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“It's just that some of the people I've met through her, the athletes, the influencers and writers? They all have this same self-righteousness, like this assumption that what they're doing is more valuable than anyone else's work, but they don't do anything if they're not the marquee name, if it doesn't further their brand in some way. They're fucking hollow inside. I don't know, it makes my skin crawl. And it doesn't help that they all happen to be rich.”

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Book:The Wilderness
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“I honor you for every time this year you: got back up vibrated higher shined your light and loved and elevated beyond —the call of duty.”

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Author:Lalah Delia
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“Once status, self-image, and the opinions of others are prioritized above all else, players become increasingly on edge. Performance spaces are seen as dangerous, and players feel threatened by the possibility of not being enough. Once they feel this danger, their playfulness decreases.”

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Book:B.E.T. On It: A Psychological Approach to Coaching Gen Z and Beyond
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“The ability to self-regulate is important when dealing with stress. The demands of competition, the noise from the stands, and the team dynamics will cause stress for athletes. These stressors will be compounded by the athlete’s personal life and the stress they carry into these performance situations. Overall, athletes will get gripped by stress, whether in a championship game or a mundane practice.”

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Book:B.E.T. On It: A Psychological Approach to Coaching Gen Z and Beyond
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“We're not hunter-gatherers anymore. We're all living like patients in the intensive care unit of a hospital. What keeps us alive isn't bravery, or athleticism, or any of those other skills that were valuable in a caveman society. It's our ability to master complex technological skills. It is our ability to be nerds. We need to breed nerds.”

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Book:Seveneves
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“But there seems to have been an actual decline in rational thinking. The United States had become a place where entertainers and professional athletes were mistaken for people of importance. They were idolized and treated as leaders; their opinions were sought on everything and they took themselves just as seriously — after all, if an athlete is paid a million or more a year, he knows he is important … so his opinions of foreign affairs and domestic policies must be important, too, even though he proves himself to be both ignorant and subliterate every time he opens his mouth. (Most of his fans were just as ignorant and unlettered; the disease was spreading.)”

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Book:To Sail Beyond the Sunset
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“Strictly by accident, Scott stumbled upon the most advanced weapon in the ultrarunner's arsenal: instead of cringing from fatigue, you embrace it. You refuse to let it go. You get know it so well, you're not afraid of it anymore[...]You can't hate the Beast and expect to beat it; the only way to truly conquer something, as every great philosopher and geneticist will tell you, is to love it.”

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Book:Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
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“Every error is feedback that points directly toward the next step in growth.”

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Book:The Athlete’s Edge: Unlocking Mental Toughness for Teen Champions: The Young Athlete’s Guide to Overcoming Pressure, Building Confidence, and Dominating the Competition
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“Mental toughness isn't reserved for 'gifted' kids or the ones breaking records. It belongs to anyone willing to put in the mental reps.”

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Book:The Athlete’s Edge: Unlocking Mental Toughness for Teen Champions: The Young Athlete’s Guide to Overcoming Pressure, Building Confidence, and Dominating the Competition
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“Mental toughness is not a genetic gift. It is not something you are born with. It is a skill you train.”

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Book:The Athlete’s Edge: Unlocking Mental Toughness for Teen Champions: The Young Athlete’s Guide to Overcoming Pressure, Building Confidence, and Dominating the Competition
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