.
Speaker 2:How has your wrestling technique and mental approach evolved over the season? At the beginning of the season I was just being aggressive and throwing girls around and stuff and just whipping out a quick little headlock and slamming them. I didn't really know what to do for real. And then one day in a match I forgot how to do a crossface and I was just like Hanley, I forgot and you were like what it did. I just remembered one day at practice?
Speaker 1:yeah, what was the question? The question is how is your technique developed over time?
Speaker 2:okay. So the beginning of the season I feel like I wasn't like really focusing on what I was doing. I was just doing it, so it wasn't really working out for me and the girls they knew how to defend whatever I was doing. I was just doing it, so it wasn't really working out for me and the girls they knew how to defend whatever I was doing.
Speaker 1:So, yeah, by the end of the season I think I got way better at controlling what I'm doing now, if there was something that you would say that is the most significant improvement, the thing that you learned the most, it could be a move or technique, or just conversation.
Speaker 2:What would you say that was?
Speaker 1:That's a good question, so something that you developed the most it could be. I love a good cross face A good cross face.
Speaker 2:I love. A good cross face, tell I love a good, a good cross face I love. A good cross face tell me why you like a good cross face because, like, like, it's like hitting them in their face but you're not because your hands like how it's like like that, like so, like I feel like I'm like punching them in their face but then, like, I like like seeing their jaw like go to the shoulder, like I know that sounds crazy.
Speaker 1:But like that sounds crazy, I know that sounds crazy, but like it does sound crazy.
Speaker 2:I know that sounds crazy, but like, I just like, like I don't know, I just like, like seeing them crawl up into like a little circle and then they turn on their back and I pin them.
Speaker 1:I love that feeling how do you see wrestling evolving in the years in richmond and in the state?
Speaker 2:I can see wrestling evolving a lot because it's already becoming a really big sport. Especially where we are at, there's a lot of little kids that like to wrestle, so I feel like it's going to be a really big thing in Richmond. I feel like it's going to get big because girls wrestling in general they just made it d1. I guess I think that's what I saw. Yeah, they like made it d1 because at first it was just stuck at d3 for so long and now it's d1 and I feel like it's gonna like involve a lot with over time so what when?
Speaker 1:um kiesha akaiki. So I'll interchange that.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I was saying Kiki.
Speaker 1:So with Key Asia Kiki is saying that it just came out on Friday, I believe that the NCAA has sanctioned girls wrestling as its 91st sport. So that means there now will be opportunities for young ladies to go to Division I schools and get scholarships and wrestle, and next year in March or April will be the first girls NCAA championship. So that is really exciting.
Speaker 2:That is really exciting, yeah, so that is really exciting, that is really exciting.
Speaker 1:Yeah, yeah. So tell me something that you want to leave for young ladies in Richmond High School when you're done with wrestling.
Speaker 2:What kind of program do you want to leave for them? I don't know, but I do think in richmond we need like way more girl programs for us girls. So I don't know, probably some summer programs. I feel like. I feel like, like the girls in richmond, I feel like there should be more opportunities and stuff handed to them. There's not a lot. I was telling my mom today how you've given me a lot of opportunities for new things and stuff. Girls wrestling has brought a lot to me. I feel like the little kids around. They would look up to the girls wrestling team if there was more things out there.
Speaker 1:So walking down the hall at school you got people know you're wrestlers. How has the attitude changed around school knowing that you guys are wrestlers?
Speaker 2:It really hasn't changed, like I don't know. Maybe people are always asking how it's going and stuff and like how our tournaments went, but I don't think people are scared of nobody's scared. Nobody's scared, they're just like that's a good.
Speaker 1:She wrestles yeah, you feel like people are supportive though, right? Yeah, yeah a lot she had to get in her um their lingo, so I hope that it's appropriate. But I just want to make sure.
Speaker 2:It's appropriate, it's all good.
