Which do you love most: The game or the trophies?. Sports are driven by outcomes — did you win, and how well did you play — but when you focus too much on the result, you can lose the joy of the journey and overlook the small details that lead to real growth. Having won 14

Poise is the ability to stay calm, confident, and composed—especially under pressure. It’s when you look and feel steady even in stressful or uncertain situations.Have poise. Poise be poise.

Alan Stein was once a high level basketball trainer who worked with Kevin Durant, and he is now an author and speaker. He once asked: Are you a high performer because of your habits, or are you a high performer in spite of them? If you wrote down everything that you do every

LOYALTY & CHARACTER aren’t  built on victory laps, but in the trenches. You don’t find out who the best teammates are after the wins … You find out who the best teammates are when the times are tough.

True competitors don’t make excuses. They stay focused, adapt, and push through, even when things get tough. Instead of feeling sorry for themselves, they use setbacks as fuel. Adversity motivates them, not breaks them. Quitters blame circumstances. They let setbacks justify

True competitors don’t make excuses. They stay focused, adapt, and push through, even when things get tough. Instead of feeling sorry for themselves, they use setbacks as fuel. Adversity motivates them, not breaks them. Quitters blame circumstances. They let setbacks justify

Be a problem-solver …

If you started all season but got benched in the second half of the championship game, how would you feel, and how would you react?. This happened to quarterback Jalen Hurts in college. Over two seasons, Hurts led Alabama to a 26-2 record and broke the Crimson Tide’s

Choices: Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you respond. Where you are today is a direct reflection of the choices you made yesterday. If you want to have a better tomorrow, no matter what happens to you, make better choices today.

How well do you bounce back from losses?. I struggle with losing. When I was a kid, I would cry after losing, and even as an adult, I sometimes cry when I lose. I HATE losing. When my hate for losing became a fear of losing, it became a problem because I would either cheat to

How are you in pressure games or moments? Are you the calm in the storm, or are you a part of the chaos?. I recently talked to my daughters about the importance of calming your mind in the middle of the storm. When you are calm and centered, you can create space for you to do

SUCCESS: Every ounce of success is hidden in an abundance of work and effort.

Leadership: Optimism and Belief

I heard a group of former athletes talking about the importance of having great teammates. They were talking about how both Michael Jordan and Shaquille O’Neal were dominating the NBA but didn’t win a championship until the Bulls drafted (traded for) for Scottie Pippen and the

I personally needed this energy today. No matter what you are going through today or this week, keep going and doing things the right way for the right reasons …. Thanks, @DeionSanders

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Be real …

Have you ever been cut from a team or been told you weren’t good enough?. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is one of the few NBA guards who have won a regular season MVP, NBA championship, and finals MVP in the same season, but did you know that he was cut from the JV team as a freshman

Stay positive.

How confident are you? When are you most confident? When do you feel least confident?. Confidence is the belief that you can handle what’s in front of you—because you’ve prepared, you’ve learned, and you’re willing to grow through whatever comes next. It doesn’t mean you think