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“Be where your feet are”
“Be where your feet are”
“Do the simple things right”
“Do the simple things right”
Wisdom: To have what you really want, you must first be who you really are. May we be authentic
BE AUTHENTIC
LEADERS LEAD
In order to lead, you must gain trust. In order to gain trust, you must practice authenticity and reliability. Teams do not win without strong leaders.
SPORTS is about a lot of things.
Winning games and competing matter...
But don't forget to think about the relationships that you are building and the lessons that your are learning!
BE COACHABLE
Being coachable starts with checking your ego. None of us know everything and we all need the help of others.
Welcome feedback and advice!
'NO ONE gets to write your story but you. Not some scouts. Not some tournament. Not these other kids, who might do this better and that better...
None of those people and none of those things gets to be the author of your story. Just you. So think real hard about it.'
-Stephen Curry
The best players are the best self-evaluators...
The only coach that is guaranteed to be there for your whole career is yourself!
Appreciate coaches that help you coach yourself.
Mission Statement
Guided by the Quaker belief that there is a Divine Light in everyone, Brooklyn Friends School cultivates an intellectually ambitious and diverse community that celebrates each individual's gifts. We challenge our students to value and embrace difference as they develop critical thinking skills and apply their knowledge and intelligence both in and out of the classroom. In this rich learning environment, we inspire all members of our community to voice their convictions, to discover and pursue their passions, and to seek truth. Our graduates are compassionate, curious, and confident global citizens who let their lives speak in the spirit of leadership and service.
LET YOUR COACHING SPEAK
Sport is not interested in what you believe or who you love, sports builds bridges and brings people together, sports demands to be played, and all PANTHERS come to play, be true, be FRIENDS.
COACHING NO MATTER WHAT
No matter anyone says, just show up and do the work.
If they praise you, show up and do the work.
If they criticize you, show up and do the work.
If no one even notices you, show up and do the work.
Just keep showing up, doing the work, and leading the way.
Lead with passion.
Fuel with optimism.
Have faith.
Power up with love.
Maintain hope.
Be stubborn.
Fight the good fight.
Refuse to give up.
Ignore the critics.
Believe in the impossible.
Show up.
Do the work.
You'll be glad you did.
True grit leads to true success.
GREATNESS
Greatness isn't a destination that you arrive at and enjoy. It is an everyday battle.
HUSTLE WINS
Hustle yields rebounds and turnovers.
Rebounds and turnovers yield possession.
Possession yields points.
Points yield wins.
HUSTLE WINS
Teams have energy faucets and energy drains. Which one do you want to be?
You can be serious and compete fiercely while having a smile on your face and having fun!
CHOOSE A JOB YOU LOVE AND YOU WILL NEVER WORK A DAY IN YOUR LIFE -Confucius
Good scouts and coaches watch EVERYTHING.
-Your body language
-How you treat teammates
-How you warmup
-How you handle failure
-How you handle schoolwork
Practice might not start for a few weeks, but its never too early to get the team together!
ENERGY
Energy is contagious!
Whether you bring positive or negative energy, you will infect your team with it.
LET YOUR GAME SPEAK
- George Fox
It is in giving that we receive
- Francis Assisi
"The time is always right to do what is right"
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
"Not everybody can be famous, but everybody can be great, because greatness is determined by service."
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
“Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?”
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; Only light can do that.
-Martin Luther King Jr.
Hate cannot drive out hate; Only love can do that.
-Martin Luther King Jr.
"A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives"
- Jackie Robinson
"Live in the Moment"
There is a time to think about your upcoming test. There is a time to think about what present you are getting your mom for her birthday. But when you are on the court, living in the moment means committing 100% of your focus to executing your plan.
BE THANKFUL
The enemy of complacency is gratitude. Be thankful that you get to grind for what you love every day. Some people don’t have that opportunity.
TIME = Greatest Gift
The Greatest Gift you can give someone is your TIME. Because when you give your time, you are giving a portion of your life that you will never get back.
Confidence
Confidence is the result of:
1) How you speak to yourself
2) How well you prepare yourself
I Think I Can, I Think I Can
Whether you think you can do something or you think you can’t do something, you are probably right.
Michael Jordan's story is more than just entertainment. It is a lesson in competition. If you are struggling to find the fire inside you, try tuning in and learning.
All I do is Win, Win, Win...
Talent Wins Games, but Teamwork and Intelligence Wins Championships
-Michael Jordan
Greatness!
You have to expect greatness from yourself before you can achieve greatness!
Who is in Your Circle?
Surround yourself with people whose priorities match your priorities!
Team Culture
Team culture is set by the team members! If you see a problem with your team culture, you have the power to change it.
It's not "your" team.
It's always "our" team.
As long as you can...
Every athletes career comes with an expiration date, and the lucky ones can delay that for a long time
Be Present
If you do not leave your past in the past, it will destroy your future. Live for what today has to offer, not for what yesterday has taken away.
A Great Attitude
A great attitude becomes a great mood, which becomes a great day, which becomes a great year, which becomes a great life.
Leaders Must Listen
Leaders who don't listen will eventually be surrounded by people who have nothing to say.
Andy Stanley
SmartLeadership
Persistence
Thankfully, persistence is a great substitute for talent.
-Steve Martin
Listen to Coach / Coaches have Coaches
Nobody is too smart, old, or good to listen to a coach!
Coaches have coaches. LeBron has a coach!
One Step At A Time
You might be 100 steps away from your goal and that can be intimidating. Instead of focusing on the end goal, focus on each step as the only goal that matters.
"The Journey Matters"
Want to make a difference and an Impact on other lives
Not Just Living, but Living a Life
In the Moment - Here and Now
The best mindset is the one that is IN THE MOMENT.
Your focus needs to be HERE and NOW!
Breathe. Let go. Remind yourself that this very moment is the only one you know you have for sure.
- Oprah
PEACE
“Peace. It does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble, or hard work. It means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart” - author unknown
GIVE BACK
At the end of the day it is not about what you have or even what you've accomplished...It's about who you've lifted up, who you've made better. It's about what you've given back.
-Denzel Washington
Be Yourself!
Every player has their own super powers. Some play best when they are angry while others play best when they are calm. Some talk while others keep quiet.
Understanding yourself allows you to tap into your own super powers.
"The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away." ~ Pablo Picasso
COURAGE
"Success is never final. Failure is never fatal. It is the courage that counts."
– John Wooden
"When you're trying to build or change a culture, what do you do? I always say to take players from state championship teams because they only know one thing –– WINNING."
John Calipari
“Team First” - Take a Charge
When was the last time you took a charge?
Taking a charge not only shows that you are putting yourself in good defensive position, it shows that you are a "team-first" player.
"Kind words can be short and easy to speak but their echoes are truly endless." - Mother Teresa
First Impressions
First impressions aren't everything but they matter!