Speaker 1:It's all good, and so one of the things you guys need to understand about a podcast, although I'm asking you guys a lot of questions, it's more of a conversation, right? So it's not like I know we've kind of started it off robotic, like me. Hey, so tell me this and you tell me that and you tell me this, but it's more about just having a conversation, so so, so let's yeah, so that's just a conversation and podcast.
Speaker 1:People have random conversations, right, so let's. And you're sitting by the window, so you would be right, so let's. So, so, so let's just talk a little bit about the future of wrestling. You know, if you guys right now could go to a group of young ladies and give them advice, what advice would you give them?
Speaker 2:I would say, at least try it before. Yeah, because a lot of girls are like no, I'm not going to wrestle, I'm not doing that, that's for boys or something. Or I don't want to get hurt or something. I'm like just go one day and try it and you're going to see that you like it. Yeah, I think I hear most is girls saying that they're scared to do wrestling, and I don't think it's really scary. I think they should just try it because it's actually really fun. Now, it's actually really fun.
Speaker 1:Now, when you guys came home that day, whatever day that was, and you said Mom, Granny, Grandpa, Grandpa, Uncle, I want to wrestle, Tell me the reaction of the folks in your home.
Speaker 2:I think she didn't think I was going to stick with it. She thought it was just going to be like a go try it and then just like not like it thing, like she didn't think it was serious. But now that she sees that I'm really serious about wrestling, she's really proud. My mom and my dad, they were supportive. My mom, as soon as I got home I was like oh, I'm going going to wrestling tomorrow. I forgot to tell you. She was like what, when they have a girls wrestling team?
Speaker 2:And I was like Hanley, he's been wanting me to do it. He's been asking me since sixth grade and I told him I would in sixth grade and he remembered. So I pinky promise. And then she was like okay. And she was. I was like and he's gonna let me borrow some shoes real fast just to see if I like it, because he doesn't want me to buy or spend money unless I like it. And she was like okay. And then my dad the next day, he was like I think you should and you should stick with it because you're just like very talented and I think you would succeed in it.
Speaker 1:What was your first practice? Like the first time you went into a wrestling room, were you nervous, excited or mixed feelings or both?
Speaker 2:I was really nervous, Like I thought I was about to get beat up or something. I was like I don't know what to do. I wasn't nervous, I didn't think I was going to get beat up or something. But I was like I don't know what to do what was the most exciting thing that you learned within the first few weeks of wrestling? Um, I don't know. Probably taking a shot, uh, eating on on um when you have a thing when you have a meet Eat after weigh-ins. That's very important.
Speaker 2:That was the most surprising thing yeah because after that one day I was scared.
Speaker 1:Now, have you guys Always made weight? Yes, no Tell me about the process Of like, because one of the things, just to be clear, that I said to you all was that I did not want to force you to be, let you know, losing weight, but tell me about something that like. So tell me what was your thought process as it relates to, you know, losing weight, being in a weight class. Focusing in on this is where I need to be.
Speaker 2:I thought it was going to be really hard to maintain my weight. But it's actually not that hard. If you just I don't know, I don't know. I just thought it was going to be harder to maintain my weight. It was kind of easy for me. I don't know, I was just. I've never been off weight. I think I've been under Under, yeah, just by a little ounce.
Speaker 1:So, as you know, wrestling physically and mentally can be challenging, right? Yeah, I mean it can put you in a position where you are extremely you leave practice. You're extremely tired, you're mentally tired. How did you guys push through some of those days when coaches yelling at you and you don't understand why the coach is yelling at you? How do you push through that? You don't understand why the coach is yelling at you. How do you push through that? What do you do to put yourself into a position where you can overcome some of those things?
Speaker 2:I just give it to God. Just give it to God. I just think about how my senior year I got a Wednesday. Yeah, also having a good mindset. Yeah.
