Ever since I began working with Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Carson Wentz during his senior year at North Dakota State University, I’ve seen athletes’ and business professionals’ abilities to show up when things don’t go their way.

Everyone knows the Philadelphia Eagles’ storybook ending culminated by hoisting the Lombardi trophy in Minneapolis this year. But what many people don’t always pay attention to are the little decisions and choices that a group of individuals make when they face challenge and adversity.

The Philadelphia Eagles, throughout the entire season, battled adversity and challenge and a loss of key players who could have ended a historic Super Bowl run. But if you paid attention to the storyline throughout the season, the Eagles continued to have a win-the-day and next-man-up mentality. No matter who got hurt, the team supported each other and the common goal and mission to rise up and to continue to fight together one day at a time.

Let me take you back in time to help better understand the mindset of what it takes to embrace adversity and to respond in this manner. I began my work as the performance coach for North Dakota State University Bison Football program after their fourth straight national championship three years ago. I was brought in to do a motivational talk to set the stage for their historic run: another national championship that would have resulted in five straight, a feat that had never been completed in the history of college football at any level.

Carson Wentz was their starting quarterback and had just come off leading the team to its fourth consecutive championship. Five games into his senior season, Carson broke his wrist, and the doctors said he would never play in a college football game again. Before the injury, Carson was considered to be a potential high draft pick into the NFL.

What would this mean for his future? What would this mean for the Bison football team in the historic run to a fifth straight title?

Great individuals and teams recognize that one person is no more important than another. It is the manner in which we choose to face adversity and challenge that makes the difference.