When the season starts, set the tone by being in great shape and having a great attitude.
Focus on the process and outcomes will favor you!
Worst comes to worst, you can always live with yourself if you prepare and play with 100% effort.
Focus on the process and outcomes will favor you!
Making the best of things
"Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out."
– Coach John Wooden
Good vs. Bad
Challenge yourself to look at every "bad" situation and say "good."
Every second of adversity is a chance to learn and become tougher!
Loose Excuses, Find Results
"When I lost all my excuses I found results"
Will to Prepare to Win
"The will to win is not nearly so important as the will to prepare to win."
– Coach Vince Lombardi
Set Smart Goals by
Being realistic but challenging
Thinking long and short term
5 Words: Do the next right thing
Decide What You Want
Make A Plan
And Work On It
Every
Single
Day
"It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them, they went out and happened to things"
-Leonardo da Vinci
Enjoy your successes, but keep things moving forward!
“If you sit back & spend too much time feeling good about what you did in the past, you’re going to come up short next time.”
– Bill Belichick
“If you want to be Happy, you have to be Happy on purpose. When you wake up, you can't just wait to see what kind of day you'll have. You have to decide what kind of day you'll have.”
The MINDSET of Gratitude
You do not HAVE to work hard. You do not HAVE to be on a basketball team.
You GET to wake up every day and do what you love.
If you can capture this mindset of gratitude, the things you love will probably last longer.
TRUST US
Trust us...
Putting the TEAM first will benefit YOU and YOUR career in the long run.
TRUST THE PROCESS
Grapes must be crushed to make wine
Diamonds form under pressure
Olives are pressed to release oil
Seeds grow in darkness
Whenever you feel crushed, under pressure, pressed, or in darkness, you're in a powerful place of transformation.
Trust the Process!
YOUR PATH
The world isn't designed for you to succeed or fail. The world is indifferent whether you achieve your goals or not.
If you want something, you need to carve your own path. People may help you, but nobody can take control of your fate better than you can.
Always FINISH THE PLAY!
If a play starts poorly, that doesn't mean it is over. You always have a place to be and there is never time to hang your head.
What's a play that always work = play hard
3 Little Things that are Big Things
- Be coachable
- Give your best effort
- Control what you can control
50 Powerful Quotes to Start Your Presentation
“If you’re going to live, leave a legacy. Make a mark on the world that can’t be erased.” ~ Maya Angelou
“She stood in the storm and when the wind did not blow her way, she adjusted her sails.” ~ Elizabeth Edwards
25 Martin Luther King Jr. Quotes for the Classroom
"Wanting" something is working for it. If you aren't working for it, then you don't want it.
The accompanying quote is by Isaac Pennington, an early English Quaker:
"Our life is love, and peace, and tenderness; and bearing one with another, and forgiving one another, ...and helping one another."
Be Good
"Its nice to be known as a good player, but I want to be known as a good person too."
– John Wall
Coaching
"Behind every fearless player is a fearless Coach who refused to let them be anything but the best they can be."
"Here To Compete, Not Complain"
- Coach JV Summer 2020 @ The Bubble
What does it mean to stay within yourself?
Whether we are scrimmaging at practice or playing for the National Championship, we don't become different players. We are who we are and we give all of our focus to doing our job!
Win OR Lose
After a big win or even a tough loss, the absolute best statement that we can give our kids & players is simply:
I love to watch you compete. That's it.
It's about the effort and embracing the front seat to their growth.
Unconditional appreciation can be a powerful gift!
Body Language
Body language is one of the best ways to infect your team with a winning mindset.
Stop to Smell the Roses
Some people could be given an entire field of roses and only see the thorns in it. Others could be given a single weed and only see the wildflower in it. Perception is a key component to gratitude. And gratitude is a key component to joy.
Growing as a Leader
You cannot grow as a Leader unless you embrace new challenges, overcome something that is difficult or you don't feel equipped to do, or do something you've never done before.
Confidence & Pride
Carry yourself with confidence and pride.
Leaders are experts in this.
LEADERSHIP
Leadership is not about being in charge. Leadership is about taking care of those IN YOUR CHARGE!
LEADERSHIP is not about being in charge. LEADERSHIP is about taking care of those in your charge.
-Simon Sinek (author)
Leadership is life giving
"In many ways our leadership is like water for others; it should be life giving. Leaders should be invested in the growth of others, and leadership should be a regenerative and healing process".
- Molly Grisham
Character
Character is always on display, constantly tested, and ultimately a person's fate
More Character
Sports can build character in the long run…
But in the short run it REVEALS character.
Inspire
I want to INSPIRE people. I want someone to look at me and say "because of you I didn't give up"
Heroes come and go, but legends are forever - KOBE (8 / 24)
Heroes come and go, but legends are forever - KOBE (8 / 24)
Inspire
"The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great in
whatever they want to do."
-@kobebryant
Obsessed
"If somebody's not obsessed with what they do, we don't speak the same language."
-@kobebryant
“Stay Ready So You Don’t Have To Get Ready”
"The Road To Success Is Always Under Construction"
Game Winners
The players who hit game winners are the players who are not afraid to miss game winners.
Big Shot
If you don’t want the big shot, you aren't going to hit the big shot.
Practice
Don't expect to dominate games if you don't dominate practice!
Nobody is good enough to dial it down in practice and turn it on for games
Empty Gym
What you do when the gym is empty will determine what will happen when the gym is filled.
Hustling
There will not be an opportunity to help the team every time you hustle. But everytime there is an opportunity to help the team, you better be hustling!
“Little Things Win Rings”
"Little things win rings."
Break the game down and focus on getting small wins. Win the battles.
If you get these small W's you will get a lot of big ones too!
Winners
Winners understand failure better than losers do.
Don't Cheat. Cheaters never win and winners never Cheat.
There is a fine line between doing whatever it takes to win fairly and cheating to win. If you don't have these discussions with your team, don't be surprised when you find out players aren't following rules.
For the Love of the Game
The first thing is to love your sport. Never do it to please someone else. It has to be yours". - Peggy Fleming (gold medalist in figure skating 1968)
WORK HARD, DO YOUR JOB, AND BE COMMITTED TO EXCELLENCE -Mark Jackson
Coaches are Role Models first and foremost
Young Athletes are extremely impressionable. Coaches aren’t just teachers of a sport. They are Role Models and the way they carry themselves has lasting impact on their players’ development on and off the court.
Chasing Perfection = Excellence
Perfection is not attainable but if we chase Perfection we can catch Excellence
Handling Failure
Handling failure is a skill that you need to have if you want to make it far in athletics. When you understand this, it helps you stop fearing failure!
Success
Don't Chase Success. Instead decide to make a difference and success will find you.
Success - Go After It
Playoff time reminder....
