“You got to take everything negative and turn it into a positive. That's always worked for me.”

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This reads as a simple rule for coping with pressure. It points to resilience, to taking what hurts or frustrates and using it as fuel, and it can be taken to mean that attitude is the part a person can control when circumstances are rough. It lands in moments of disappointment, when someone needs a practical way to keep moving.

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About Larry Johnson

American football coach

Larry A. Johnson is an American football coach. He has worked as a defensive line coach and associate head coach for the Ohio State Buckeyes, and he previously spent many years on the staff at Pennsylvania State University. Before joining Ohio State, Johnson coached at Penn State from 1996 to 2013. Earlier in his career, he coached high school football in the Washington, D.C. area from 1983 to 1993. He is also known as the father of former NFL running back Larry Johnson and former Penn State wide receiver Tony Johnson.

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