Lexi Zeiss was thirteen years old when I met her in the spring of 2019. She had been part of the sport of gymnastics since she was two years old. Lexi had a big dream in sixth grade to reach Junior Elite status, which would allow her to compete nationally and internationally in her sport.  I actually met with “Team Zeiss,” which included Kelley Green (her coach) and her parents, Jess and Dana. Lexi decided that she needed to elevate her mental game to put herself in the best position to reach her goal. In order to do so, she would have to train for up to thirty hours per week and develop much more difficult skills on each apparatus: uneven bars, floor exercise, vault, and balance beam. I didn’t know if I could help her, nor did I know if she was capable at her age of working on mental skills and mindset to the degree necessary. After our first meeting, I had no doubt that she had the capability and would fully immerse herself in working on her mental game. She worked extremely hard improving her mindset, and yet there is no way to replicate the pressure of competing in a National Elite Qualifier. I thought it may take her several times before she qualified, and she did fail to qualify a few times in 2019 and again in January 2020. Each time, she learned more about how to compete in a pressure-packed environment, what helps her get into the right mindset the night before and the day of the competition, and how to stay composed, focused, and positive during the competition. She grew from discomfort and learned from failure. On February 7, 2020, in Las Vegas, Nevada, she put it all together and became just one of twenty-two gymnasts in her age bracket at the time to achieve Junior Elite status! As her coach stated about Lexi, “It is grit . . . she is definitely gritty.” She is now fourteen years old, and her dreams have only become bigger—to get a Division I scholarship and compete in the 2024 Olympics! What a joy to be a part of “Team Zeiss!”!