Speaker 1:That's important. So I like that to have a good mindset. And then you also mentioned you know turning it over to God you know what I mean and praying about it and working through that. So those are very key, key components to dealing with adversity In wrestling. This year there were some obstacles, and particularly in competitions. How did you face those obstacles?
Speaker 2:I just tried to do my best and just think of the positive outlook of everything. If I do lose, it's okay, as long as I just gave it my best and just tried my best Every tournament. That was a question, right. It was tournament, Every tournament, I would go in and I would just be like I got to cook.
Speaker 2:I got to cook I got to cook, I got to get first, and if I don't get first, it's okay, because at least I tried. But I want first, I need first, I got to have that, I need that, I want that, I need that.
Speaker 1:Is there a wrestler wrestler, male or female and I know it's hard because you guys may not have focused a lot about, you know, on the sport but who inspired you? Have you guys had a chance to really look at and there hadn't been too many um, you know, um, there hadn't been too many, um, you know, women wrestlers. Besides, locally we have some very talented young lady wrestlers, but are there any? Is there any wrestler that that inspires you? Like um famous famous or local or people that you've seen probably more local.
Speaker 2:Like people have wrestled and just like my. Like people have wrestled in my weight class. I just like look like, look up to them and like that's going to be me next year.
Speaker 1:So older wrestlers that?
Speaker 2:Yeah, and just like I don't know A lot of the girls on the center field team, they were very inspiring. They're very sweet and kind. It's not I don't really have like famous people, it's like more local, like Claire. One day at our tournament we met this girl named Claire.
Speaker 2:Oh, yes, I love Claire and she went against our Claire and she's so sweet and she was just like she was just like she was just so sweet in like giving us tips on what to do and stuff and helping us and stuff, and she wasn't rude. Yeah, she was really. A lot of girls, a lot of the girls that you meet during wrestling they're not rude, they look intimidating sometimes, but they're like so sweet yeah and I believe um claire was from switzerland county.
Speaker 1:Yeah, she made it to state. Yeah, she made it to stay.
Speaker 2:I seen that and I took a screenshot and sent it to the gc because I was like, look y'all, there goes. Claire, yeah, she was very kind, and we like just met her that day and she was, yeah, and Zuri and Kami, they're sweet too.
Speaker 1:Yeah, and one day we're going to have Zuri and Kami up here as well, so I've already talked to them I it. So that'd be a great time. Yeah, that would be a good, and maybe we can get some intermingle, you know, like with you guys, with them as well. What skill have you been working on the most since you started wrestling and what's the fun like what's been the most fun to improve on? So what's what skill or technique or take down or that you feel like you worked on the most all season?
Speaker 2:I really like working on my pins because it's always cool to do like a cool pin. But I think I what I've looked. Oh my gosh what I've worked most on is probably my double legs, because I love double legs. Um, I don't really know. I practice, like I do stuff at practice, but like when I'm on the mat, like I forget about all that and I just go out there and wrestle. And like I just know like, oh, I got to slam her, I got to pin her, I might hit a quick cradle.
Speaker 1:So now, we didn't talk about this at the beginning, but tell the folks out there in podcast land, what weight class did you wrestle?
Speaker 2:I wrestled a 125 weight class. I wrestled a 155.
Speaker 1:So as we look at going forward, right, we look at how to move forward in wrestling. What are your goals for next season and where do you see yourself in the sport a few years from now?
Speaker 2:A few years from now. I see myself as an inspiring role model for the Richmond High School and I feel like in a few years I'm going to be excellent at wrestling. I'm going crazy. Wait, I'm sorry. What was the question?
Speaker 1:What are your goals for the rest of the season and where do you see yourself in the sport in a few years from now?
Speaker 2:My goals for next season is probably most definitely making it to state oh yeah, true, yeah. And for the future, yeah, just being an aspiring role model to all of the young girls that want to do wrestling. Yeah, yeah, they just look up to me. I want to be like oh there goes, keisha Golden.
