Spencer Ferrari-Wood
@_CoachFerrari
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Head Football Coach at @WeAreMVCFB Aiming to glorify God and build Christ-like student-athletes
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Softness is:
Talking back
Skipping reps
Failing classes
Showing up late
Giving 50% effort
Toughness is:
Being early
Going full speed
Doing extra reps
Biting your tongue
Being on the honor roll
Tough people dominate soft people in sports and in life.
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Here's what
@CoachDrinkwitz
had to say on the Transfer Portal Era:
"We are such an instant gratification era, myself included. We are trying to skip the step of adversity and growth―you're never going to be able to skip that in life."
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Every offseason I update my college coach database which compiles the contacts of every college football program in the country (980 schools to be exact).
Follow me and retweet this and I'll send it to you for free!
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"What do you do once football season ends?"
4pm: watch young guys compete in JV soccer game
5pm: watch wrestlers compete on Senior Night
6pm: dinner with wife
7pm: watch older guys compete in Varsity hoops
Coaches, go watch your guys be great in something other than football!
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Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla on his role as a coach:
"I’m not a basketball coach. I don’t really care as much about basketball as much as I care about the people next to me, the people that I can influence, the people that I can help. My identity is not in what I do."
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Give me the kid who fights back tears while painfully shaking the winner's hand, the one who hides his face under his jersey because losing rips his heart out, the kid who can't wait to get back to work on Monday to fix mistakes.
Losing never hurts losers, it only hurts winners.
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1st in league in total offense.
3rd in league in total defense.
Broke multiple school records.
Passed for the most yards in our county's history.
Won more games than the past 2 years combined.
Saw a group of guys create a brotherhood they'll never forget.
God is at work here.
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Humbled and honored to lead this team forward. Go Mustangs!
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Taylor is still receiving care at Stanford and is working to regain feeling in his body. He was able to wiggle his toes for the first time yesterday which was huge. Would you consider partnering with me in prayer for Taylor? We are trusting that God will do what only He can do.
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Normally don't post stats but...
@DominicPierini2
threw for 486 4 TDs/0 INTs and rushed for a TD
@DownieNico
caught 10 for 222 and a TD
@nic_J5
caught 3 for 80 and 2 TDs (also had a pick six)
@MeloMario4
is a machine
@AidanJ88
caught a TD and had a scoop and score
#SeniorNight
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Crazy ending to a crazy game. Proud of our team.
Would you consider joining me in prayer for one of our players, Taylor Fernandez, who got injured during the game? He is spending the night at Stanford Medical and doesn't have feeling in his hands or feet. Please pray!
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Two thoughts:
1) Even in 1937 they were taking the gift with a soft corner. Take the free yards!
2) Why don't we lateral as much in today's game? I understand the risks, but there's so much extra yardage if done well.
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Natália and I have reached four years of marriage. Somehow I love her more today than I did yesterday, but not as much as I will tomorrow. I’m surely a better man today than I was when I said “I do.”
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“Be where your feet are” is something I wish I would’ve learned sooner. The only thing we can do right now is whatever's in front of us. If we can win the moment we can win the day. If we can win the day we can win the week. And we could all use a good week this week. Be present.
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When Michael Jordan got cut from his high school team, he went home crying and told his mom and she said “get better.”
Cut a kid today and their parents are calling the coach and transferring.
We need to prepare our kids for the path, not the path for our kids.
#HappyMothersDay
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Tip to OCs (speaking to myself):
Always think of a new way to run your best play before you make up a new play. Keep your bread and butter your bread and butter, just throw a bit of jelly on there.
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@TEwracademy
As a Head Coach, you'll have lots of suggestions from others but you are the only one to make the final call. Leadership is lonely.
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"I'm better than D2"
"I don't want to play D3"
"I don't want to go to JuCo"
"They didn't offer enough money"
Ball is ball, and good football is played at all levels.
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Every football game has a winner and a loser. And a lot of times being the loser has nothing to do with lack of effort, preparation, or will. Sometimes you just lose.
Football is such a great life teacher.
