During the seasons tryout it was imperative that Joe at no point in time gave up. The only way to do this would to be able to take whatever George Pocock, the shell maker, and Al Ulbrickson, one of the rowing coaches from the University of Washington crew team, would throw at him during the rigorous and intentionally spirit breaking workouts. While the workouts were taking place Joe would feel that, “the hurting was taking its toll, and that was just fine with joe. Hurting was nothing new to him (51). Due to Joe's consistent application of resilience he is completely capable of being able to call upon his resilience and push through the uncomfortable situation of that moment in the shell. Like in this moment Joe is able to express pure resilience during the final stretch at the olympics when, “Their hearts were pumping at nearly two hundred beats per minute now. They were utterly beyond exhaustion, beyond what their bodies should be able to endure” (350). Without Joe’s resilient mindset and character this final push at the olympics would have never been