Apolo Anton Ohno

Fell in love with Apolo! He's probably one of the most genuine athletes out there who speaks up about mental health. I liked him so much on the HBO documentary. I love what he said and I quote "As an athlete, I have felt times where I was deeply motivated out of fear and out of a fear of failure. At times I was also motivated by the fact that I loved my sport – I was obsessed and I wanted to do the work and I felt like I could be the best – but there were many times in my career where I was driven by fear and the fact that, psychologically, I didn’t want to deal with what was going on in my own brain. That was too hard to handle, and I wasn’t OK with it and I wasn’t comfortable with it." - https://apoloohno.com/fearoffailure/ . I can totally relate… (more)