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Winners realize that the struggle is a privilege. It provides a chance to prove themselves and become better.
Losers see struggling as an unnecessary inconvenience. If it makes life harder, they avoid it at all costs.
Embrace the struggle. Appreciate the work. Struggle well.
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Proud of this guy!
Proud of our senior
@luked_53
who competed in the
@CoastAllstar
All-Star game tonight. Luke started at LT and played very well despite consistent rain.
It’s always fun watching our Seniors compete in these events and our First Team All-League left tackle did not disappoint!
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Players that skip reps, miss times, don’t touch the line, and can’t look up when a coach is talking are usually the same players that quit at the first sign of adversity.
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There is a 0.03% chance that your child will become a professional athlete. There is a 100% chance that your child will stand before Jesus. Get your kids to church!
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At some point:
He who runs a 4.4 first ran a 4.9.
He who jumps 38 inches first jumped 18 inches.
He who benches three plates first benched one plate.
Keep the focus on progress, not mastery.
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One month from today, I'll be speaking at the Bay Area
@PlaybookClinics
on our "Zone Blocking Kickoff Return" and "Creating a Culture of Accountability."
If you want to save money, you can use my personalized discount code “Ferrari-Wood” to get $50 off:
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As we finally begin our long drive from TN to CA, I'm overwhelmed with gratitude for
@BaylorSchool
The past couple years saw us win a state title, shatter enrollment records, and be changed for the better by amazing kids. I'll always be grateful for this special place.
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Love what
@gkittle46
says here:
"I'd draw a big red button on my wrist tape which was basically a reset button. After every single play, whether it was good or bad, I'd slap the reset button. If I was ever getting too excited or too down on myself I'd hit the reset button."
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10 Things Offensive Linemen Fear:
10) Dressing Rooms
9) Favorite Cafeteria Worker Retired
8) Chair Attached to School Desk
7) Getting Rolled-Up On
6) Baby Powder Gone
5) Knee Braces Rubbing
4) Event Labeled "Formal"
3) "Get 'em Choppin'!"
2) Empty Fridge
1) QB Getting Touched
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Excited to be up in the Bay tomorrow for a great two days of learning!
One month from today, I'll be speaking at the Bay Area
@PlaybookClinics
on our "Zone Blocking Kickoff Return" and "Creating a Culture of Accountability."
If you want to save money, you can use my personalized discount code “Ferrari-Wood” to get $50 off:
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Consistency is the secret weapon to the world's top performers (in anything). They would much rather be consistently good than occasionally great.
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Holding people accountable is uncomfortable. But what's more uncomfortable is having people fail because you won't coach, confront, or correct them.
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Love these guys!
Proud of our seniors
@MeloMario4
and
@ConnorPallott21
who competed in the
@GetSportsFocus
All-Star game tonight. They both played well despite constant rain throughout the game.
These two represent our school so well and it was great to see them each compete one last time!
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Excited for this season with this squad!
Nothing like hitting the field in pads for the first time at the exact time you’re legally allowed to.
#MustangMidnightMadness
was a success 🔥
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There's not a higher compliment than being called a "great teammate" by your teammates.
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The Bible has 40+ different writers spread over 1,500 years. 66 books in total. It is a God book, not a man book. Man was the pen, God the author.
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Me trying to explain to the new 9th graders the intricacies of Y-Cross
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Being a coach is a calling. Players break your heart, parents think their kid isn't playing enough, other "real" teachers don't consider you a "real" teacher, social media critics roast you.
But coaches work countless hours that nobody sees. What keeps us going is the calling.
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"I hate losing more than I love winning."
Is this the opinion of most coaches?
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Coaches, nothing will discourage players who are great teammates faster than tolerating or rewarding players who are bad ones. Accountability is an essential part of team success, and there are no exceptions.
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College coaches - I have some dawgs you'll want to check out! We're an IB school so we have academic weapons as well as college ready athletes.
Please send me a DM and I'll shoot over our Prospect Sheet.