Success is not evenly distributed and it will not come find you just because you never had it.
Success feels amazing because YOU HAD TO GO HUNT IT DOWN to have it.
You’re Circle
Surround yourself with people whose priorities match your priorities!
A GREAT COACH
"A good coach can change a game. A great coach can change a life."
-John Wooden
TEAM FIRST
The best way to help yourself is to put the TEAM first.
TEAM = Together Everyone Achieves More
TEAM
A team is brought together to accomplish something that none of the individuals can accomplish alone. Don't ever forget the purpose and power of TEAM. It looks obvious, but players/teammates often forget.
Preparation is Key
Believing in yourself becomes a lot easier when you know that you have prepared.
Routine & Structure
Challenge yourself to create a routine. Structure not only helps you stay productive, it actually opens up free time!
Leaders…
LEADERS...
Show empathy
Hold teammates accountable
Value integrity and authenticity
Understand humility and failure
Legacy
Legacy is not leaving something for people. It's leaving something in people.
Greatness
You have to expect greatness from yourself before you can achieve greatness!
Believe in Yourself
If you truly believe in yourself, you don’t mind if others think your goals are crazy.
Quiet Work Ethic
Let go of your need for attention. Your positive attention will come as a result of your quiet work ethic.
Modeling
If you are asking others to sacrifice their time and energy, it better be obvious that you are doing the same!
DO IT
The fastest way to lose your teammates is to ask them to do things that you are not willing to do yourself!
Momentum Starter
Let today be the momentum starter for a week full of accomplishing goals. Happy Monday everyone!
Make it Better
Wherever you go, do your best to leave it better than you found it.
People
Just as you need to learn about the offense and defense you are running, you need to learn the people you are coaching and playing with.
Successful People
Successful people find traits in other successful people and try to emulate them.
Unsuccessful people find negative traits in others and focus too much on not being like them.
A Coach is a Leader
A Coach must never forget that they are a Leader and not merely a person with authority.
-John Wooden
A True Leader
Who do I trust with information?
Who does everyone look to when we don’t know what to do next?
Who makes me better when I am around him/her?
Your answer is your leader!
Goals
Start thinking about your goals for the upcoming season. The players and teams that go into the season with clear goals will perform better than the ones who do not.
Pick a Lane that You Care About = Success
If you don’t desperately want to succeed then you will never put in the time and effort that is the price of success. Pick a lane in life that you care about.
Plan & Purpose = Productive
A plan + a sense of purpose = a productive practice
Know what you are trying to get done when you show up to the gym
Planning & Preparation
(Always Be Prepared)
Don't think you will win just because you are more talented. Nobody is too good for planning and preparation.
Game Plans & Fundamentals
"Never let fundamentals and building skills take a backseat to game planning. Game plans win games. Fundamentals win championships."
Keep Pushing
Push Yourself because, no one else is going to do it for You.
Game Plan
When you are drawing up a plan, you have the chance to think "big picture."
When you are executing a plan, you need to be laser focused on what is in front of you in that moment.
LIVE IN THE MOMENT
Break the season down into single games, only focusing on what opponent is next.
Then, break games down into single possessions, focusing only on where you need to be right now.
LIVE IN THE MOMENT
Don’t Quit
If you Quit your day will never come
Winners never quit and quitters never win
Investment
If you don't invest very much, then defeat doesn't hurt very much and winning is not very exciting.
-Dick Vermeil
Focus
Focus separates those with comparable talent. When you are focused, you are able to execute at your full capacity. Consistently good players are consistently focused.
Practice, it’s a Privilege
You don't HAVE to go to practice. You GET to go to practice. Being a part of a team and pursuing your basketball dreams is a privilege.
Practice
Practice is the time to make mistakes. Push your limits and try new things in practice so you can discover what is left to add to your game.
Practice Hard & Fast
The best way to make games feel slow and easy is to make practice hard and fast.
Efficiency
People feel like routines and schedules leave you with no free time. They actually open up free time making your work time more efficient.
Cheat Code
If you are struggling to find time to get everything you need to do done, then wake up earlier. Being an early riser is a cheat code!
Get in Better Shape
You don't play at your best when you are tired! Get in better shape and you are instantly a better basketball player.
Go to Work
Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work
Get to Work
Don’t do a lot of extra work sometimes. Do a little extra work a lot of the time.
Hardwork & Commitment
“It takes hard work and commitment to be great but the reward is worth it”
Commitment & Effort
You control your commitment and effort.
Your coach has some control over where you are and what you are doing. But only you can control your commitment and effort.
Commitment
Being committed when things are going well is easy. Anyone can do that. Being committed to something even when things are going wrong is what separates players from their competition.
Confidence
You can’t rely on outside sources for confidence because that won’t always be there. Your confidence needs to come from within - you knowing that you prepared.
A Winning Mindset
A winning mindset is thankful for a challenge, not intimidated by a challenge.
Winning Mentality
Eliminate negativity from your team culture. Winning teams EXPECT to win. Winning teams talk about WINNING.
Win or Lose
Win or Lose - you respect your opponent after the game. Everyone will experience both sides of the win column.
Winners & Losers
“all I do is win, win, win, no matter what”
There is a lot more that goes into whether you are a winner or loser than what the scoreboard shows on a given day
Successes & Failures
Revisit both your successes and failures after each game. You learn from both!!
Optimism & Pessimism
Optimism and Pessimism are both contagious. Don’t get caught in the wrong situation, and if you do, be the leader that changes the culture.
Choose Positivity
Something negative will probably happen to all of us at some point today. We can either let it define us, destroy us, or strengthen us. Each of us gets to choose!
Be Positive
If your season isn’t off to a great start you can either sulk and watch it continue to disappoint, or you can choose today to be the day change.
Enthusiasm
Nothing great was ever accomplished without enthusiasm.
Go After It
It's YOUR responsibility to get up today and go get the things you want out of this life.
Do it All the way
If you are going to do something, do it all the way. Half efforts become a habit.
People Notice
If your effort on defense does not match your effort on offense, you are broadcasting selfishness. People notice.
Effort & Attitude
Talent will give you opportunities to get on the court. Effort and attitude will keep you on the court.
Lock In
No matter the score, opponent, or situation –– good players never give away a second on the court.
Every second that you are on the court is an opportunity to compete and become a better individual and team. Challenge yourself to be mentally locked in regardless of how the game is unfolding.
Clear Mind
Going to bed with a clear mind is a result of waking up on time and being on top of all of your responsibilities throughout the day.
Optimism
Leaders ooze optimism. If you are committing to a team, bring a full effort and then trust that your effort will bring positive results. Attitude is contagious!
Visions & Ideas
"Surround yourself with people who talk about visions and ideas, not other people"
Thinking is for preparation and game planning. Games are for DOING!
