Toughness

Can toughness be taught or is it something you are born with? Can you display toughness one day and not the next?  Is going to work everyday, taking care of your family and living a clean life considered tough?  Being tough especially in the face of adversity is not easy. It’s when things are not going your way or when you are pushed past your comfort zone and want to quit that is when toughness comes in. It’s having the willingness to persist and push through the discomfort. It’s having the ability to consistently perform at a high level in training, with family and work  no matter what the circumstances are. In boxing, one thing is certain; when a fighter steps through those ropes their toughness will be exposed