Mental Toughness

When people think of history’s greatest athletes, names such as Babe Ruth, Michael Jordan, or Michael Phelps come to mind. They picture a top tier athlete depending on the significant event(s) that earned them their title, as well virtues that characterize them. The attributes that are integral to a great athlete involve both aspects of physical excellence and aspects of psychological excellence. Indeed, the psychological aspect within sports is almost as integral as the physical aspect. The research article “A Review and Conceptual Re-Examination of Mental Toughness: Implications For Future Researchers,” researched several samples of athletes and found that those athletes who had the greatest mental toughness in their sport were most successful