The Wrestler With No Legs | BORN DIFFERENT

[Music] being born without legs had to stop me from doing things that I want to do people just they make fun of me exciting that legs the best way to deal with haters is to use the hate to lift yourself up haters are your biggest fans so use that to your advantage [Music] my name is Zion Clark I was born with a rare condition that caused me not to have legs I was born with caudal regression syndrome it is a very rare disease one out of every hundred thousand kids are born with it each year caudal regression syndrome is a rare disease that can cause a number of abnormalities and baby-like it can be you have a portion your spine missing or in my case I was born without legs I live most my life through foster care until about 16 he came into my life when the caseworkers had reached out to me and said that they needed a placement for a young fellow they bring Zion to my home some weeks later then it came to a point to where I just knew he was mine and I just was so in love with him and I approached him one day on the couch I says iron I know that I'm not your biological mother and I asked him if I could get to be his mom he said yes I want you to be my mom I was like well let's do this the relationship with my mom is fantastic she is the greatest woman I know you know and she wants to well she wants what's best for me she wants is best for me and my sisters she never once was gonna give up on me I mean I was I was always a I was a troubled kid during school so I mean anything any little thing would make me I just got in trouble for punching lockers or just back talking to teachers you know well people just they make fun of me exciting that plagues like they think I couldn't do something or they'd be talking to me saying I wouldn't do something and turn I'd do it and get in trouble but then after a while I just got tired of it so I stopped reacting and I just left talked and eventually they started leaving me alone Oh school wasn't the greatest time for me but by the time I was a senior I was able to turn it around and get to college and start doing everything I wanted to do I started wrestling in second grade I could just go wrestle for a couple of hours waste all my energy and go home and just go and sleep when I was really little the first few matches I didn't know what to do and neither did my opponent kids some kids were scared to wrestle me I was scared the rest of them I didn't know what I was doing I adapted adapted my wrestling by a lot of trial and error I spent years figuring out what would work what didn't work and there's a lot of things that don't work but the things that do work drill them over over two completely flawless so somebody might know I'm doing it but I'm gonna do it anyway as far as they want me to I am feeling great about a match I train about twice a day every single day six days a week and it's an everyday thing it's a grind it's a lifestyle Zion was a very special athlete because he had perseverance and his determination was second to none it was very easy for me to coach him with qualities like that very good take down let's go let's go let's go get the breakdown she has no legs so he doesn't have any power for the bottom half of his body which puts him at a great disadvantage forever I noticed that because of his willingness to do the things that he needs to do to win that I knew that we could come up with something to make him successful give me see you got you see you got you I thought I am proud I'm his number one cheerleader I said I am the executive director of his fan club I I am very proud of him how at first he was just so angry but how he learned is each time to wrap that anger and to make it into something positive being born without legs haven't stopped me from doing things that I want to do the best way to deal with haters is to use the hate to lift yourself up haters are your biggest fans so use that to your advantage my dreams and ambitions one day to make the Olympic team be one of the best freestyle wrestlers in the world I want to be able to and go back tell them I like mom number one there's nobody better I'm going to try to keep getting better from there I just want to be the best the biggest lesson I've had to learn is that things when I always go your way but you have to work with what you got and once you once you're able to work with what you have multiple doors start to open [Music]

Channel: truly

Views: 9,029,898

Rating: 4.9577599 out of 5

Keywords: amazing stories, amazing story, barcroft tv, barcroft, documentary, real life, 2020, Truly, 244822, June 2020, Born Different, Zion Clark, caudal regression syndrome, Ohio, born without legs, college wrestler, wrestling, wrestler, freestyle wrestler, athlete, zion 2018, zion

Id: OmIVOts37DI

Length: 5min 3sec (303 seconds)

Published: Mon Jun 22 2020