Difficulties are meant to help to succeed not to stop the progress. Forget bout yesterday, about tomorrow and think on the present.

       

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An injury is definitely a difficulty for an athlete. However, the difficulty that creates on an athlete is meant to rouse that athlete after overcoming the difficulty not to discourage him or her. Athletes don’t need to be physically strong only. One of the most important characteristics of an athlete is the mental toughness. Being able to overcome the pressure, fear, challenges, etc.

A difficulty does not kill an athlete it makes him stronger. It makes the athlete value his sport more. It makes the athlete better. Injuries are obstacles that help with development, not obstacles that prevent development.

It is so important to overcome the past because no one is going to a better athlete if they keep thinking on the mistakes committed yesterday. An athlete needs to move forward no matter the size or type of mistake they committed. Athletes have to let the past go to be able to succeed in the present. For an athlete that had a bad performance one day to be able to have a good performance the next day the athlete has to stop thinking about the performance of yesterday and start thinking how the next performance will be better.

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