Identity & Empowerment
The best athletes know that the path to the top is more about who you are than what you do. See how they learned to carve out that path for themselves.
Suggestion
for
Coaches
Once every 2 weeks, take 10 minutes with your team to watch a video and discuss the takeaways.
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Jason Collins, the first openly gay player in the NBA, on how to think about the stereotypes that others assign to you and how he learned to be proud of all of the things that make him who he is.
Former USA Volleyball player Cassidy Lichtman on the confronting the assumptions other people make about "people like you" and questioning the stories we're being told.
Super Bowl MVP Hines Ward on how he dealt with being different from other kids, the struggles that came with it and what he tells his own son about how he approaches people
Olympic gold medalist Jessica Mendoza on how to own the things that make you unique rather than worrying about fitting into a box.
Super Bowl Champion Doug Baldwin on how his athletic career taught him to hold on to hope when going through a dark time.
WNBA player Kelsey Plum on how she learned to focus on her health and performance rather than comparing herself to unrealistic images of women's bodies.