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HSC / Montana, LSU, WSU. Oregon State, Kentucky. USA S&C HOF. Alabama B.S. / Ole Miss M.E. “ Nobody said it would be easy. Doesn’t matter. GET BETTER “.

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A student who took Coach Knight’s Basketball class.
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Ran a 4.9 40 at 310 lbs. Had 33 inch thighs. His coach, Bear Bryant, said he had the quickest feet of any OL he ever coached. John Madden called him the best athlete in the Draft. They also said a college Wishbone OL playing in a 4 point stance wouldn’t be able to pass block in
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No NIL at the Service Academies. You go there to get an education, and prepare to serve your country. Leadership institutions. I know the winner of the Army vs Navy game before it is even played. It’s the American people. John F. Kennedy
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In 19 years Tim was never once late to a practice, team meal, workout, meeting, or bus. That’s a standard of discipline and reliability you tend to take for granted. Greg Popovich
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Bill Snyder, who arguably orchestrated the greatest Football sport turnaround ever at Kansas State: “ The weight room is the heartbeat of your team. It creates it’s mindset. And you are not consistently going to beat anyone without gaining an advantage in that area of the
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@WhitlockJason My best memories of ESPN were when it just covered sports. I’ll never understand why they decided to inject politics into their programming. Network has never been the same.
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Discipline isn’t about punishing players. It’s about creating a culture where you don’t have to do it. Bill Parcells
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Tom Osborne, when asked about going 60-3 in a 5 year period at Nebraska: “ Well, it started in the weight room. Our culture here revolves around it. We take great pride in dominating our opponents physically, and for the most part, we just wear people down “
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Coaches only put people on the field that they can trust. Players only want to play next to teammates they can trust. And you earn that trust, every single day, by being on time, working hard, knowing what to do, and doing everything else it takes to win. Bill Belichick
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Here’s to the FB coach with the highest winning percentage in CFB history, Mount Union’s Larry Kehres. 332-24-1. 11 National Championships.
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@JordanStrack @JonSpor Eliminating the handshake line is the last thing you should do. That would be a farce. Our society is turning into one giant “ safe space “ where we just run from problems instead of learning how to face them and solve them. Walking down a line and shaking someone’s hand after
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Practicing hard is a choice. Watching extra film is a choice. Lifting weights, being coachable, and going to class are a choice. Your choices here are going to force me to either play you, or sit you on the bench. You’ll get exactly what you want. Pat Summitt
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The weight room is about respect. If you miss workouts, or are late to workouts, you disrespect your teammates, coaches, and the importance of training. And you are a distraction to winning.
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“ When you are lazy, you disrespect the people who believe in you “ Chris Spielman
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If you can’t be trusted off the field, you can’t be trusted on it. Your character doesn’t change throughout the day. You can either be counted on around here, or you can’t. It’s really that simple. Tom Osborne
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Bill Snyder, who resurrected Kansas State in arguably the greatest program build in CFB history: “ It starts in the weightroom. You won’t win unless you are getting an edge on people in that area of the program. Then, there has to be 24/7 discipline and accountability. “
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I believe in 3 simple rules. Do the right thing. Do the best you can. And always show people you care. Lou Holtz
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The weight room is the heartbeat of your team. It represents the culture of your team. And you are not going to consistently beat anybody without getting an advantage over your opponents in this area of the program. Bill Snyder
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@IowaWBB ⁩ Caitlin Clark is the best Basketball player in the country. She had the first 40 point Triple Double in NCAA history last night. She’s also committed in the weight room. The great ones always are.
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When Marines gather to eat, the lowest ranking are served first. The highest ranking are served last. No order is given. Marines just do it. Because in their culture the true price of leadership means putting the needs of others above their own.
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@greta When I was growing up, the media called balls and strikes. They reported the news. Gave you the facts, then let you sort out an opinion on it.
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@JordanSpieth @BrodyAMiller @PGATOUR We need more notable people in this country like yourself willing to be publicly accountable when mistakes are made. We have become a society of excuses. All the best moving forward.
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My desire to be the best started in the weight room. It was the catalyst for everything I wanted to be as a Football player. Joey Bosa
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I could walk into our weight room any day of the week and immediately sense the mindset of our team in wanting to achieve great things. That was the barometer. Tom Osborne
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There is nothing more important than intelligence on the field. And I mean nothing. Because the people that don’t know where to lineup, and what to do, will always make mistakes. And usually at the worst possible time. Alignment and Assignment errors lose more games than any
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In 19 years Tim was never late to a practice, meal, game, workout, or bus. That’s a standard of discipline and reliability that you tend to take for granted. Greg Popovich
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“ I want a full Weight Room. And an empty Training Room “. Bill Parcells
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“The weight room is our backbone. Lifting weights and being in shape are a huge part of your development as a player, and for reaching all of the goals we set as a team. And if it isn’t important to you, it will be to the person I replace you with”. Bill Parcells
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Tom Osborne on going 60-3 in a 5 year period at Nebraska: “ Well, it started in the weight room. Our culture here revolves around it. We took great pride in dominating teams physically. And basically we just wore people down “.
