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To me, resiliency is the ability to experience something really difficult—hardship, pain, struggle—to experience that, and to get to the other side of it, holding on to some form of strength or purpose. And it doesn’t mean you were the same person that you were before…but you keep that strength, you keep that toughness or that determination you had before. In a sense, it’s just holding on to the fire that you had, that kept you going…that kept you motivated and moving forward. So, really, resiliency is just not giving up. As I head over to Europe today, I’m reflecting on the last several months and what “resilience” means to me. There have been so many examples of resiliency in my life (too many to highlight in one post). My Dad greatly admired elite athletes and their resilience in their athletic pursuits. He believed that great goals could be achieved through hard work, discipline, and resiliency. This opportunity to help athletes is something that I know my dad would have been all-...

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