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Resilience is the process of adapting and recovering in the face of adversity.
• It takes emotional strength.
• It takes adaptability.
• It takes toughness.
Resilience is a skill to learn - a mindset you develop over time.
Here are 6 things needed to develop resilience:👇
Two guarantees in life: opportunity and adversity. We don’t know when either is coming - so we must be ready and agile. Remember, if you’re not agile, you’re fragile!
Accountability is not about calling someone out, playing "gotcha", or controlling someone else. Accountability is about reminding others of standards, goals, and values. Accountability requires trust, love, and respect.
Pete Carroll said, "The thing about grit is real."
"It's about competing, pushing yourself, striving to be your best, and what's really exciting is nobody controls this, but you."
Grit isn't about talent or luck.
It's about choosing to endure. It's taking ownership.
Mental toughness requires thick skin. Don’t be easily offended by what coaches, teammates, opponents, analysts, and fans say. Take control of your mindset so you can stay positive and focused no matter what others say to you.
Stephen Vogt said, “Learn the lesson. Leave the event.”
“You made what you thought was the best decision in the moment. Then you leave it behind.”
Growth comes from reflection, not rumination.
Mistakes don’t define you.
They are part of the process - choose growth.
If you’re confident in your mental toughness, you should look forward to pressure situations, because you know you can handle them better than your competition. With this attitude, you’ll embrace pressure instead of running from it.
Matt Campbell said, "If you fall in love with the process, eventually the process will love you back."
"You've got to be prepared for your opportunity when it's ready to love you."
The process tests your patience before it rewards you.
It means stay committed and prepared.
“The process. Loving the process, loving the daily grind of it and putting the puzzle together. This generation seems to be really concerned with the end results of things versus understanding and appreciating the journey to get there,” Kobe Bryant
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Sports will help build your character, but they’ll also expose it. Everyone sees how you handle success, failure, pressure & adversity. The points, medals, highlights & accolades disappear. But the kind of teammate you were? That’s what people remember. That’s who you really are.
Grit is not the absence of fear.
It's the acknowledgement of it and having the willingness to still act.
It's being uncertain of an outcome, but remaining dedicated to it.
It's allowing the potential for failure in order to achieve success.
RESILIENCE IS BUILT THROUGH ADVERSITY
It isn’t about avoiding adversity - it’s about how you bounce back from it.
• The setbacks.
• The mistakes.
• The small wins.
The moment you realize the journey itself is the reward…
That’s when everything changes.
Being mentally tough is about:
Giving your best effort
Pushing through discomfort
Focusing on the task at hand
Blocking out distractions
Facing your fears
And staying poised under pressure
Competitive greatness is the highest level of mental toughness. It is the ability to play your best in the biggest games, against the toughest competition, under the most pressure.