Nathan Payne went from getting pinned constantly as a freshman to placing third at the Georgia state wrestling tournament. His parents didn't support him, but he kept showing up and won most improved every year. He learned that small progress compounds.
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I did wrestle in high school. I started in my freshman year. I sucked. I was terrible. I was getting pinned all the time. My parents wouldn't even come to the matches. They were like, "Dude, this guy's gonna lose." But I kept going. I stayed persistent and strong, and as you guys can see, I have a couple of awards. I think I got the most improved wrestler every year just because I sucked so bad. So I had a long way to go, but I was always improving, and I ended up getting— I didn't win state, But I got 3rd in state, in the state of Georgia, which is cool. And my team ended up getting 2nd in state as a team. So, uh, didn't get 1st, but, uh, freaking tried hard and improved from being the worst, uh, getting pinned all the time to getting 3rd in state.