Anthony Robles

On July 20, 1988, the doctors were not prepared when Judy Robles, age 16, gave birth to a baby boy,who was missing his right leg.    The doctors could not explain what went wrong or why Anthony Robles was missing a leg. However, his mother always told him growing up that “God made him this way for a reason,” and she made him believe it. Anthony finally realized what that reason was when, at the age of 14, in Mesa, Arizona, he tried out for the wrestling team. His first year was horrible. He was the smallest kid on the team, weighing in at a whopping ninety pounds, and without question, the worst wrestler, finishing his first year with a 5-8 record and in last place at the Mesa City wrestling tournament. Not many people believed that a tiny kid born with one leg, the worst wrestler in the city, would ever excel in such a demanding sport. However, with the support of his family and his coaches, Anthony believed he could one day be a champion wrestler; he believed he could be UNSTOPPABLE.

Despite various obstacles along the way, Anthony went from being last in the city to finishing his junior and senior years at Mesa High School with a 96-0 record, becoming a 2-time Arizona State Champion and a high school National Champion. Despite finishing with an impressive high school record, few college wrestling programs believed Anthony could excel at the next level. They thought he was too small to wrestle in college and that a one-legged wrestler could never compete with the nation’s best college wrestlers. His mother raised him with his head in the clouds, so Anthony believed he could do anything he set his mind to. This mindset compelled him to walk onto the Arizona State University wrestling team to prove to them, and the world, that anything was possible. Through trials and hardships, both on and off the wrestling mat, Anthony finished as a 3-time All-American and the 2011 NCAA National Champion. Although his competition days on the mat are over, Anthony continues to wrestle the opponents life brings his way, always believing that he is UNSTOPPABLE.

Be UNSTOPPABLE!