I'm not sure, at that age, if I would have been that strong and optimistic. Mind over matter is definitely on his side.
"It was a hard time. But what I thought was either you can be hum glum sad and be like 'Oh my gosh, this is never going to end', or you can get through it. Power through and just get it done with happiness,"
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