1.15 Kara Lawson: Handle Hard Better

"We all wait in life for things to get easier. It will never get easier. What happens is you handle hard better ... So make yourself a person that handles hard well." - Kara Lawson Kara Lawson was one of the best basketball players in the world. She won an Olympic gold medal and a WNBA championship, and she led the University of Tennessee to 3 Final Fours. As the head basketball coach at Duke University, she gave a speech to her team about how to Handle Hard Better that has inspired people around the world. One of her athletes was struggling with the transition from high school to college. The first couple of weeks as a college athlete can be some of the toughest weeks of your life. Coach Lawson said her athlete was waiting to get through the first couple of weeks of college workouts as if it was going to get easier for her, so she told the athlete and her teammates so many of us wait in life for things to get easier, but it sometimes never does, and we have to learn how to Handle Hard Better. Most athletes go to college and find themselves in The Pit, and they think it will get easier over time, but the ones who climb out of The Pit and find success are the ones who learn how to Handle Hard Better by getting tougher mentally, physically, emotionally, and spiritually.  Toughness is the ability to manage everything that comes at us, and it only grows under stress and pressure. Life is hard and full of obstacles, and the best learn how to handle the hard better. Reflection Question: How can you handle the hard in your life better?