Resilience:  Becoming Mentally Tough:  Being mentally tough is all about how the best become better.  Do you have the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties?  Are you able to spring back quickly?  Resilience is that priceless quality that helps some people who are knocked down by life and to come back stronger than ever.  Highly competitive athletes have it. Some military personnel possess it.  Once you know how to define it, you can build and develop that mental toughness in yourself.