College coaches:
If California is your recruiting area (or Bay Area for local coaches) please DM me and I'll send you our Prospect Sheet. We have 24s and 25s that will make college programs very happy. MVC is an IB school so our kids are academically prepared and college ready🚀
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Gale Sayers passed away three years ago today. He was a machine.
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If you wanna play for a DUDE you need to check out
@CoachCross2
and
@calpolyfootball
🔥
Thank you
@CoachCross2
for visiting campus to see what we're building here at
@WeAreMVCFB
If you knew what's brewing at
@CalPolyFootball
you'd be doing anything to be part of it 💪Top school in the west, sparkling facilities and SLO is a hidden gem of a college town.
#RecruitMVC
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College coaches:
As you begin visiting schools, consider coming to see us at
@WeAreMVCFB
🚀Every coach that has visited MVC has left impressed.
If you're recruiting the Bay Area and looking for athletic bodies, academic weapons, and college-ready kids, you need to
#RecruitMVC
College coaches:
If California is your recruiting area (or Bay Area for local coaches) please DM me and I'll send you our Prospect Sheet. We have 24s and 25s that will make college programs very happy. MVC is an IB school so our kids are academically prepared and college ready🚀
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I recently heard
@LeeStrobel
preach. He said "It's okay to have questions as long as you're pursuing answers." Answers are found in Scripture! The more we seek the more we find. This reminds us that God-fearing curiosity gets rewarded with God-loving adoration. This is good news.
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No place like it!
#ComeToMVC
Why MVC?
Pristine 100 acre campus🌲
Nicest stadium in the area💎
Elite sports performance center💪
Loving community who push you to be the best🎯
Since 2019 MVC grads have attended 40 of the top 50 ranked universities in the US. Wherever you want to go, MVC can take you there🧠
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It was great to see
@Boobie24Dixon
in the house last night at the
@GetSportsFocus
All-Star game!
#HailState
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Your effort needs to be greater than your last result.
Your next workout doesn't care how strong your last one was.
Your next article doesn't care how popular your last one was.
Your next investment doesn't care how smart your last one was.
Your best effort is needed, again.
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Can’t wait to see where this guy lands…..
#uncommitted
👀
The offense wrote the sentence- I put the exclamation point; 7 times!
@_CoachFerrari
@mvcmustangs
@XIOSFitness
@afdelacruz
@Coach_Casey_P
@Coach_Hoff_NAU
@CoachFam
@lj_early
@coachripshwtime
@GetSportsFocus
@kickdoctor
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I'm new to the Twitter world so I thought I'd do something helpful to get my account off the ground.
I've created a RIDICULOUSLY valuable resource for football coaches across the country and I'm giving it away for free. If you follow me and retweet this I'll DM it to you
#thread
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When parents blame others (coaches, refs, teammates, bad weather, etc.) after a poor performance, they aren't building confidence in their kid. They're raising an excuse maker.
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Proud of this warrior. His best football is ahead of him!
4 months ago I had full ACL reconstruction surgery, I’ve worked extremely hard every day to get back on the field. Friday night I smashed 8/8 PATs
#HardWorkPaysOff
@_CoachFerrari
@afdelacruz
@XIOSFitness
@lj_early
@Coach_Casey_P
@Coach_Hoff_NAU
@coachripshwtime
@GetSportsFocus
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Rankings, stars, and hype are fiction. What you put on tape is reality.
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Of the 94 schools in
@cifccs
Nico ranks first in receiving yards by a comfortable margin. No one dominated this league more than Nico. Absolute gamer who was at his best when we needed it the most!
Capped off a great Junior Season with a walk off 50 yard TD this Saturday!
Stats and film from my season:
75 Receptions | 1255 receiving yards | 14 Receiving touchdowns
@CoachCross2
@FBAztecs_DPP
@Jadersdiamond
@Coach_Getch
@BrandonHuffman
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Excited to meet some great people tonight. Honored to serve this community!
#GoMustangs
Come out and get to know
@_CoachFerrari
tonight at 6:30pm in the James Bard Black Box Theater. All are welcome!
