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Despite its toughness, the device is lightweight at just 2.1 ounces and compact, measuring 3.7 by 2.4 by 0.47 inches.
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Iyaz Akhtar, PCMAG, 6 Jan. 2025
Staying on the field has required a mental toughness, too, especially the last few years.
—Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 4 Jan. 2025
But according to Henry, the Patriots’ rookies are learning that self-criticism has its limits; a critical ingredient to the mental toughness required to stick in the NFL.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 3 Jan. 2025
The key to mental and physical toughness, its proponents claimed, was following a set of daily rules for 75 days: Work out twice for 45 minutes, maintain a strict diet, drink a gallon of water and read at least 10 pages of nonfiction, among other things.
—Talya Minsberg, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
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Iyaz Akhtar, PCMAG, 6 Jan. 2025
Staying on the field has required a mental toughness, too, especially the last few years.
—Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 4 Jan. 2025
But according to Henry, the Patriots’ rookies are learning that self-criticism has its limits; a critical ingredient to the mental toughness required to stick in the NFL.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 3 Jan. 2025
The key to mental and physical toughness, its proponents claimed, was following a set of daily rules for 75 days: Work out twice for 45 minutes, maintain a strict diet, drink a gallon of water and read at least 10 pages of nonfiction, among other things.
—Talya Minsberg, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
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“Toughness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toughness. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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