The Third Element

The word courage means, "the quality of mind or spirit that enables a person to face difficulty, danger, pain, etc., without fear; bravery."

Another element within the book called Toughness by Jay Bilas is the element of courage. Courage as I define it, is the ability to do a task or activity without any sense of fear or nervousness. Jay Bilas has other thoughts, in his writing he says "To me, courage isn`t the absence of fear or doubt. Rather, courage is overcoming it. Everyone, in any endeavor, has moments of doubt, fears of making mistakes or losing. But when you can overcome those fears and doubt, you can perform with a free mind, and get out of your own way." Although I stand strong with my opinion of courage, I also agree with Jay, his definition is what leads to mine because once you have overcome those fears and doubts then you will be able to do that one task or activity without any fear or doubt.

An example of these definitions is of an NBA player such as John Wall and a big dunk, John Wall plays as the point guard for the Washington Wizards and even though he is isn`t as big as the other players he has to get over the fact that he might miss or completely get stuffed in order for him to become free minded and achieve his goal of dunking. This shows that once the players get over their doubts and fears of mistakes then they will be able to achieve with courage and free mindedness.