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It seems like the mentality that the speaker is referring to is the mindset and attitude they maintain in various aspects of their life, including sports, academics, and personal development. It's about being mentally prepared, focused, and confident in their abilities to maximize their potential and succeed. Maintaining a positive and determined mentality seems to be a key aspect of their approach to achieving their goals.

James Kavouklis | Michigan Football

And that's just something I think about a lot whenever it comes to any activity , I'm doing sports related wise , just in terms of like , I gotta work harder , I gotta push myself . And I think that's just something like a , a good mentality that it instills in people to have . Not even just with sports , but once you get older and , and whatever your job is for a just always know there's somebody working so you gotta work even harder .

James Kavouklis | Michigan Football

Not even just with sports , but once you get older and , and whatever your job is for a just always know there's somebody working so you gotta work even harder . I think one thing that I focus on is making sure that I'm always mentally in the right space that I need to be in whenever I work out , whether it comes to practice lifting or even just like the mental aspect of games , like watching film . If you're not there 100% mentally , then it's just a wasted opportunity and you only get so many opportunities to , to maximize your potential .

James Kavouklis | Michigan Football

I think one thing that I focus on is making sure that I'm always mentally in the right space that I need to be in whenever I work out , whether it comes to practice lifting or even just like the mental aspect of games , like watching film . If you're not there 100% mentally , then it's just a wasted opportunity and you only get so many opportunities to , to maximize your potential . So it's just about taking every rep seriously .

James Kavouklis | Michigan Football

So it's just about taking every rep seriously . Some challenges that I face were just the mental aspect of , of how everything goes . I remember being a , a sophomore and there's this freshman kid on the team and he hadn't even played yet in a game and we had a coach come and offer him to , uh UCF and this kid ended up being a big five star recruit .

James Kavouklis | Michigan Football

He's just a freshman and that's just something that you gotta overcome and try not to compare yourself to others . Just always know that I gotta make sure I have the right mentality when it comes to the recruiting process and , and just making sure that I believed in myself and I trusted my abilities . So my recruiting process wasn't what the normal one was just because we had COVID going on and , and had to deal with that .