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AF Andrea Fuentes On Tomorrow, Today

“Alex Honnold, the climber, he's not afraid of falling as much as other humans. So for me, this is not so much courage. But he's very afraid, at the beginning, of speaking in public. But he does it anyways. So this is courage. … Him speaking in front of a thousand people when he's so scared of this and not of dying from a fall. That's courage.”

Tomorrow, Today · October 2026

“Alex Honnold, the climber, he's not afraid of falling as much as other humans. So for me, this is not so much courage. But he's very afraid, at the beginning, of speaking in public. But he does it anyways. So this is courage. … Him speaking in front of a thousand people when he's so scared of this and not of dying from a fall. That's courage.” — Andrea Fuentes, Tomorrow, Today

Asked what courage is, the former Olympic artistic swimmer, now a coach, separates fearlessness from doing something while afraid. She goes on to say she would trade courage for curiosity: it makes decisions easier when you care more about what you'll learn than how it turns out.

Transcript

Tomorrow, Today Around 1:10:49 into the episode
Andrea Fuentes

…I think I wanted to share the information because the more everybody knows, the more we can create something bigger. Because instead of one brain thinking, we're 15 brains thinking that even if you're young, you're very powerful. Sometimes you know more than me in this topic. Maybe. Let's find out.

Shekhar Natarajan

So what is courage?

Andrea Fuentes

…word in English, temerario. It's like when somebody is not afraid. I don't know, for example, Alex Honold, the climber, he's not afraid of falling as much as other humans. So for me, this is not so much courage. But he's very afraid, not now anymore, but at the beginning, of speaking in public. But he does it anyways, no? So this is courage. Not the known rope climbing. But for me, this is like him speaking in front of a thousand people when he's so scared of this and not of dying from a fall. That's courage. And I think that sometimes we're like, no, I'm going to do it anyways. And I'm afraid. But curiosity makes you be courageous, brave. Because if you change your mindset of like, what happens if I fail or if it doesn't work, change it for what's going to happen if I go this way? You know, that changes everything. It's not about the outcome again. It's about what I'm going to find out, what I'm…

Shekhar Natarajan

Very beautiful. So let's do some rapid fire and we'll wrap up. So the most important quality an elite athlete has should have?

Andrea Fuentes

Emotional control.

Shekhar Natarajan

Emotional control. Olympic Medals, or world championship, which one feels

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