Speaker 1:Yeah, she used to be my neighbor People.
Speaker 2:Just knowing my name, I met her in the Dollar General one time.
Speaker 1:I made her Starbucks drink. What has?
Speaker 2:wrestling taught you that you did not think wrestling would teach you. It has taught me to have a really good mindset and to just always stick through with things and not to give up. Yeah, I think that's it. I think it has taught me that it's really about like, it's really about what's going on in your head If you think you're going to lose, you're going to lose. If you think you're going to win, there's a 50-50, but it's more 75 than 50.
Speaker 1:So wrestling is something that you guys enjoy doing. Where do you see yourself in the offseason? I know you guys are transitioning into other sports. Are you planning to continue to, or are you wanting to continue to still wrestle, compete, practice?
Speaker 2:Yeah, I was planning on doing a lot of offseason practices, maybe some offseason wrestling. I just really want to stay involved and in shape for next season. Like there's softball, because I'm splitting the days up with softball and wrestling for like off-season, and then in the summer I'm going to join Ben's wrestling club and me and Marley's going to wrestle our butts off all summer. Yep, I don't know how to read.
Speaker 1:Tell me a little bit about what are some other things you're interested in.
Speaker 2:Maybe traveling the world to wrestle? That would be fun. Yeah, that would be fun. I don't know if that's really what you meant.
Speaker 1:Yeah, absolutely.
Speaker 2:I want to go D1 and travel. I want to wrestle in, like Italy. I don't know, I just really want to wrestle in Italy. Yeah, italian bread, italian bread. Yeah, like after my meal, I'm going to eat some Italian bread, italian bread. Yeah, like after my meal, I'm going to eat some Italian bread. That just sounds good. It's only funny because never mind, never mind.
Speaker 1:Now, one of the things that you know I've had a lot of kids up here before and one of the things we talk about is and we've talked about is how do you deal with the stresses of school and social media as you play, as you try to become an elite athlete, right? So sometimes the you know the pressures of outside will tell you that you should not, you be focusing on a sport like wrestling. How do you guys deal with that?
Speaker 2:I love this topic. So basically, when I went to join wrestling, the significant person was telling me not to do it, not to do it, not to do it, not to do it. But then I was just like who are you to tell me what to do? Because you're not my mom, you're not my dad. So I just did it because they told me not to. I think that's just Kiki for you.
Speaker 1:So what about you?
Speaker 2:I kind of forget the question.
Speaker 1:Marlene, I'm sorry I'm so bad at this. Help her with the question, Kiki.
Speaker 2:Yeah help me with the question, please. Like when someone was telling you not to do wrestling, or to stop it or to quit, how did you feel? I just ignored it and just continued to do what I wanted to do. I really like wrestling, so I don't think anyone can stop me from doing it or anything.
Speaker 1:Now one of the things that may be a little difficult sometimes for young ladies and this is a conversation that I've had. I had a group of about five young ladies up here over time and we talked a little bit about friendships, right? How do you manage friendships and continue to keep having healthy friendships when you're doing something positive and your friends may not be doing things positive?
Speaker 2:Well, a really good thing about this is, I think all of my friends do wrestling. I have no friends really, I'm kind of lonely, but all of my friends I do have are on the wrestling team, so I don't have to worry about that. All of my friends, I have got them to be involved with wrestling or like doing wrestling yeah, like jasmine? Yeah, I love jasmine, she's juicy. J shout out, sorry. Shout out to the manager shout out to the manager.
Speaker 1:Shout out to Juicy.
Speaker 2:J, yeah, and Emmy two times.
Speaker 1:Emmy two times and Juicy J ma.
Speaker 2:The two managers. We love them, we love them. They're very fun, and you know what I mean.
Speaker 1:How did you deal with? So? How did you deal with? So let's talk a little bit about self-doubt. You know, I heard both of you guys talk about self-doubt, uh, in wrestling, like, how did you deal with the self-doubt?