#GoMustangs
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No one has dominated a statistical category in CCS this season like
@DownieNico
has receiving. Dynamic playmaker that has a bright future 🚀
1000 yard club ⚡️
14 catches for 222 receiving yards and a TD yesterday vs Watsonville to put my season totals at
60 receptions
1060 yards
13 TDs
AGTG 🙏
@FBAztecs_DPP
@Jadersdiamond
@CoachAJCoop
@CoachRyanPayne
@BraedenVolk
@CoachGrimes04
@westcoastpreps_
@KSBWDrea
Film⬇️
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The point is this: great coaches can come from anywhere.
It will be fun to see where "big time" coaches ten years from now are today.
As former Pacific Lutheran (D3) HC Frosty Westering famously said, "Make the big time where you are."
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I've met a lot of people who wished they started sooner. I don't remember meeting anyone who wished they started later.
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Proud of this young man. He’s going to make some college program very happy!
Broke the school record for passing yards in a game last night!
36/42 (85%)
486 Yards
4 Passing Touchdowns
1 Rushing Td
@CoachAmoaka
@coachtheronaych
@CoachMFred_OC
@COACHJDESSEIN
@CoachRyanPayne
@Coach_Getch
@CoachHbeemiller
@Coachjoedavis
@QuinnShanbour
@CoachNateWade1
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Stop monitoring others and just run your own race. All those hours spent looking at someone else's life could be better used to take action in your own.
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You only get one shot in life. You either do everything you can to chase your potential or you don’t - there is no in between.
Your life either ends proudly that you did everything you could or it ends with you blaming other people for work you didn’t do.
Chase your potential!
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A Canadian study showed that motivation, confidence, and resilience were the top factors to maximizing athletic performance. Intrinsic motivation, belief in yourself, and the ability to not flinch when setbacks arise are super important.
If you got these three, you got a chance!
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This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.
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Special thanks to
@ErikKimrey
for showing me what championship football looks like. I learned from you that struggling well propels you through the noise.
Excited to see
@BaylorSchoolFB
continue to grow under your leadership. You've won 13 state titles; happy to be part of one!
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It's not enough to merely "turn away" from our sin; we need to "run towards" something better, namely Christ.
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Having a great teacher doesn't necessarily mean you'll learn. Having a great trainer doesn't automatically mean you'll become fit. Having a great coach doesn't inevitably mean you'll become a baller.
At some point, you have to realize that YOUR growth is YOUR responsibility.
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Imagine what the world would look like if Christians lived as if Christ died yesterday, rose today, and was coming tomorrow.
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Something I wish I would've understood when I was younger: how much time coaches spend thinking about what's best for the team.
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Why are some athletes “injury prone?” Why do some players always seem to get banged up or have nagging injuries? According to
@ctchildrens
a good place to investigate is how much sleep you’re getting at night:
“The strongest predictor of injury was <8 hours of sleep per night”
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College coaches take notice 👀
PCAL Football Week 3
⭐️Player Spotlight⭐️
QB Dom Pierini & WR Nico Downie
Monte Vista Christian Mustangs
This dominant passing duo has been huge for the undefeated Mustangs. This Friday, Pierini threw for 426 yards and 4 TDs and Downie caught 10 passes for 228 yards and 3 TDs.
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Behaving like a champion is the pre-requisite for becoming one. You can't win on accident.
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Running sprints is hard but you're better because of it. Networking at an event is hard but you're better because of it. Journaling everyday is hard but you're better because of it.
Many rewards in life will elude you if you're not willing to be a little uncomfortable at first.
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Many players assume they're bad at football because it's hard. That's like assuming you're bad at weightlifting because the weight is heavy.
Football is the ultimate man-maker because it's hard. It's the effort that goes into football that leads to becoming a better man.
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Happy birthday to my wife who only wanted to see the Rams play at Levi’s for her birthday. We didn’t see Stafford, Kupp, or Donald play but we did see the
@rams
get the W!
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Want to be a Better Football Player? Play Other Sports. (🧵)
A lot of my threads are opinionated. This thread is not one of them.
