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As part of May’s Mental Health Awareness Month, theTodayhost, 49, was featured on Verywell Mind, where he praised pro athletes for speaking their minds — about their minds.
Daly wasinterviewedfor the informational and educational website’s first-ever “Verywell Mind 25,” an awards program “honoring the top thought leaders, experts and advocates making a positive impact on mental health today,” according to the organization.
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Daly also addressed NFL players who spoke up about good mental health, who in turn helped break down a wall.
“We look at NFL players like these gladiators on Sunday who are impenetrable to pain; they’re the man, so they can’t be hurt, they can’t get hurt," he said. “And yet there are so many leaders in that space who are willing enough to talk about their mental health journeys, and they own it. There’s so much power in that because there are so many millions of young men that see that.”
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Highlighting Dallas Cowboys quarterbackDak Prescottas a powerful example, Daly said the star QB speaking about his brother’s 2020 suicide made an impact.
“[There] were a few ESPN critics who said, ‘He’s America’s team quarterback. He shouldn’t talk about that, he shouldn’t cry on camera. It shows he’s weak.’ And it was so nice to see so many people not take that side and say, ‘No, I think it’s great that he was vulnerable and talked about it.' "
source: people.com
