His durability and his toughness are second to none. He's proved that he'll play with courage and sacrifice his body, which he's done.

A year ago he was just trying to play and not make mistakes. This year you've seen not just his improvement on the football field but in the other intangible things also.

Jen isn't afraid to sacrifice her body and go hard for the ball. She anticipates well, has great reach and holds onto every ball that goes in her stick.

Every man gives his life for what he believes. Every woman gives her life for what she believes. Sometimes people believe in little or nothing, and so they give their lives to little or nothing. One life is all we have, and we live it as we believe in living it…and then it’s gone.

But to surrender who you are and to live without belief is more terrible than dying – even more terrible than dying young.

It's all about heart. If you're willing to do it, and you're willing to sacrifice your body and put your body out there and do whatever the team needs, that's what it is.

There are so many ways to be brave in this world. Sometimes bravery involves laying down your life for something bigger than yourself, or for someone else. Sometimes it involves giving up everything you have ever known, or everyone you have ever loved, for the sake of something greater.

But sometimes it doesn't.

Sometimes it is nothing more than gritting your teeth through pain, and the work of every day, the slow walk toward a better life.

That is the sort of bravery I must have now.