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In order to win, we have to do things we don't always want to do. Do you hate losing so much that you're willing to change, or do you hate change so much that you're willing to lose?
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When you mention ONE TIME that Buncha Crunch is the undisputed champ of movie theater snacks and your students show up to class with this…
It’s just great to know they listen 😂
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I relax on airplanes even though I don't know the pilot. I relax on buses even though I don't know the driver. If I can relax in these situations, I can relax a little bit more in others, knowing that God is in the driver's seat of my life.
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You know you have great people on staff when your OL coach gifts you a football signed by members of the 1997
@RamsNFL
"just because." Thank you
@evanschris1355
🏈
Also peep the Dick Vermeil signature at the top
#Legendary
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Two things I want to always remember as a coach:
1) Hold people accountable for wrongdoing, but
2) Be compassionate enough to believe in their capacity to be transformed.
Accountability and compassion are twin traits that should mark every coach.
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Debunking Myths About Football (🧵)
Feel free to share this with players, parents, administrators, etc.
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Control the controllables, and what's not in your control is how other people respond. Keep moving!
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Whoever scoops up this speedster will instantly become a better football team! Team captain, all-purpose yards monster, leader by example, academic weapon, selfless teammate, and someone who gets north in a HURRY.
Can’t wait to see where Connor goes in life!
Ended off my senior season on a high note with a nail biter dub!
Stats and film this season:
1,271 total yards
120 carries for 792 yards (6.6 YPC)
33 receptions for 479 yards (14.5 avg)
1 KOR TD too
11 total TDs
@_CoachFerrari
@afdelacruz
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Journaling when you remember to is common. Journaling everyday is rare. Going to the gym when you feel like it is common. Going to the gym everyday is rare. Praying when you are in need is common. Praying daily is rare. Unexciting days today lead to exciting days in the future.
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Who you choose to hang around today is who you are choosing to become tomorrow. Your environment shapes who you are.
Let me say it again: WHO YOU HANGOUT WITH MATTERS!
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You are not responsible for everything that happens to you, but you are 100% responsible for how you respond to everything that happens to you.
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Consistency always amazes me. The pregame routine of
@HLundqvist
(and many others) is so impressive.
Why do consistent pregame routines matter? Because they get you in the right mindset to feel confident and prepared for the game.
Consistency will always be a 🔑 to success.
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"The Christian shoemaker does his Christian duty not by putting little crosses on the shoes, but by making good shoes, because God is interested in good craftsmanship."
Whatever God has called you to do, and with whatever gifts He has given you, do it with excellence.
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If you’ve trained hard for something and you reach a situation that seems to surpass your training, remind yourself:
“I’m a good _____ and I will figure this out.”
It’s crazy the confidence you can gain from reminding yourself that you’re ready for whatever is in front of you.
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Many Americans wrongfully assume someone who speaks broken English is somehow less intelligent. When someone has a foreign accent, it means they speak more than one language and are courageous enough to try to improve it.
A foreign accent is a sign of bravery.
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This attention to detail by
@AndreAgassi
is incredible and is a fantastic illustration of why taking pride in the little things usually results in success in big things.
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You can tell how committed a player is by:
1) The attitude they bring
2) The questions they ask
3) Their openness to feedback
4) What time they arrive to practice
5) The extra work they're willing to do
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The people we surround ourselves with either raise or lower our standards. They either help us become the best version of ourselves or encourage us to become lesser versions of ourselves. We become like the people we spend the most time with or listen to the most.
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@CoachChadSavage
@toryhorton11
If you come to the Bay Area you'll find the
#1
rated WR in CCS in
@DownieNico
🚀
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Beyond grateful for the offer and the opportunity to continue at the next level. Thank you
@CoachFam
🦫
@_CoachFerrari
@afdelacruz
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Athletes:
If you train 4x per week, that’s 16x per month. If you miss ONE training session, that’s 6% of your training. You would get fired from most jobs for missing 6% of your work.
If you want to EXCEL start thinking like the business owner.....not the employee.
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