08/09/2026
Everything after wrestling is a easier.
I thought this was a cool quote that 3X All-Star, 2X Gold Glove, 2x All-MLB First Team and 3× Silver Slugger Award winning catcher, JT Realmuto of the Philadelphia Phillies gave to WIN Magazine a few years ago in regards to his wrestling background and growing up as a member of one of the best wrestling families the world has ever produced, the Smith wrestling family from Oklahoma (Mark, Lee Roy, John, Pat).
“You get beat to a pulp as a catcher. It’s extremely tough on your body, your knees and your hips. People can’t appreciate it unless you’ve been through it, but at the end of the season, you’re pretty mentally and physically exhausted. Throughout a season catching, you need to be strong and flexible. That’s something that wrestling helped me out on a lot as a kid. And there is the mental toughness part of it. I consider myself pretty tough for an athlete, especially for a baseball player. I take pride in being mentally and physically tough. For me, a lot of that comes from wrestling as a kid. Nothing in life is tougher than going through a wrestling season. Everything after wrestling is easier.”
J.T. REALMUTO
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