“Swimming is a vehicle for life. Swimming makes you aware of the patterns in your own life – the good and the bad. Once you know that you can choose to evolve or regress because nothing ever stays the same.”
Dax Hill, The University of Texas (https://www.usaswimming.org/news-landing-page/2019/09/26/former-national-teamer-dax-hill-now-channeling-his-competitive-fire-as-a-coach)
Comment: I had the pleasure of meeting and chatting with Dax at the 2019 Mens NCAAs at UT. What the above quote refers to as mental toughness is about never giving up, always believing you can do whatever it is you are trying to do, and having the confidence in that belief to stay tough.
Watch this race (click on link), and imagine the mental toughness needed to stay in the race when you are more than a body length behind at the 100 (nice race announcing by good friend Sam Kendricks!).: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=103&v=jb65tkCaDSo&feature=emb_logo
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