The games are what we work so hard for. When they come make sure you are ready to have fun and compete.
Finding the Positives in the Negatives
Successful athletes are great at finding the positives in a bad situation and moving forward.
Managing Nerves
YOu are allowed to get nervous. Some of the most calm, competitive athletes are actually very nervous. You don’t need to learn how to eliminate nerves. You need to learn how to manage them.
Nervousness
Nervousness is normal! Try these two techniques if you are struggling to deal with nerves...
1. Remind yourself of your strengths and repeat them in your head.
2. Visualize past moments where you succeeded on the court.
Preparation
What is the best way to overcome fear?
PREPARATION
Be Prepared
Be so prepared to win that you don't need the calls to go in your favor and the ball to bounce your way.
Pressure players are prepared players.
Be so prepared to win that you don't need the calls to go in your favor and the ball to bounce your way.
When the pressure dials up, players DO NOT rise to the occasion. They SINK to their highest level of training.
Pressure players are prepared players.
PREPARE
Every athlete will experience fear at some point. If fear defines you as an athlete, no amount of talent can help you.
The best way to fight fear is to build confidence. The best way to build confidence is to intensely PREPARE.
Comfortability vs. Change
The familiar may be comfortable, but change is the only way to grow.
Next Chapter
You can't start the next chapter of your life if you keep re-reading the last one.
Reminder
Believe in your dreams. If you don't believe in them, who else will?
Criticism
Stop Taking Criticism Personally
Address the Truth
Sometimes people think that being a good person means not hurting others' feelings, but sometimes in order to be a good person and a good teammate, you have to have difficult conversations that address the truth.
Little Things vs. Big Things
It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.
-John Wooden
VS.
Chemistry Creator vs. Energy Sucker
Energy
You are either an energy faucet or an energy drain for your team.
No Complaining
Challenge yourself to see how long you can go today without complaining!
Each and Every Day....
"Each Day I come in with a positive attitude, trying to get better."
-Stefon Diggs
Don’t Waste Time….
Do not let yourself get comfortable waiting around in life and killing time. That is one of the worst habits you can create.
Greatness
Greatness is not built in a day.
Greatness is built daily.
Attitude
"Your Attitude is either the lock or key to the door of success."
Opportunity
When the Doors Open, I walked through them
- Maya Moore
Nothing just happens.
If you do the bare minimum, expect bare minimum results. You want to be great, work to be great.
-J.J. Watt
Effort & Attitude
Make your EFFORT and ATTITUDE two things that you take control over today!!
Doing Right
You’re never wrong to do the right thing.
-Mark Twain
Punctuality
Very few, if any, extremely successful athletes are regularly late.
Punctuality means you take your job seriously. It means you respect your teammates' time as much as you respect your own. Those who lack punctuality will struggle to find success in life.
Get Up (Early)
Getting up early sets an optimistic tone for the rest of the day. You now have all of this time to get so many things accomplished.
Get Up and Work
Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work
Work
If you can’t outplay them, then outwork them.
-Ben Hogan
DO Work
"Don't let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do."
– John Wooden
Hardwork = Positive Results
The harder you work, the luckier you will become.
Toughness
Toughness isn’t ignoring your emotions. It is be able to manage them for the right place at the right time.
Care & Concern
Enthusiasm for Team Success should only be surpassed by Care and Concern for the Athletes Mental and Physical Health.
Moral Victories
"No moral victories" doesn't mean you can't learn from your losses.
Keep Learning
Mistakes happen. Don’t regret them, just learn from them.
Successful
You don’t need to reinvent the wheel. Lots of people have figured out how to be successful. Watch tem. Listen to them. Copy them!
Right Mindset
Good athletes are often good at a lot of things. Not necessarily because they were given more talent, but because they have the mindset that if they are going to do something, they are going to commit and do it right.
The Moment is Now
Be in the moment. Day dreaming about a successful career isn’t moving you any closer to one. Focusing on your work right now is what is moving you in the right direction.
Making It To The Top
Those who make it to the top of their field are so obsessed with what they do that sometimes they don’t fit in well with their peers. Getting better is what they are thinking about. Not looking cool.
Extraordinary
An extraordinary person is simply an ordinary person who made the choice to put in the effort in order to become special.
Excellence
Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better
-Pat Riley
When To
A huge skill in life....
Know when to talk and when to keep quiet!
Pay close attention to leaders to learn this one.
Learn to swallow your pride
-Take constructive criticism
-Accept your role
-Put team first
Fix It; Stop Complaining, Do something about it….
Spend more time fixing problems then complaining about them.
Fairness
We all want fairness. But when something unfair happens to you, sometimes it is best to just keep pushing towards your goal instead of letting things you can't control distract you.
Gaining Coaches Trust
If a Coach can't trust your effort in the weight room, in the classroom, and at practice. How can you be trusted to play in a game?
Coachable
Coachable is just as important as talent in a player. If you can't take in information and implement it, then players with less talent will pass you by!
Continue to Learn
If things are going wrong, remind yourself that this is an opportunity to learn. That reminder can be the motivation you need to turn things around.
Mental Skills & Mental Toughness
Coaches all have a plan for physical skill development, but what are coaches doing to build mental skills and toughness?
Problems vs. Opportunities
Replace the word "problem" with the word"opportunity" in all your thoughts.
Positive Thoughts
Whether you think you can or you think you can’t, you are probably right.
Culture
A culture is strong when people work with each other for each other.
A culture is weak when people work against each other for themselves.
Team
One person can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one person cannot make a team.
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Teamwork
Talent Wins Games, but Teamwork and Intelligence wins Championships
- Michael Jordan
Team Goals
If you asked every member of your team to write down the team goals on a piece of paper then hand them into the coach, they should all read the same thing.
MVP
The true MVP of GREAT teams are not leading scorers, leading rushers, leading sluggers; but those leading the team’s culture.
Work Worth Doing
"Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing."
- Theodore Roosevelt
Two Choices
"You only have two choices when you get out of bed; work hard or not work hard."
- Jim Valvano
Be Better
The only person you need to be better than is the person you were yesterday.
You Choose
Something negative will probably happen to all of us at some point today. We can either let it define us, destroy us, or strengthen us. Each of us gets to choose!
Attitude
Attitude is a choice - today is going to be a great day because you got up and decided that it will be!
Goals
You will have a more productive day if you go and write down your schedule and goals right now!
Growth
Your comfort zone is a nice place, but remember that nothing ever grows there.
Success
Sometimes the only thing keeping you from success is the fear that you may fail.
Keep Practicing
Preparation frees you from performance anxiety. Keep Practicing!
Bring Your “A” Game
You won’t have your A Game every day, but never settle for mediocrity. Turn your D game into a C game and your C game into a B game.
86400 Seconds
There are 86400 seconds in each day. Protect as many of them from being wasted as you can. You don’t get them back!
