When the game challenges you (or for that matter, if life challenges you with cancer, etc.) you must answer the challenge and figure out how to overcome the adversity.
Adversity provides OPPORTUNITY! Opportunity for the athlete to push through the adversity & struggle.
ADVERSITY BUILDS HEROIC TEMPER!
Adversity gives the athlete a chance to develop their indomitable will.
Adversity forces you to become more than just talented – it forces you to use your MIND to become more skillful by figuring out solutions.
Players do not have to have the most talent, nor be the biggest or the strongest nor the fastest, to put every ounce of their energy into getting better. The player that sees the adversity as a growing experience and a learning opportunity is the one that is going to push through it.