Lessons Learned by a Mental Performance Coach from a 162 Game Season (+ playoffs). 1️⃣ Have the hard conversations . 2️⃣ Make adjustments without judgments. 3️⃣ If High Performers cared and listened to the “outside” noise, they wouldn’t get shit done. Listen to & trust your circle.

Pablo Casals was once considered the greatest cellist alive. In his 90s, he still practiced daily. Someone asked why. He said: “Because I think I’m making progress.”. No ego. No finish line. Just love for the craft. Competence is quiet. Real mastery doesn’t crave applause—it

What a chat with the squad @nicky_cassano and @PerryQuartuccio on The Ball 5 Pod. We covered all things from Negativity Bias to Imagery and anything in between on the Mental Performance Front! Check it out in the link below: .

Adversity doesn’t RSVP. It barges in, uninvited. You can’t stop it. But you can prepare. Resilience isn’t magic. It’s showing up when you least want to. It’s getting up when no one’s watching. It’s saying “again” when failure begs you to quit. Brick by brick. Rep by rep.

Fear vs. Familiarity. The first time an astronaut enters space, they report the same thing:. A moment of silence. Awe. Then clarity. They stop fearing the unknown — and start working in it. Comfort begs you to quit—call its bluff. Fear fades the moment focus begins.

Engines failed. 208 seconds between life and tragedy. The river ahead. The city below. Captain Sully didn’t search for brilliance; he relied on his reps, his training. His calm wasn’t magic. It was built. Crisis and pressure packed moments don’t demand greatness. They demands

World-class sushi starts with rice. At Jiro Ono’s shop, apprentices spend years mastering it—before touching fish. One cooked the same egg sushi 200+ times before it earned a nod. Mastery isn’t sexy. It’s repetition. Precision. Obsession with the boring stuff. No hacks. No

Mr. Rogers didn’t try to fix the world in one episode. He focused on how he showed up: calm, kind, intentional. Every pause was power. Every word, a choice. You can’t control the noise. But you can control the tone you set.

Marie Curie’s Quiet Obsession:. Marie Curie spent years isolating radium — gram by gram — from tons of pitchblende. No fanfare. No shortcuts. Just meticulous obsession in a cold, makeshift lab. The result? Two Nobel Prizes. A scientific revolution. She didn’t chase the

John Coltrane once practiced one note for hours. Just one. He said he was “trying to sound like a whole choir.”. Focus isn’t doing more. It’s going deeper into less.

Ernest Shackleton’s ship was crushed by Antarctic ice. 2 years stranded. Not one man lost. He didn’t survive by force—he led with calm. He stayed steady while everything broke. Endurance isn’t brute strength. It’s composure in chaos. Endurance isn’t muscle. It’s mindset

Einstein wasn’t trying to change physics; he just wondered what it’d be like to ride alongside a beam of light. That question? It rewrote reality. Curiosity isn’t random. It’s the blueprint for what comes next!

“Pressure isn’t the enemy. Panic is.”. When alarms blared during Apollo 11’s descent, and chaos threatened the mission, Neil Armstrong didn’t freeze. He focused, trusted his training, made quick decisions, and stuck the landing. Mental Agility/Toughness shows up in the storm

Odysseus didn’t conquer storms, sirens, and gods by brute strength—he led with strategy, patience, and purpose. Resilience and Determination isn’t loud. It’s consistent, focused, and deeply anchored in why you started the journey.

Arrived at Spring Training on 8 FEB and left Spring Training on 25 MAR. For 45 days we asked anyone who came into the Mental Performance Office about their thoughts on the most important High Performance Traits—we know there are more, but we dig this starting point!

Happy Opening Day to those who celebrate ⚾️

1️⃣ Growth happens in layers—skip one, and the foundation cracks. 2️⃣ A well-placed brick daily builds an unshakable wall over time. 3️⃣ Resilience is forged in micro-adjustments, not instant transformations.

Absolute 💎 on being present by the 🐐

Fun is the prerequisite to winning

This is absolute gold from @Justinsua.

Patience is not an absence of action; patience is the process in action. Do not mistake patience as a lack of control. Patience is discipline. Patience is calculated. Patience is knowing exactly when to strike.