Speaker 2:um, I don't really know, like, like that, at the tournament and it was the tournament we had the boys were right across from us. I don't know lafayette yeah, that tournament. When, when you lifted up my shoulder after that meet and like oh my God, it was so sore, and then I had a meet like 20 or 10 minutes later, I was just like I can't like let this affect me from winning, like I have to at least like place because I was sick again.
Speaker 1:third place I was very angry that day.
Speaker 2:Yeah, I'd probably just say giving it my all, yeah. Yeah, I was very angry that day. I'd probably just say giving it my all. Yeah, no matter what the inconvenience is.
Speaker 1:How do you approach? You know, you guys have said Now, and one of the things you've done is you've Built the people that have been around you. You've now gotten them involved In wrestling right. And so I'm sure you guys have some other friends lingering around that you used to hang with, and I don't want to get into names or anything and I don't want you to talk about specific situations that somebody may be watching. This will see. But how do you— no shade, no shade.
Speaker 2:No shade, no T, no shade, no T, no shade.
Speaker 1:Yeah, All T no shade. No T, no shade. All T no shade. How do you approach building strong, Healthy friendships? Right, how do you deal with that as a young lady who now is a young lady wrestler? How do you approach building Strong, healthy friendships? Trust yeah, a lot of trust.
Speaker 2:It's like just you gotta trust each other and like if you got to trust each other and like if you have like a negative friend always getting you in the mix and drama, just cut them off.
Speaker 1:Yeah.
Speaker 2:Or at least try to help them to change, try to revolve the issue. And if, like, it just keeps getting worse and worse and you're like not messing with it, just leave them alone. Because they're not worth their time. Yeah, no tea, no shake.
Speaker 1:No tea, no shake. What do you value most in friendships, Like what do you guys value in friendships?
Speaker 2:A trust. I think trust is like being able to tell each other whatever it is and just having each other's backs and always being there for each other. Don't backdoor each other. Yeah, don't backdoor.
Speaker 1:So you talk about trust. So what's a quality in someone?
Speaker 2:that instantly.
Speaker 1:Close that backdoor door. What'd you say? You're singing a song.
Speaker 2:Close that backdoor door. Don't get snaked out by your homie. What she?
Speaker 1:said close that backdoor, don't get. Is that a song?
Speaker 2:Oh, don't close that back door. It's a song. It's a song, okay, sorry.
Speaker 1:Who was that song by Lil.
Speaker 2:Durk who Lil Durk Lil.
Speaker 1:Durk, lil Durk, close that back door. All right. What's a quality in someone that instantly makes you trust them?
Speaker 2:Jasmine.
Speaker 1:No, I don't want name, I want, I want, I want, I want a characteristic because, remember, ladies, well, you are, you, may you, they may be younger ladies seeing this.
Speaker 2:So I want you, I want them to be able to like, learn from your examples I feel like when you see like someone like you just get that feeling about them, like their energy and like once you like are around them enough, you get to trust them. You can tell if it's off or if it's good energy, if they're bringing good spirits around you and stuff or bad energy. Yeah, I think I'd have to agree with Kiki. Okay, bruzo All right.
Speaker 1:How do you stay confident on days when you just feel down and you're just tired? How do you guys stay as confident as you sound right now?
Speaker 2:I just do it. Just do it, get it over with, get it off the schedule, just yeah, lock in. I think I just try to build myself up. I don't know I don't really have any moments where I'm like non-confident, I don't think, but I do have my moments. But I think I just get over it and just build myself up and yeah, like sometimes I just feel like I got to do better next time. And then I do better next time because I don't want to feel that same feeling again.
Speaker 1:And what I noticed with you guys as long as you got the edges right, you got the necklaces on the rings. You're good, is that true?
Speaker 2:Yeah, yeah, looking good, feeling good.
