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You're listening to Bulletproof Radio with Dave Asprey.

Today is a special edition recorded here at Nike's Just Do It Headquarters in Los Angeles.

I'm recording a star of E's hit series Total Bellas and Total Divas, a WWE superstar who's also an entrepreneur, none other than Nikki Bella.

Hello!

I'm really excited that we both met our schedules workout in order to do this, because I've been wanting to ask questions of someone who does what you do, which is crazy.

I hear that a lot, but only in the ring.

No, we're nowhere else.

When you watch WWE, and I think everyone has seen a few matches and we've watched it as kids and all, and you see these people doing things that look like they are completely impossible in gym all the time.

I want to understand how you got into that, because you were a soccer player, like me.

So, how did you go from being a soccer player to a professional wrestler?

Well, so it's funny when I was a little girl.

I was obsessed with the old Hollywood actresses. Every book report I would have to do.

I do it on Marilyn Monroe to where my teachers were like, okay, we've heard enough about Marilyn Monroe and your only elementary school.

Let's maybe do Eleanor Roosevelt or someone.

And I was just very, like, I loved the black and white movies. I loved Vivian Lee. I was just in such awe of those women.

And I loved sports. I loved playing soccer. And like, my idols growing up were women like Mia Ham.

And I actually remember, I thought it was the coolest thing when Nike came out with their commercial with Michael Jordan.

And it was the first time I saw women say, like, anything you can do, I can do better.

And she was just my instant, like, yes, I want to be that. And so, it was kind of funny, because since I've been young, I've always been a girly tomboy, which is very funny to say.

But I was very drawn to the entertainment industry, but didn't want to give up my sports. And my goal since I've been young, it was always to be, I wanted to be in the World Cup.

That was like my one goal. But there was part of me that wanted to be this old Hollywood actress.

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