Having a Sense of Humor AND Thick Skin

From Women's Sports Foundation. Elida Witthoeft, former coordinating producer for ESPN Sportscenter, was asked: What qualities or characteristics do you have that have helped you get to where you are?

"A lot of it is hard work and persistence. It’s having the willingness to try different things and fail and try them again and keep learning ... I also think, in my case being a woman in a male-dominated field, I believe that it’s partly personality. That’s two-fold. One is you have to have a good sense of humor ... The other thing is you have to be strong, have thick skin and you have to be tough. Not tough in an obnoxious way. I think you have to have quiet strength. You have to be strong in who you are, you have to know who you are and what your goals are, and you can not be easily deterred."