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"We wait for stuff to get easier. It will never get easier. What happens is you becomes someone that handles hard better. So, make yourself a person that handles hard well. Not someone that's waiting for the easy." @karalawson20

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Coach AJ 🎯 Mental Fitness3 years ago

@rkearse3 @karalawson20 Love this speech 🙌 Challenges are inevitable. It’s your decisions and actions to do the hard stuff that will make your life easier. This mindset makes you more resilient, tough, and adaptable when challenges do come along.

Seth Williams3 years ago

@danorlovsky7 @karalawson20 So true.

Michele Mathieson3 years ago

@karalawson20 I share this with everyone I can! She is so inspiring! So motivating. Connects with her players. Teaches about life through sport/coaching! It’s obvious her goal is to have real postive life impact on her team far beyond “the game”!

Thomas Schumacher3 years ago

@danorlovsky7 @karalawson20 Watch this every time I see it!!!

D J3 years ago

@karalawson20 @SaveToNotion #tweet

John Muchlinski3 years ago

@karalawson20 Love this! I want to use this as my theme in the building next year…

FilthyShadow3 years ago

@karalawson20 Apparently not a message for trans-female athletes.

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