It cements the already strong relationship

Everything nourishes what is strong already.

My dad was in the Navy, and I was raised with a strong commitment to service.

We are not re-inventing anything that has already been invented.

Even as a ninth-grader, he was so strong. And he already had a mustache.

It was difficult to step away. I've always been an athlete. And to give that up was extremely daunting. The looming factor of brain damage, to me, was too strong.