1440 Minutes
There are 1440 minutes in each day. Treat your time how you treat your money. You don’t waste dollars on things you don’t care for. Don’t waste your time either.
Routines
Routines are different than superstitions. Routines are thought-out plans that you can control and that you know help you effectively prepare. Superstitions are random tasks that try to call on good luck.
Good Habits
Once a good habit is created, it becomes far easier to maintain your path.
If you are struggling to start a good habit such as waking up early or keeping a healthy diet, KEEP GOING.
It will get easier!
Discipline
Discipline gets us out of bed and drives us to be the very best.
-Pat Summitt
Toughness
Toughness can make or break an entire career. Both physical and mental.
Mental Toughness
You can improve your mental toughness just like you can improve your physical toughness. Don’t think you are born one way and have no way of changing.
Enthusiasm
Enthusiasm is contagious! Be the straw that stirs the pot.
Motivation
The most reliable form of motivation comes from within.
Discipline
You do not need to be more talented than the rest. You need to be more disciplined than the rest.
Daily Habit
Changing your life starts with changing one daily habit at a time. Waking up early is a good place to start.
Growth
Somebody is sitting in the shade today because they planted a tree a long time ago.
Warren Buffett
On Time
BE ON TIME. When you show up late, you are saying “my time is more important than your time”, to all of your teammates and coaches.
Challenge
Choose something today for no reason other than the fact that it is difficult. Start proving to yourself that you can handle any challenge.
Confidence
Confidence is what happens when you’ve done the hard work that entitles you to succeed.
-Pat Summitt
Confidence
Confidence is contagious! But so is lack of confidence.
-Vince Lombardi
Communication Wins Games
We’ve said it before. We’ll say it again. TALK. Communication.
Ideas
Don’t get too caught up in everyone else’s ideas for what you should or should not do. Pick some people that you trust to listen to, and make sure that one of those people is yourself.
Advice
Be careful with the advice you give and the advice you take. What works for one person may not be the right answer for another.
Finding Success
You don’t need to be a genius to find successful people and copy their habits.
Don't Complain
Champions never complain. They are too busy getting better.
-John Wooden
Adversity
The adversity you must face may not be your fault, but your ability to find the gift in it, grow stronger, and become more resilient from it is absolutely your responsibility. It's either a tragic story or a powerful lesson, the choice is yours.
Substitutions
Coaches don’t sub out players who are always making their teammates better!
Never
Never let the fear of striking out get in your way.
-Babe Ruth
Panicking is never the solution...
Basketball can move fast. If you are lost try asking questions or studying somebody around you that knows what they are doing.
Happiness
The more difficult the victory, the greater the Happiness in winning.
- Pele
Keys
TALENT determines what you can do
MOTIVATION determines how much you are willing to do
ATTITUDE determines how well you do it
10,000 Hours Rule
Best-selling Author, Malcolm Gladwell, has a theory that it takes 10,000 hours of deliberate practice to become truly great at something.
Time to work.
10,000 Hours Rule
A comfort zone is a beautiful place but nothing ever grows there.
4%
One hour is only 4% of your day. If you can’t find at least one hour in each day to dedicate to your craft (game), you can’t expect a noteworthy career.
Speed
Even the quickest players do not always lay at the same speed. Having different gears to your game makes you harder to defend.
Most Determined
The player who wins all the sprints in practice is rarely the fastest. They are just more determined.
TEAM Ingredients
“One person can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one person cannot make a team.”
-Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Count On
The best 5 is not always the right 5. You win with the people you can count on.
Never defeated
We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated. It may even be necessary to encounter the defeat, so that we can know who we are.
-Maya Angelou
Champions
Champions keep playing until they get it right.
Billie Jean King
The difference between winners & losers
Losers assemble in small groups and complain about the coaches and other players.
Winners assemble as a TEAM and find ways to win.
Culture
Culture doesn't change when Coach tells a player that he is wrong. Culture changes when players tell other players, "That's not how we do things here."
Responsibility
If you don’t want responsibility, don’t sit in the big chair. That’s the deal. To be successful, you must accept full responsibility. Even when it doesn’t seem fair.
–Pat Summitt
Discipline
Discipline is knowing what to do. Knowing when to do it. Doing it the best of your abilities. Doing it the right way every single time.
-Bob Knight
Persistence
Very often, the difference between complete failure and monumental success is just persistence.
Paying Attention
You can train your focus just like you can train your physical skills. It begins with paying attention to it.
Effective Communication
There is no one way to communicate with everyone. Effective communication requires putting in the effort to get to know your teammates. Leaders understand this.
Leading Effectively
Leading effectively requires a difficult balance between being empathetic and being completely honest.
Leadership
LEADERSHIP is getting teammates to BELIEVE in you.
-Larry Bird
Playing time
"Playing time is your responsibility. Want to play more? Bring more value to the team."
-Kevin Eastman
Minutes
If you didn’t get the minutes you wanted this season, find out WHY. You have summer, Fall, winter, and spring to change your future.
Offseason Reminder
It takes HOURS in the offseason to earn minutes during the season.
Practice How You Play
You play how you practice.
Stop thinking you can turn the switch on and off when you want to go hard or you think it matters. It always matter. You always go hard.
Practice
If practice isn't challenging you, then it isn't changing you.
Your Role is Vital
Just because the play isn't drawn up specifically for you doesn't mean that your role isn't vital to execution!
Coaching
It doesn't matter where you Coach, it's why you Coach.
The Best Coaches
The best coaches are coaching more than just the game, they're coaching life.
-Don Meyer
Good Teams vs. Great Teams
Good Teams have Good Players
Great Teams have Great Teammates
Great Teams
Great teams have great benches. No whiners, just winners.
Great Players
Good players want to be coached; Great players want to be told the truth.
-Doc Rivers
Great Teammates
Your teammates need to trust your effort and commitment. Just as you need to trust theirs. There are no great teams without great teammates.
Your best teammates
Do you want to know who your best teammates are? Watch how they react when someone else does something good!
–Phil Beckner
Who's in your circle?
No one fails or succeeds alone. Every single person you affiliate with will pull you closer to either greatness or mediocrity.
Are you Team first?
If you are not prepared to put the Team first turn around.
Great Teammate
You have a choice to make when you’re not playing. You’re invested and a great teammate or you’re not.
-Brad Stevens
Teammates & Trust
Your Teammates need to be able to TRUST
That you are preparing as hard as you can
That you are in class and academically eligible
That you will be there to have their back when they need you
What could YOU do better?
Always ask yourself what you could have done better before you ask yourself what your teammates could have done better.
What Defines You Most as a Player
You must understand that the thing that will define you most as a player will be the team that you were a part of.
