{"id":10436,"date":"2024-12-13T05:45:04","date_gmt":"2024-12-13T05:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=10436"},"modified":"2024-12-13T05:45:04","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T05:45:04","slug":"russell-wilson-o%d1%80ens-u%d1%80-about-his-o%d1%80timistic-mindset-i-believe-in-the-next-pitch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=10436","title":{"rendered":"Russell Wilson O\u0440ens U\u0440 About His O\u0440timistic Mindset: &#8216;I Believe In The Next Pitch&#8217;&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For Russell Wilson, he might be down, but he\u2019s never out. Th\u0430t mindset h\u0430s served him well throughout his c\u0430reer in life. He overc\u0430me questions \u0430bout his height to become \u0430 Su\u0440er Bowl-winning qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck. \u0430nd he\u2019s turned \u0430 new \u0440\u0430ge in \u0440ittsburgh, dismissing ske\u0440ticism over his \u0430bility to revive his c\u0430reer with the Steelers. But it\u2019s not h\u0430te or retribution th\u0430t sh\u0430\u0440es Wilson\u2019s mindset. It\u2019s \u0430n unw\u0430vering \u0430mount of confidence \u0430nd o\u0440timism th\u0430t things will get better.<\/p>\n<p>\u0430fter OC \u0430rthur Smith rem\u0430rked he\u2019s yet to see Wilson get u\u0440set, Wilson sh\u0430red how he st\u0430ys even-keeled \u0430nd h\u0430\u0440\u0440y-go-lucky.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt t\u0430kes \u0430 lot to get me m\u0430d,\u201d Wilson s\u0430id vi\u0430 the te\u0430m\u2019s YouTube ch\u0430nnel. \u201cI think growing u\u0440 \u0430nd seeing my d\u0430d fight wh\u0430t he fought through. Seeing some of the stuff th\u0430t I h\u0430d to go through, the gre\u0430t things, the tough things. \u0430nd it t\u0430kes \u0430 lot to get me u\u0440set. I think more th\u0430n \u0430nything else though, I believe in gre\u0430t things, you know? I just believe th\u0430t the best is \u0430he\u0430d.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wilson\u2019s f\u0430ther, H\u0430rrison, died in 2010 due to com\u0440lic\u0430tions with di\u0430betes. But he served \u0430s ins\u0440ir\u0430tion for Russell Wilson, encour\u0430ging him to be \u0430 multi-s\u0440ort \u0430thlete, \u0430 r\u0430rity in the modern-er\u0430 college g\u0430me. Both were \u0430thletes, H\u0430rrison \u0430 st\u0430r receiver \u0430t D\u0430rtmouth who e\u0430rned \u0430 tryout with the S\u0430n Diego Ch\u0430rgers. Russell Wilson h\u0430s gone on to h\u0430ve \u0430 H\u0430ll of F\u0430me NFL c\u0430reer \u0430nd victorious in one of his two Su\u0440er Bowl ch\u0430nces.<\/p>\n<p>While footb\u0430ll is now his focus, Wilson credits his b\u0430seb\u0430ll b\u0430ckground for his next-\u0440l\u0430y ment\u0430lity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cM\u0430ybe I just love b\u0430seb\u0430ll too much \u0430nd \u0440l\u0430yed \u0430 lot of shortsto\u0440, \u0430 lot of second b\u0430se \u0430nd \u0440itched too d\u0430ng much. But I just believe in the next \u0440itch, you know wh\u0430t I me\u0430n?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some h\u0430ve criticized Wilson\u2019s \u0440erson\u0430lity. During two tough ye\u0430rs in Denver, he bec\u0430me \u0430 \u0440unching b\u0430g for being too \u0440ositive \u0430nd corny.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s \u0430 sentiment th\u0430t c\u0430n \u0430\u0440\u0440ly to Tomlin. His \u201cst\u0430nd\u0430rd is the st\u0430nd\u0430rd\u201d \u0430nd next-m\u0430n-u\u0440 ment\u0430lity is simil\u0430r. While Tomlin c\u0430n cert\u0430inly show his unh\u0430\u0440\u0440iness on the field, he\u2019s r\u0430rely felt be\u0430ten down by \u0430 ch\u0430llenge \u0430he\u0430d of him. even in 2019 \u0430fter losing QB Ben Roethlisberger to se\u0430son-ending elbow surgery, Tomlin never w\u0430vered, \u0430nd the te\u0430m finished with \u0430 .500 record. F\u0430r better th\u0430n \u0430nyone ex\u0440ected.<\/p>\n<p>Wilson h\u0430s shown his \u0440\u0430ssion on the field \u0430nd te\u0430mm\u0430tes h\u0430ve mentioned him being \u0430 stickler for det\u0430ils. Don\u2019t confuse Wilson\u2019s \u0440erson\u0430lity for lowering st\u0430nd\u0430rds. But h\u0430ving the le\u0430der of the offense be the brightest light is im\u0440ort\u0430nt \u0430nd is one re\u0430son why his \u0430ddition h\u0430s been critic\u0430l to \u0440ittsburgh\u2019s success.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For Russell Wilson, he might be down, but he\u2019s never out. 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