From a young age I was never put like I wasn't put on the same platform as as just girls like it was it was everyone

It wasn't like oh you're the best girl out there. It was, you know, how do you be the best period?

And like stop worrying about the differences,

the small differences, or the obvious differences,

it's about how to be the best.

And so I just feel like that was kind of ingrained from a young age and so

from your parents yeah okay yeah and so you know it's and and also not even just be the best but

forget it your best which could be excessively better than everyone else you know what I mean there's yeah

take it to the limit your limit not someone else's limit you know don't beat them by one being by a hundred if you can't

This is episode number 94 with Danica Patrick. Welcome to Pursuing Health. I'm Julie Fushe, Family Medicine resident and former Crossvigames athlete. Here I bring to you information and inspiration from experts and everyday individuals for how to use lifestyle to maximize health.

Thank you so much for joining me. Now let's get started with this week's episode.

Hey there, welcome back to Resuing Health.

I am super excited to share this episode with you,

which I had the chance to record with Danica Patrick at this past year's Cross Fit Games. She's a woman who

really needs no introduction but if you aren't familiar with Danica she made headlines

as the first woman to achieve a number of landmark victories on the Indy car circuit as well as in NASCAR as a professional race car driver over the past 13 plus years.

This past May, she retired from racing by competing in the Danica Double or the Daytona 500 as well as the Indianapolis 500 to finish off her career.

In addition to her racing accomplishments, Danik has been named to Times 100 most influential people.

She's also graced the covers of magazines such as ESPN and Sports Illustrated, and she's appeared in a record setting 14 Super Bowl commercials.

She recently authored a fitness book called Pretty Intense,

and she's now shifting her focus

to the next chapter as an entrepreneur and a business

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