I think part of that mental toughness that may be overlooked is being dedicated and putting in the time to become a true champion. If you devote a good amount o

I think part of that mental toughness that may be overlooked is being dedicated and putting in the time to become a true champion. If you devote a good amount of your waking hours to a craft or sport and you use that time properly (learning to do things right rather than doing them repeatedly wrong) then you will excel. I learned this from one of my Drumline instructors at university who was also a biology professor; He stated that one of his students did poorly on his exam and the student said he studied hours on end and didn’t know how that could happen. The professor replied, the amount you study isn’t nearly as important as studying efficiently and correctly. He then likened that to us practicing drums he said, if you spend hours practicing with improper technique then you are doing yourself a disservice and he finished up by saying you will only perform as well or likely worse than how you perform while practicing. Despite that efficiency beats time in most aspects, if you want to do well at the National and international level you will still likely have to devote a very major part of you waking hours to honing your skills efficiently.