Toby Brooks

Olympian reads pretty well on the Vita as you're submitting those applications for medical school.

Yeah, well, you earned it.

I mean, your gap year story is better than most.

So I love that.

I always ask this question of all my guests.

If we were to watch a montage of your life, what song would you pick to play in the background and why?

I love that.

I drop all those into a mixtape of sorts, a Spotify playlist, and then it'll also be included in your episode.

So that one's very fitting.

I love it.

Yeah.

So one final question here.

A lot of times those who don't overcome adversity, they think about it and they think, you know, why did this happen to me?

And the athletes, the high performers that I've worked with who have navigated that the most, they would oftentimes say, you know, this happened for me.

When you look back over the whole career, all the things you've been through, all the adversity, what would you say those things did in forming you?

How did they work for you?

Love that mentality.

Such a victor's mindset, not a victim mindset, like you said.

Well, Sarah, a lot of people don't know that being on the Olympic team is not guaranteed financial success.

It can be tough.