Be That Player (it does not go unnoticed)
Coaches are always evaluating. THey are watching how you motivate your teammates, how you handle pressure, how you deal with failure, and how much effort you put into getting better. Be a complete player that no coach ever wants to take off the floor.
Being Recruited
If recruiters are coming to watch you, they probably know that you are talented. What they want to see now is your attitude, your leadership, and your effort.
John Wooden's 4 Ps
Planning
Preparation
Practice
Performance
.These are the keys to successful execution
Big Things
Its the little things that are vital. Little things make big things happen.
- John Wooden
What Counts
Its what you learn after you know it all that counts.
- John Wooden
Today's Checklist
JUST KEEP GOING
JUST KEEP IMPROVING
JUST KEEP BELIEVING
JUST KEEP WORKING!
2 Options
There are only two options regarding commitment; you're either in or you're out.
There's no such thing as life in-between.
–Pat Riley
Hard Work x Good Luck
Hard Work always puts you where Good Luck can find you.
Persistance
Persistence can change failure into extraordinary achievement.
-Matt Biondi
Under Pressure
Under pressure, nobody rises to the occasion.
They sink to the level of their training.
Pressure
Most people run away from pressure all the time. But champions actively seek it and embrace it.
Confidence
You have to have confidence in yourself in order to realize your own full potential –– in order to achieve your true greatness.
-Coach K
Vocal vs. Confidence
Nobody is saying that you shouldn’t be vocal. But remember that confidence speaks for itself.
Explain Your Success
If you don’t know exactly what you are doing in order to achieve positive results, how can you expect to continue executing?
You need to be able to explain your success!
Success is
Success is where preparation and opportunity meet.
-Bobby Unser
Success
Success will never be a big step in the future. Success is a small step taken just now.
Joy
Things won are done. Joy’s soul lies in the doing. It’s all about the journey.
Rhythm
When your rhythm gets out of hack, always go back to your routine and preparation to figure things out.
Right Path
Even if you’re on the right path, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.
Rehearse
Don’t do things you don’t do at practice.
Broadway doesn’t rehearse one way and then change the show.
Habits
Habits are extremely powerful. Just as the right habits can take you to your goals, the wrong habits can destroy your dreams.
Self Evaluation
The best players are the best self evaluators. Be your own best coach. Take advice from smart people and great players, but it is your job to learn about yourself
Achievement
Enthusiasm is the match that lights the candle of achievement.
-William Arthur Ward
Attempts
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take.
-Wayne Gretzky
Goal for the Day
Set your goal for the day as a number of makes rather than a number of shots. This way you stay there until you know you are getting better.
Goals: Short Term versus Long Term
You need short term goals. In the course of a long season, it is easy to get lost hoping for the postseason if you do not build in other milestones to hit.
Growth
Rapid growth is great, but it isn’t sustainable. Get used to getting better on a slow, consistent pace rather than expecting things to happen overnight.
The main purpose of a team...
is for the strengths of the whole to offset the weaknesses of the individual.
Making the Team
Play and Practice like you are trying to make the Team.
- Mike Krzyzewski
Team = Family
It becomes a TEAM when your teammates become FAMILY.
Team Leadership
Team leadership is: 1) setting a great example, 2) challenging teammates to match it.
Star Players
Not every player can be a star player, but every player must be a star at their role.
Average Teammates vs. Great Teammates
AVERAGE teammates are INTERESTED in their teammates. GREAT teammates are INVESTED in their teammates.
Who?
I don't think it is about who you play, I think it is about who you are.
- Nick Saban
Well done is better than well said.
- Benjamin Franklin
Expectations
You have to expect things of yourself before you can do them.
- Michael Jordan
Results
Everybody wants results, but often the results are deemed by things that are out of our control. Focus on your plan and preparation and trust that the results will follow.
It's easier to go down a hill than up it but the view is much better at the top
- Henry Ward Beecher
Motivation
Internal motivation is the most reliable fuel for success because you can always be there for yourself when something or someone else can not.
Commitment
COMMITMENT separates those who live their dreams from those who live regretting the opportunities they have squandered.
Discipline
Discipline helps you finish a job, and finishing is what separates excellent work from average work.
– Pat Summitt
Hard, Smart, Together
Play together - Play hard - Play smart. Hard means with effort, together means unselfishly & smart means with proper execution.
–Dean Smith
Hard Work
If you can't outplay them, outwork them.
-Ben Hogan
Heart
Its not the size of a person but the size of their Heart that matters.
-Evander Holyfield
Wisdom
Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength.
-Phil Jackson
2 Rules for Practice
When you are practicing, practice like:
1) You are trying to make the team every day &
2) You don’t want to let your teammates down
–Jeff Boals
Hustle
Coaches would rather have the average talent that over-performs and hustles versus the top talent that under-performs and doesn’t hustle.
Heart
A player’s HEART is displayed on the defensive end of the court where it’s nothing but HARD work. Want to show heart? Play D.
Teams
When you choose to play a team sport...
you are voluntarily and intentionally stepping into something bigger than yourself. Teams are made up of "self centered, personal agenda" athletes lose to those willing to collectively sacrifice for each other".
The best teams
The best teams have chemistry. They communicate with each other and they sacrifice personal glory for the common goal.
– Dave DeBusschere
When one teaches, two learn.
- Robert A. Heinlein
Appreciate the coaches
Appreciate the coaches that teach you about life. Those lessons will last long after you're done playing the game.
A true teammate
A true teammate knows it's not about being better than one another, but making one another better.
Great teammates do these 6 things
Great teammates:
1. Make extra pass.
2. Dive on loose balls.
3. Take charges.
4. Box out.
5. Communicate on D.
6. Cheer for teammates
Keys to Winning (Coach Don Meyer):
1) Believe in our system
2) Believe in yourself
3) Believe in your teammates
4) Believe in your coaches
Win or lose
Win or lose you will never regret working hard, making sacrifices, being disciplined or focusing too much.
-John Smith
Compete with gratitude.
In order to succeed athletes must love to compete.
In order to maintain a healthy mindset through the ups and downs of competition, an athlete must practice gratitude.
First and Last
A Leader is always first in line during times of criticism and last in line during times of recognition.
Great Players
The difference in great players: They get better every year. You notice it the very first game of the year. They've added a skill or dimension to their arsenal. A past weakness is muted.
What you do in the spring, summer, and fall, shows up in the WINTER.
Players: When you're older
PLAYERS: When you’re 25 you are going to realize that the people who demanded your best were also the ones who cared about you the most.
Opportunities
Where can you find opportunities? Dissect your excuses and you will find opportunities in abundance.
Dreams
All dreams are CRAZY.
Until they become TRUE.
Success
SUCCESS is not a question of how much power or money you have acquired. It is a question of how satisfied you are with WHO YOU ARE.
Excellence
Excellence will always cost you more but in the end, it always pays for itself.
