...everything I've heard throughout this process has started with "Cal and Stanford will be together," and the rest I care less and less about. Cal and Stanford are going to be navigating this process together. That makes me proud.
...We all have hooks from our past that create patterns of reactions and behaviors that are often unhelpful in the present circumstance, and can greatly affect how we show up and how we perform. So the important question becomes: what are we doing with our negative emotions?
As a player, I tried to do things the right way. I was a hard worker, wanted it more, put the team first. I think I was a positive influence on my teammates, but I was often my own worst enemy mentally. I was mentally tough, but I was NOT mentally trained.
...For my entire playing career, from youth soccer to college soccer to professional soccer, I always knew that the mental aspect of both my performance and identity were very important factors in how I felt and how I performed, though I never knew how, exactly.