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One of the best to ever play the game. “ Nothing builds a team, or bonds a team, like working hard together, and for each other. And that starts in the weight room “. Ed Reed
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Championships are won in two places. The practice field and in the weight room. You take care of business there, and everything takes care of itself. Ronnie Lott
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My desire to be the best started in the weight room. It was the catalyst for reaching my goals as a Football player. Nick Bosa
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When you are lazy, you disrespect those who believe in you. Chris Spielman
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@KirkHerbstreit Can you imagine an NFL where a player like Mahomes could be an unrestricted free agent FA every year. And also every teammate. With no salary cap. And no rules against tampering.
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CULTURE You have to earn it every day. When we had those two separate winning streaks of both 54, and, 55, games, we were probably favored in every game. We never had a practice that looked like it. And we never had a Sunday team meeting where we talked about having had
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“ Physical strength is respected. Toughness is feared. I worked hard at having both. “ Anthony Munoz
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@ESPNBooger Not so fast.
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Arguably the best CFB coach in history. Larry Kehres. Mt Union 332-24-3 Highest winning percentage in CFB history 11 National Championships. 25 Conference Championships
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Great words from one of our own at Massillon. “ When you are lazy, you disrespect those who believe in you ”. Chris Spielman
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A sign in the FB locker Room at Army: “ I can’t do it without you. You can’t do it without me “ IT TAKES ALL 0F US!
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I want a full weight room, and an empty training room. Bill Parcells
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@stephsvox @UCLA There will be an avalanche of civil rights lawsuits from these Jewish students. I hope they win every one of them. UCLA brought it on themselves.
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He lived it. You can whine and complain about what you don’t have. Or you can figure out a way to get the job done with what you do have. Bill Snyder
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I saw him play in person in both HS and College. He ain’t lying. Marcus Dupree, when asked about breaking Herschel Walker’s national High School record by scoring his 87th touchdown: “ Lifting weights has an awful lot to do with it. And I started doing it when I was a
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Walk into any any weight room in the country, and you will get an instant snapshot of program Culture. How are athletes dressed. How hard are they working. Are they coachable. What music is being played. Is the room picked up.
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On average teams, everyone gives advice on how to dig the ditch. On Championship teams, everyone grabs a shovel.
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I got on players and coaches as hard as anyone, but you’ve also got to know when to put your arm around a guy. People have to see your human side. You can’t have anyone going home at night feeling like they don’t belong or aren’t valued. Bill Parcells
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And that “ price “ resulted in 8 NCAA Championships. “ Yes, it’s tough around here. And I am not easy to play for. And that’s because there is a price to pay for winning. But a coach doesn’t throw you to the wolves unless they think you have some wolf in you “. Pat
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@IndianaFever I see great team chemistry.
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@OliLondonTV Not THIS is what a real leader looks like. Courage and Conviction. The ones with masks are cowards.
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There is not a coach on earth that does not notice great effort. If you want to create opportunity for yourself, and earn the respect of everyone around you, then simply outwork people. Nothing makes a more immediate and lasting impression than a great work ethic.
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Championship teams love the weight room, and they love each other. Be the hardest worker. Be a great teammate. Anyone can do it.
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“ You can’t enforce standards without accountability. And punishing players goes along with that. But ultimately, and it can be a painstaking process to get there, true Discipline isn’t about punishing players. It’s about creating an environment where you don’t have to do it “.
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@FOS @MMcCarthyREV Doris would be great. No drama. Just the facts. She knows the game.
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@ChadLeistikow Some people play Basketball. She is a BASKETBALL PLAYER.
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A National Prep Wrestling Champion at Baylor Academy while in HS. Lettered 3 years at Alabama throwing the discus and Shot.
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You have to win in the weight room before you will win on the field. IT’S WHERE THE TRANSFORMATION BEGINS.
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There is receiver speed. There is fast receiver speed. And then there is Randy Moss. Bill Belichick
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I want an empty training room. And a full weight room. Bill Parcells
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Being late is not only a distraction, but it sends a selfish message that your time is more important than everyone else’s. It’s difficult to ever count on people like that. Bill Belichick
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When you are lazy, you disrespect those who believe in you. Chris Spielman
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Winning starts in the weight room. It’s the straw that stirs the drink.
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Make a commitment in the weight room. And make a selfless commitment to put the team first, and be a great teammate. And you will win. Brian Dawkins
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Athletes, don’t take hard coaching personal. It’s a coach demanding your best, pushing you to get better, and caring enough about you to do it. Take it personal if they stop coaching you.
