You kind of have to take a risk on yourself at some point and believe that you can do it.

Don't overlook yourself because you think that it might be too hard with being a student athlete.

Hey guys, today on the pod, we're talking with Casey Martinez, who actually chose to not play pro.

She played college soccer at Duke, but she's actually transitioning out of the game and into medicine.

And it's been so cool to hear the perspective from someone who is taking their strengths as an athlete and putting them towards their career.

Yeah, it's incredible to hear how she balanced soccer and being a student athlete of that caliber.

I can't even imagine having all the classes she did while being a soccer player.

But she's proof that there is so many paths you can go down after playing college soccer.

And I loved how much she

related being an athlete to then the pressure of being a doctor. So enjoy the episode, guys.

Thanks so much for coming on. We were excited to connect with you and see everything that you're doing.

So we'd love to, if you could give your, our listeners just a little bit of background about you.

Grew up in Towson, Maryland, right outside of Baltimore City, ended up, you know,

starting playing soccer when I was three years old and then really playing competitively

when I was six or seven.

And I got the opportunity to play at Duke for four years.

Unfortunately, I got injured right before my senior season, so I had to

redshirt that year, but gave me the opportunity to then get a master's degree at Arizona State

and integrate health care and play there as well. I was trying to go pro, but unfortunately

had another surgery that ended up being career ending for me in the soccer realm

and that kind of steered me back towards medicine. That's unbelievable. So when you were growing up,

did you always, did you always want to play pro soccer? Were you interested in medicine? Was I always

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