Mental Toughness
Yumi is in the volleyball club.// She often gets nervous before a game.// She found a magazine article/that shows how successful athletes/develop the mental toughness/to perform up to their full potential.//
1  Let’s get tough!//
　　Mental toughness is the ability/to use the full power/of your mind and your will.// It will help you in any situation/in which you have to remain calm/in the face of difficulty.// Mental toughness means/focusing all of your attention on the challenge/that you are facing at the moment.//
　　Mental toughness does not come naturally.// It must be learned.// Just as physical toughness requires long, hard training,/mental toughness requires lots of practice.//
　　Athletes are ahead of the crowd/in developing mental toughness,/but almost anyone/—artists, musicians, actors,/scholars, teachers, and students—/can learn the techniques/that athletes use.//
　　If you are facing a difficult tennis match,/an upcoming concert,/or a challenging examination,/mental toughness will increase your chances of success.//
　　Here are your mental toughness key words:/Stay focused.// Relax.// Talk to yourself.// Use imaging.// Practice for failure.//