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As told to me by his long time strength coach, Johnny Parker. “Lifting weights and being in great shape is important around here. And if it isn’t important to you, it will be to the person who replaces you”. Bill Parcells
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@dbongino I had a lady throw some shade at me about a year ago for opening the door for her. Said she could get it herself. But 99% are appreciative and say thank you. Growing up in my home, you had better hold the door open for mom, or there were consequences.
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@GoodmanHoops I wish people would stop calling it NIL. These are playing salaries.
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He lived it. Did he ever!
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@JeffMccammon1 @JordanStrack @JonSpor Thank you. I am wrong a lot, but I’ll die on this hill. Sportsmanship and personal accountability are “non negotiables” in athletics.
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@DerekDevereaux @mulvihill79 It should be an annual game.
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Championship teams love the weight room. They are the hunter. Not the meal.
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@brilewerke @EWeezy_For3eezy This is what a selfless leader sounds like.
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@JakeDNVR My dad’s a Marine. I asked him how he would handle this if I did it. He replied “ You’d honor your word “. That’s all he said. Didn’t elaborate.
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Lasting words from Woody Hayes, when I asked his advice on entering Coaching: “ Don’t get into coaching unless people are more important than money, and, you are willing to work tirelessly to demand the very best out of them, and yourself. “
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Bill Parcells when told he had never won a Super Bowl without Bill Belichick, Romeo Crennel, and Al Groh: “ That is absolutely true. We all needed each other to win just like the players do on the field. People always point to the Head Coach when you win, but I don’t coach the
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Undisciplined athletes in the weightroom, will be undisciplined players at practice. Undisciplined players in practice, will be undisciplined players in games. EVERYTHING starts in the weightroom.
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@DLoesch I am voting for any candidate that endorses term limits.
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Championship Teams LOVE THE WEIGHT ROOM!
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Randy White on his reaction to losing to the 49ers in the Playoffs: “ I’m going to take two weeks off to focus on what I need to do to get better, and then I am going to hit the weight room. That’s where everything needs to start. It’s a huge part of why I’m playing in this
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There is just no way around it. The success of our season is going to sink or swim based on how committed this team was in the off season. That weight room is just too damn important. Bill Parcells
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Discipline starts in the off season. If you are undisciplined in workouts, you will be undisciplined in practice. If you are undisciplined in practice, you will be undisciplined in games. Undisciplined teams beat themselves. Their opponent doesn’t have to.
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A Captain’s number one responsibility. Protect their team from anything that gets in the way of winning.
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#ArmyFootball Check out #59 for Army keeping his players from a possible #ArmedForcesBowl brawl replay. Take notes kids!
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@IndianaFever Not only a great player, but early reports saying she is a great teammate. Just like at Iowa.
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Cowboys outdoor weight room in the late 80’s. Dallas heat and humidity in the Summer was a challenge. I was wearing a coat and tie, which shows how smart I was. That’s Ed “ too tall “ Jones doing a Clean. What a thrill it was as a young coach to be there that day. We lifted
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@GarlandGotNext Being young and having little playoff experience is one thing. Getting out hustled and lacking urgency is inexcusable.
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The culture of your team is born and raised in the weightroom. Sets the tone for your entire sport program.
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@CougfanCOM ⁩ Apple Cup 2007. What a night this was! A fun 5 hour bus ride back to Pullman!!!!!
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@DefiantLs I paid mine off. My daughters are paying their’s off. My parents paid their’s off. It was our debt. We borrowed the money.
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@awfulannouncing If he was fired, he would be the most sought after coach in the country.
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@ClayTravis @DiazCanelB @Twitter I visited Moscow in 1988 with a group of American Strength coaches. I spent only a week witnessing the poverty, oppression, and lack of freedom that existed in a Communist country. I vowed I would never complain about the USA when we returned home. And I haven’t. Life changing.
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Culture drove Alabama’s two best players to not opt out of their Bowl game. Culture drove the Lions to play their tails off and beat Green Bay last night, even though they knew before the game they were eliminated from the Playoffs. CULTURE DRIVES EVERYTHING.
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@Brink_Thinker “ What we have here, is a failure to communicate “.
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@HoopsWeiss Wait till her signature shoes hit the market. I am predicting Air Jordan territory. Can’t remember an athlete’s talent having an effect on the national media, and their sport, since Tiger won his first Masters. She deserves every bit of it.
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Says the man who threw his 7th No Hitter at age 43. Nolan Ryan, when asked why year around lifting weights and conditioning was so important to him during his career: “ How many power pitchers play in the major leagues for 27 years, and get better as they got older “.
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Mt. Union Football Culture. 13 National Championships. 30 Conference Championships. 12 undefeated seasons.
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Being a Strength coach and training athletes isn’t about sets and reps. Your primary job is to coach culture.
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