Responding to Adversity - On and Off The Field | USWNT Player, Kelley O'Hara

Kelley O'Hara (0:00)

I have come to understand that the phrase, this too shall pass, is so perfect for anything. At least I've come to find.

And it's not dwelling on the negative. It's finding a way to control whatever you can control to change the situation that you're in.

Michael Gervais (0:45)

Welcome back or welcome to the Finding Mastery podcast. I'm Michael Gervais and by trade in training, I'm a sport and performance psychologist, as well as the co-founder of Compete to Create. The whole idea behind these conversations is to sit down with people who are extraordinary. Extraordinary in the way that they think, extraordinary in what they do, but more importantly in these conversations is to better understand how they've organized their inner life.

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Okay, this week's conversation is with Kelley O'Hara. And she plays soccer for both the US Women's National Team and the Utah Royals FC. As a member of the United States Women's National Team, she's won two World Cups and an Olympic gold medal. And in fact, she's one of three players on the national team that played every minute for the US in the Olympic Games in 2012 How epic is that? To contribute in a way where you play every moment.

And then prior to that, she attended Stanford University, where she won the Herman Trophy in 2009