I think the reason a lot of people uh struggle with sports , especially at an age where you're 1415 , 1617 , before you're going to college . And , you know , a lot of people don't make it to college . And I think one of the big reasons is the mental toughness and when you're young , like , especially me having a DH D and , you know , all these feelings , like it's really hard to , you know , affect that .
Like without sometimes that encouragement from your coach , you know , you'll go home in the entire day , you'll just be , you know , feeling down and just upset and not like yourself . You know , I think every college I've been to has been a stepping stone and that's why , you know , when people are like , well , did you wish you went to UCL A , your four , your whole four years ? I'm like , yeah , but I don't think I was ready to go to UCL A when I was a freshman or a sophomore or a junior or even a senior .
And even college athletes , you know , we study mindfulness , we practice mindfulness just so when we go to these competitions , you know , we're mentally stronger than other people . Like college sports isn't just about , you know , the physical side of it . It's so mental and when you're young , like , especially when I was young and in gymnastics , um I remember there'd be days , you know , there'd be days you can go in to practice and you could do everything flawlessly and there'd be days that you couldn't .
So I was 15 and when I was 15 , I was a level 10 going elite . Um I was getting a lot of college offers which they don't allow that anymore just because 15 year olds should not be making a decision on what college they go to at that age . That's crazy .
And I'm saying this because it relates to what I'm about to say with when I was getting scouted for colleges . Um I went to for different colleges for recruitment trips . And again , you know , I was a homeschooled girl in the beginning of this .