Hard Work
There may be people that have more talent than you, but there's no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do.
- Derek Jeter
Being Great
Ask yourself why you are playing. Understand what motivates you. It will take a lot of effort to be great. If you don't know why you are even trying to be great, you probably will lack the motivation that you will need!
Office Hours
There are no office hours for champions.
- Paul Dietzel
If you're 5 minutes early...
...you're already 10 minutes late.
Opportunities
Where can you find opportunities? Dissect your excuses and you will find opportunities in abundance.
Bird's 100% Rule
I've got a theory that if you give 100% all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end.
–Larry Bird
Every Time
Every time you stay out late; sleep in; miss a workout; every time you don’t give 100%… you make it that much easier for your opponent to beat you.
Expectations
Expect much of yourself and little of others.
Triumph
The difference between try and triumph is a little umph.
-Anonymous
Ship to Shore
One who does nothing but waits for his ship to come has already missed the boat.
Best
Things work out best for those who make the best of how things work out.
-John Wooden
Winning & Losing
When you lose say very little, when you win say even less.
The True MVP
The true MVP of a great team is not the leading scorer, leading rebounder, leading assist-getter, but rather the players who lead the team's culture.
Obsessed
"If somebody's not obsessed with what they do, we don't speak the same language."
-@kobebryant
MJ's best skill
My best skill was that I was coachable. I was a sponge and aggressive to learn.
– Michael Jordan
Champions
Champions never complain. They are too busy getting better.
Winning Championships
Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.
- Michael Jordan
Champions
Champions are champions not because they do anything extraordinary but because they do ordinary things better than
anyone else.
– Chuck Noll
Winning Teams
People remember winning teams more than they remember talented players who never got the job done.
Win vs. Lose
You can't win unless you know how to lose.
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Can't be defeated
You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated.
- Maya Angelou
Determination
The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in your determination.
- Tommy Lasorda
Purpose
Purpose is an incredible Alarm Clock
Adversity
Mentally tough athletes use adversity as motivation rather than letting adversity ruin them.
Grit
"The #1 factor of success is Grit and the ultimate driver of Grit is love. If you don't love it, you'll never work to become great at it."
- Jon Gordon
Discipline
You will never always be MOTIVATED, you have to learn to be DISCIPLINED.
2 Options
When it comes to leadership a player has only two options: be one of your team's leaders, or support those teammates who do lead your team.
Two options
You have only two options: be one of your team's leaders, or support those teammates who do lead your team.
Reputation vs. Character
Your reputation is what you're perceived to be. Your character is what you really are.
– John Wooden
Talent vs. Character
Talent sets the floor, character sets the ceiling. – Bill Belichick
Dear Players
If you're going to be a reflection of your coach on the floor, you NEED to spend TIME with your coach.
Do you?
If you don't want to be coached then you don't want to be great.
Great Players
Great players want to be driven, to be pushed to the edge. They don’t want to be cheated. Ordinary players want it to be easy. – Pat Riley
Real talk...
The only person you need to be better than is the person you were yesterday.
Good, better, best
Good things come to those who believe, better things come to those who are patient, and the best things come to those who don't give up.
Hard work doesn't need to be witnessed
If you want to play well in front of thousands, you have outwork thousands in front of nobody.
To be a good player...
To be a good player on your team, you have to affect someone else on the team. You have to cause them to play better by the way you play. -Nick Saban
When you see a champion
You can be sure that you are looking at an individual who pays great attention to the perfection of minor details.
- John Wooden
Being A Champion
Just remember that everyone wants to be a champion, but not everyone is willing to prepare to be a champion.
Building a winner
When the older players are willing to help the younger players every day, then you've got the right environment to build a winner. –Hank Iba
Defy all doubters
Don't let others keep you from chasing your dreams!
It's on YOU...
The ten most inspiring two letter words – "If it is to be it is up to me."
Don't wait for permission. Don't wait for someone to ask you. Don't wait, period. Get to work.
Alternative
Instead of complaining – contribute! Nobody likes a complainer. They zap energy and enthusiasm from the team. Complaining adds nothing, solves nothing.
If you have a problem, confront it. Be honest and direct with your coaches and teammates and expect that they'll be honest and direct with you.
Obstacles
Obstacles do not block the path, they are the path.
Never Give Up
Never give up. Failure and rejection are only the first step to suceeding.
-Jim Valvano
Jay Bilas on Failing
“Failing doesn’t make you a failure. Failing makes you a competitor. Every competitor fails. If you lay it on the line, you will come up short at times. Failure is a part of competing, and embracing that fact is an important component of toughness. Tough people fail, but tough people are not failures. The only failures are those who give up, or give in.”
Mistakes
Mistakes are a part of the building process. Mistakes have to be made. But, how you act when you make mistakes is of paramount importance.
-Coach Krzyzewski
Mistakes
If you're going to make mistakes, make them because you were going too hard. Not because you had any doubt in your actions.
No Quick Fixes
Instead of looking for a quick fix to your problems, try understanding what created your problems to begin with. This way you know how to stop them from coming back.
Adversity
If something bad happens to your team, don't multiply it by dropping your heads. Accept adversity, meet it head-on, overcome it. Together!
Every team faces adversity
MEDIOCRE teams are destroyed by it.
GOOD teams survive it.
GREAT teams get better because of it.
-Urban Meyer
Warning
You won't be good enough to ever beat another team by yourself. But you can destroy your own team with a bad attitude.
Grinding
There will be moments in which you doubt yourself, but every time you grind through a tough time, you become more able to confront your next challenge.
How bad you want it
No one wants to HEAR how bad you got it. They want to SEE how bad you want it!
Toughness
Talent plays ZERO role in how TOUGH you are!
Talent is given. Toughness is decided. It's a choice. You bring it to the table or you don't.
Character
At the highest levels, everyone is good. You separate yourself from the rest of the elite talent with your character makeup at that point.
Comfort
The interesting thing about coaching is that you have to trouble the comfortable, and comfort the troubled.
Complacency
No matter how talented you are, the moment you become complacent is the moment you become vulnerable to your competition.
Criticism
If you want to be great, you will have critics. Embrace them.
I like criticism. It makes you strong.
-Lebron James
Nothing Good...
Nothing good ever comes from worrying or sitting there feeling sorry for yourself. Keep positive and keep pushing on and things will turn good.
Patience AND persistence are crucial to reaching all of your basketball goals.
Alternative
Instead of complaining – contribute! Nobody likes a complainer. They zap energy and enthusiasm from the team. Complaining adds nothing, solves nothing.
If you have a problem, confront it. Be honest and direct with your coaches and teammates and expect that they'll be honest and direct with you.
Control
The world isn’t out to get you. The ref doesn’t hate you. Control what you can control.
Losing Your Temper
Losing your temper os poor leadership.
