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As a broad concept, it emerged in the context of sports training, in the context of a set of attributes that allow a person to become a better athlete and able to cope with difficult training and difficult. Rafa himself mentions the importance the mind plays in tennis in his book rafa, when he says tennis is, more than most sports, a sport of the mind. Many experts and observers of tennis will say that the biggest difference between good professional tennis players and being an alltime great or a major champion is a. This is the book tom brady hails for his unshakable mental toughness the super bowl li mvp just delivered the greatest comeback in history.
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