Speaker 1:Looking good. Like you know there's a famous football player he's a coach now Deion Sanders, and he would always Deion used to say in order to look good, you look good, you play good. You guys ever heard that?
Speaker 2:No. No that sounds like something a boy would say, though it sounds like something Kevin would say oh, that does sound like something, kevin.
Speaker 1:Junior. I'll let him know that.
Speaker 2:Oh, he's going to clock our tea.
Speaker 1:No, we talked a little bit about media. Right, you were talking about Lil Durk, who's a rapper out of Chicago. So we're going to transition a little bit and talk about some of your interests, right? So talk to us a little bit about a TV show that you guys have been watching lately.
Speaker 2:It's called Pretty Little Liars Summer Camp and it's like the best show ever.
Speaker 1:What's it on?
Speaker 2:It's on HBO Max. Any good books that you've read. It's called Girl Interrupted, girl Interrupted Sorry guys. I love that book and I love the movie. They got a movie too. One of my favorite books, or One of Us, is Lying. It's a good book.
Speaker 1:What about artists? I know you guys love music. Who's in your? I would say, back in the day they used to say who's in your back in the day they used to say who's in your tape deck or who's on your record player, but who's in your phone? Who's in your Apple music? There's a few.
Speaker 2:We got starting off top ten, right You're going to do ten. I don't want ten. No, top five, top five, top two, no, five, top five. Okay, votto Lil Baby. Frank Ocean, party Next Door, bryson Tiller. Okay, that's four. Since she did her, that was five. Since she did her top five, I'll do my top five Drake Drizzy, drizzy, drizzy, oh, drizzy. Okay, drake Lil Baby, maybe, maybe, frank Ocean.
Speaker 1:Red.
Speaker 2:Bell. This is hard y'all. That's it, guys. Red Bell.
Speaker 1:What about Tupac? Any of y'all like Tupac?
Speaker 2:He's out of range.
Speaker 1:Tupac's the greatest rapper of all time. No disrespect.
Speaker 2:I like Chyna Scambino. Chyna Scambino, I don't know who else. I don't know who else.
Speaker 1:All right, so I'm going to transition just a little bit. Okay, okay, okay, what is a?
Speaker 2:failure. That you've learned from that made you stronger. When I lost at regionals, I was very mad because my shoulder was not on the map. No disrespect to the ref, yeah no shade.
Speaker 2:No shade, no T, but my shoulder was not on the map. I checked video. My shoulder was not on the map. I checked video. It's not on the map. But I'm glad the girl won. She's very good and I didn't realize she tried to help me up. Sorry, I didn't let you help me up. I was just very angry that I got cheated and I think she ended up winning the state she did she's very sweet she is, and she's very good.
Speaker 1:I good, wasn't the girl that was beating on her? No, no, it wasn't her. I don't know who that was. I think she's a four-time state champion.
Speaker 2:Oh, that's Ella Harlow, Harlow or something.
Speaker 1:Her hero. No shade, no tea.
Speaker 2:It wasn't shade.
Speaker 1:Yeah, it wasn't shade. She's good, all right, what about you?
Speaker 2:What's what's a failure? You've learned from that made you stronger.
Speaker 1:Whenever like, does it have to?
Speaker 2:be in wrestling? No in life, okay, whatever. Like a couple, three years ago I think, my mom got me a little duck for my birthday and my mom was stop looking at me, and one day it was walking around the house and I didn't see it behind me and I accidentally stepped on it. So it made me realize to watch my surroundings and don't step on nothing. It was sad, though I think it was one of my biggest failures, your failures.
Speaker 1:What does success mean to you?
Speaker 2:Success. Success means great times, living life to the fullest. It means happiness. I love success. I think it means a lot because then it means there will be more people proud of me, and just proud of my accomplishments. So I love success. It feels like you've completed a chapter out of your book.
Speaker 1:Yeah, what's one skill that you've loved to master? I mean any skill. What is one skill you would love to master?
