Carroll has long created a feeling that his team is exceptional. His players don’t just think they are good. They think they are a unique, different breed than the rest of the NFL.
A long flight home to Philadelphia — five hours, to be exact — and Angela Duckworth never stopped writing.
She had spent the day with the Seahawks and wanted to record everything she had observed. She wanted to incorporate it into her work.
Duckworth is a psychologist at the University of Pennsylvania and a MacArthur “genius” fellow. Her specialty is grit, the trait she believes is the best indicator of success.