She got on a snowboard at age 7 by refusing to take no for an answer. She talked her way onto a competitive team mid-season during COVID. She just stood on a Paralympic podium in Italy. Kate Delson has spent her entire life betting on herself before anyone else would. Somewhere along the way, she discovered that gratitude is her competitive edge.

Steve Emt has been to the Paralympic Games three times. He's spoken in front of thousands of high schoolers. He's written a book, rebuilt his life after a paralyzing drunk driving crash, and found himself (unexpectedly) in wheelchair curling. But the most important shift of his career didn't happen on the ice. It happened in his mind. This is the story of how he got there.

Most athletes have a pre-game routine. Gwyneth Phillips has a two-hour protocol involving a meditation track from 2020, a specific juggling sequence, and a rule that if she drops the ball, she restarts from scratch. Oh, and she does it whether she's playing or not. This is how an Olympic gold medalist thinks.

At 16, Hanna Percy packed up and moved across the country to chase her Olympic dream. At 18, she represented Team USA at the Olympics. Hear from the snowboard cross rookie on betting on yourself, mentorship from veteran teammates, and doing the Macarena in the start gate.