Speaker 2:Word love Time managing. What skill did you love to master? I mean any skill. What is one skill you would?
Speaker 1:love to master.
Speaker 2:Would love Time managing. I think a skill I would love to master is a single leg, because I suck at them and I need to get better at them. Taking shots I don't take shots, I just start slamming, and I also dislike doing drills at practice and running for 30 minutes yeah, all shade.
Speaker 1:All shade, I'm with you All shade, all shade. How do you set goals and what keeps you motivated?
Speaker 2:I just really have goals towards sectionals and regionals and state. I didn't really have goals at the beginning Because I was just not getting into it, but I was just like I gotta complete this task. It was really like side quests yeah, side quests, love a good side quest. How do I manage goals? Was that the question? How do you set goals? Was that the question?
Speaker 1:Yeah, how do you set goals?
Speaker 2:Oh.
Speaker 1:And what keeps you motivated?
Speaker 2:Oh, I don't know. I just like tell myself I need to do this and I need to get better at this, and then I just work towards it and I think what motivates me the most is just like thinking about how it can make my family proud and how it can mean something. Yeah, yeah, I hear that too all right.
Speaker 1:If you had any superpower, what would it be?
Speaker 2:invisibility. Why? And why why how is that missing? Because, like, like, if it's invisibility, you can get things like done, that you want to be done, like you can. You can spy on people you can. That's messy, see. That's what I said, that's messy. No, no, you can, you can get to skipping in lines and stuff you could skip traffic. I feel like that's.
Speaker 2:How is that messy skipping in line and no like spying on people, no, no, like, say, you were like like you can't be five minutes late, and then you're four minutes late and then there's a line you can skip in front of someone and do what you got to do, like clocking in the work or something, and then boom, um, mine would be teleport, teleport, be teleportation, teleportation, yeah, when you say teleportation. Yeah, so I can just be wherever I want to be.
Speaker 1:You can go back in time. Is that what that means, teleport?
Speaker 2:That would seem fun. I mean, that is kind of teleporting, but I just mean like say, I want to go somewhere and I could just be there.
Speaker 1:Hey, I want to go to Las Vegas. Boop, boop, I'm in, go somewhere, I could just be there.
Speaker 2:Hey, I want to go to Las Vegas. Boop, boop, I'm in Las Vegas. What if I had like alien tentacles.
Speaker 1:All right, ladies, If you could leave anything. This is your time to tell the people in the audience about the beauty of wrestling, or anything you want to share, please share it now.
Speaker 2:Wrestling is great and you meet a lot of great people and it's just a really fun thing to do if you have nothing to do and you want to get into a new sport, because I think it's really easy to learn, because it looks really hard, but I've learned a lot in one season so yeah, and like you don't.
Speaker 2:You don't just have to be aggressive to be good at wrestling, because a lot of our girls before I meet like they'll say like they're scared or how they're not aggressive but like if you just do, like what you're supposed to do and get it done, I think you could win. And then like, if you're going, if you're doing what you're supposed to do, in practice you'll learn and improve a lot alright.
Speaker 1:Well, ladies, if you're doing what you're supposed to do in practice, you'll learn and improve a lot. All right, well, ladies, I appreciate you guys spending this time with me on Out of the Mouth of Babes. Keep up the good work. You guys back on here again to talk about what it's like to be a teenager in 2025, what is it like to be a young lady in 2025, or any other topic you guys want to discuss. So if you got some ideas of things you want to discuss, you let me know. We can have you back up here. Do you guys have any questions for me? I think I don't have any questions for me?
Speaker 2:I think I don't have any questions, but I think you should start the Rez podcast.
Speaker 1:The Rez podcast.
Speaker 2:Yes, we would love it. We could talk about anything on there.
Speaker 1:Alright, let's do this, Kevin, out of the mouth of Bay. It's a podcast for your youth.