Even if someone has let down the team in a big way, you can hold them accountable without making the situation worse.
Indecision
“More is lost by indecision than by wrong decision.”
Good players make quick, confident decisions on the floor. If you make a mistake, make it aggressively!
Leader’s Goal
A leader’s goal isn’t to win arguments with teammates for the sake of pride. A leader’s goal is to find common ground within the team. Keep that in mind when you communicate.
Culture
Culture doesn't change when the coach tells a player he's wrong. It changes when players tell other players: "No, that's not how we do things here."
People who are late
Players who are late are saying that their time is more important than the team. – Don Meyer
Never Quit
You are never a loser until you quit trying
-Mike Ditka
No Sulking
If your season isn't off to a great start you can either sulk and watch it continue to disappoint, or you can choose today to be the day of change.
Win first
Losers quit when they are tried. Winners quit after they have one.
Preparation
If you fail to prepare you're prepared to fail
-Mark Spitz
One day at a time
When you wake up, think about winning the day. Don't worry about a week or a month from now. Think about one day at a time.
Stand up for Success
Players that let teammates slide, coast or cut corners are just as responsible for failure as they are. Stand up for success!
-Tom Crean
Accomplish
"To accomplish great things we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe".
Important Decisions
On court and field, you need to make decisions quickly and confidently.
Indecisiveness causes more losses than wrong decisions do!
Take Risks
Don't be afraid to take risks; In fact have the courage to do so.
-Pat Summitt
Do not Fear
The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing that you will make one.
-Elbert Hubbard
Mistakes
"A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new."
Albert Einstein
Pointing fingers
Team leaders don't point fingers. Nor do they tolerate teammates doing so.
Real leaders accept blame and pass on credit.
If you're not the best player on the team...
There's only one solution: WORK HARDER!
Accepting Mediocrity = No More Growth
A .500 record is mediocre. If you accept mediocrity, you end your growth.
Always be Involved
Just because the play isn't drawn up specifically for you doesn't mean that your role isn't vital to execution.
Nervousness
Sometimes instead of fighting your nervousness, you need to just embrace it.
Anger
When you let the opponent anger you, you let the opponent control you!
Stay in your game
Vibe Attracts Your Tribe
Your vibe attracts your tribe.
If you want to be surrounded by people that are positive for your career, start by being positive yourself!
Coach Carril speaks the truth
"The quality of the pass leads directly to the quality of the shot."
-Pete Carril
Believe in Your Ability
YOU NEED TO BELIEVE that you have...
1) the ability to change if you need to
2) the ability to outwork others
3) the ability to get what you want
Purpose
Practice time is time dedicated to PURPOSE. Nobody gets better when they are operating aimlessly.
Bad Days vs. Good Days
Every player has bad days. Good players just don't let one bad day become a hangover into the next.
No Coasting
It is every player's instinct to want to breeze through meetings and walk-throughs so you can just go play. But you need to understand that those things exist for a reason and fight your instinct to not give your full effort to "boring" parts of practice.
Body Language
Body language doesn't whisper, it screams!
What are you communicating to your Coach?
How to spot a selfish player
-Pouts when subbed out
-Dwells on the past
-Blames teammates for mistakes
-Thinks stats, not wins
Creating shots for yourself
"You create shots for yourself by what you do without the ball more than what you do after you get it."
-Steve Alford
Last to Surrender
Those who have invested the most are the last to surrender.
–Vince Lombardi
Gym Rats
When coach blows the final whistle at practice, that is when the real gym rats are just getting started...
You need to WANT the ball
You need to want the ball. Winners don't accidentally find the ball and accidentally score. Winners are constantly working to get the ball because they are optimistic about what they will do with it
Opportunity
Do you know what the favorite part of the game is?
The opportunity to play.
-Mike Singletary
GOOD TEAMS
Good teams don’t need to have too many team rules.
1. Be on time
2. Give your best effort
3. Make smart decisions with the team in mind on and off the court
Every team needs the 4 Ts:
Toughness
Talk
Trust
Togetherness
Tough Players
...Enjoy the contact:
✔️Charges ✔️First to floor ✔️Block out
Believe
"To accomplish great things we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe".
Value
"Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory." ~ Dr. Seuss
Work
“If you can’t Outplay them, Outwork them”
-Ben Hogan
Know your Job
Teams work better when everyone knows exactly what his/her job is!
Coaches: make this clear!
Players: if you don't know, ASK!
Happiness
The more difficult the victory, the greater the Happiness in winning.
- Pele
Teachers Impact
"A teacher affects eternity; one can never tell where there influence stops."
-Henry Adams
Coaching = Teacher
They call it Coaching, but it is teaching. You do not just tell them, you show them the reason.
Vince Lombardi
Action is what matters most
In a world where athletes have a large platform to talk and use their voice, sometimes we need to be reminded that action is what matters most.
Coaching You to be Your Best
“I am not going to coach who you are. I am going to coach you to be who you should be someday”.
- Doc Rivers
Concerned When
The biggest concern for any organization should be when their most passionate people become quiet.
BE LIKE A TREE
BE LIKE A TREE.
Stay grounded
Connect with your roots
Turn over a new leaf
Bend before you break
Enjoy your unique natural beauty
Keep growing
Bueller
"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it"
-Ferris Bueller
NAME
A Person's Name is, to her and him, the sweetest and most important sound in any language
- Dale Carnegie
Be Prepared
By failing to prepare, you prepare to fail.
-Benjamin Franklin
The Big Moment
The pressure of a big sports moment is just a reminder to sharpen your focus on the things you can control.
When you notice a big moment, think less about why it is a big moment and more about what you need to execute in that moment.
“Work for something because it is good,
not just because it stands a chance to succeed.”
- Vaclav Havel
Quote of the Week:
"Teachers are solar powered. They recharge during the summer." – Unknown
55 of Our All-Time Favorite Teacher Quotes
Missing The Game / Take It All In
When you run out onto the field this season, do me a favor. At least one pause and look around you. Look at the lights in the sky, See the faces of those that have come to see you play. Listen to the band and the cheerleaders.
Take it all in.
When you're older and miss this amazing game that you are playing, you'll be glad you did.
Speak, Think, Act
Speak with Honesty
Think with Sincerity
Act with Integrity
CHANGE
The one law that does not change is that everything changes, and the hardship I was bearing today was only a breath away from the pleasures I would have tomorrow, and those pleasure would be all the richer because of the memories of this I was enduring.
- Louise L'Amour
"Smooth Seas Don't Make Skilled Sailors"
If you want to walk fast, walk alone. If you want to go far, walk together.
African Proverb
Remember it's not how YOU start, it's how YOU finish. It's called development....
Have Fun and Achieve to the best of your ability
Those who climb to the top saw their challenges and obstacles as opportunities.
No team ever lost because they communicated too much!
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