Heather Mitts Feeley
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And that blows my mind. Cause at one point in my life, my five weren't great, but now they are amazing. And I feel like once I went to college, I found those athletes around me that were just driven and successful and positive and caring. And so I learned that that was helping me to become a better, not only athlete, but a better person.
And that blows my mind. Cause at one point in my life, my five weren't great, but now they are amazing. And I feel like once I went to college, I found those athletes around me that were just driven and successful and positive and caring. And so I learned that that was helping me to become a better, not only athlete, but a better person.
And that's something that we all need to continue to try to focus on is who those five people are because they have a big influence on our lives every single day.
And that's something that we all need to continue to try to focus on is who those five people are because they have a big influence on our lives every single day.
And that's something that we all need to continue to try to focus on is who those five people are because they have a big influence on our lives every single day.
How do I say it? My, my dad always used to say I'm, I'm the reason that he had gray hair and, And, and very little of it later. Um, I was a handful and in high school, I really was, um, I was not hanging out with a great group of kids. Um, you know, my parents divorced and I think that was very hard and I just was trying to kind of navigate that whole thing.
How do I say it? My, my dad always used to say I'm, I'm the reason that he had gray hair and, And, and very little of it later. Um, I was a handful and in high school, I really was, um, I was not hanging out with a great group of kids. Um, you know, my parents divorced and I think that was very hard and I just was trying to kind of navigate that whole thing.
How do I say it? My, my dad always used to say I'm, I'm the reason that he had gray hair and, And, and very little of it later. Um, I was a handful and in high school, I really was, um, I was not hanging out with a great group of kids. Um, you know, my parents divorced and I think that was very hard and I just was trying to kind of navigate that whole thing.
And, um, I wasn't handling it correctly. And I wasn't motivated. You know, I was cruising on my natural ability, but I wasn't surrounding myself with positive people. And it wasn't until one of my best friends in high school ended up dying in a car crash because he's under the influence that I realized that that could have been me, that I could have been in the car, you know, and
And, um, I wasn't handling it correctly. And I wasn't motivated. You know, I was cruising on my natural ability, but I wasn't surrounding myself with positive people. And it wasn't until one of my best friends in high school ended up dying in a car crash because he's under the influence that I realized that that could have been me, that I could have been in the car, you know, and
And, um, I wasn't handling it correctly. And I wasn't motivated. You know, I was cruising on my natural ability, but I wasn't surrounding myself with positive people. And it wasn't until one of my best friends in high school ended up dying in a car crash because he's under the influence that I realized that that could have been me, that I could have been in the car, you know, and
So that really kind of was like my aha moment. I think losing someone that's really close to you at such a young age is, it's a wake up call. Perspective, right? We can choose the right choices or the wrong choices. And it's up to us every single day. It's positive or negative. And luckily, you know, by going away to the University of Florida, I went away from those friends.
So that really kind of was like my aha moment. I think losing someone that's really close to you at such a young age is, it's a wake up call. Perspective, right? We can choose the right choices or the wrong choices. And it's up to us every single day. It's positive or negative. And luckily, you know, by going away to the University of Florida, I went away from those friends.
So that really kind of was like my aha moment. I think losing someone that's really close to you at such a young age is, it's a wake up call. Perspective, right? We can choose the right choices or the wrong choices. And it's up to us every single day. It's positive or negative. And luckily, you know, by going away to the University of Florida, I went away from those friends.
And I look back on it and I realized that soccer saved me. You know, it gave me something to focus on that I was really darn good at and that I really hadn't been, you know, putting in my all in it. And so it gave me an opportunity to kind of refocus.
And I look back on it and I realized that soccer saved me. You know, it gave me something to focus on that I was really darn good at and that I really hadn't been, you know, putting in my all in it. And so it gave me an opportunity to kind of refocus.
And I look back on it and I realized that soccer saved me. You know, it gave me something to focus on that I was really darn good at and that I really hadn't been, you know, putting in my all in it. And so it gave me an opportunity to kind of refocus.
And here I am.
And here I am.
And here I am.