A character in Toughness that is an important part of the story is David Henderson. He, Jay Bilas, and two other freshman were in the starting lineup for Duke in Coach K's(the current coach's) first season. He refused to back down to anyone who played against him. One game he heard a younger teammate on the back talking about how good Micheal Jordan and the team of the North Carolina Tar Heels were and he said, "'We didn't go there to suck up to those guys! I don't want to hear how good you think they are. We were going there to win, and we should have won. If you didn't go there to win, then you shouldn't have made the trip. There is no reason we should not have won. No reason at all," (Bilas 27). This part is really important it shows how he was really tough and he wasn't going to let anything get in his way. No matter who they are and what they've done.
But in his senior season, he gets put into the 6th man role which isn't so great for him because that's the first one off the bench and doesn't get a whole lot of credit or acknowledgement there. In there senior season, Jay Bilas was named into the All-ACC along with the other two guys who were starters when they were freshman. But he wasn't. Jay Bilas said he couldn't believe that he wasn't and he responded, "Who gives a s***? Let's just win," (Bilas 29). Throughout the seasons that he played it showed what true toughness was and didn't let t get to him. No matter how important it was to him. And he always was looking to get better as a teammate and as a player. Which is why he is a great example for the book Toughness.
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