MESSAGE #1209 ARE YOU A TEAM PLAYER?
When I was younger, my cousins brainwashed me into liking the Dallas Cowboys. The truth is, I didn’t really enjoy football but they were passionate Cowboy fans, so it rubbed off. To this day I still do not follow football but I can remember Roger Staubach, Tony Dorsett, Randy White, Ed “Too Tall” Jones, and others.
For some reason, the player I remember the most was #12, Roger Staubach. Recently, I hear an amazing story about Roger.
In 1963, while playing football for Navy, Staubach won the Heisman Trophy for being the most outstanding collegiate football player.
After Roger received the award, he went back to Navy and a team meeting was held. As he spoke to his teammates, Roger said that the trophy wasn’t his, it belonged to all of them. He said he would not have won the trophy without them.
And then Staubach proceeded to smash the Heisman Trophy into pieces.
Everyone in the room was stunned.
Staubach walked over to each teammate and handed them a piece of the trophy.
Now that’s a teammate.
And that’s a leader.
MESSAGE #1167 TEAMWORK AND INTELLIGENCE
“Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.”
-MICHAEL JORDAN
MESSAGE #1148 TOGETHER EVERYONE ACHIEVES MORE
If you’ve been reading my blog for a while you know what TEAM stands for…
Together Everyone Achieves More…
As long as…there’s a…
Total Effort from All Members.
In sports, we can’t do it on our own. Even in individual sports like tennis, golf and gymnastics, we have a team of coaches and supporters.
A true champion helps the rest of the team become better.
There’s a hopi saying, “One finger can’t lift a pebble.”
Think about it. We need help. We need to work together.
Who is helping you?
Who can help you?
Who are you helping?
MESSAGE #1142 WHO’S YOUR COACH?
I have spent a good part of my career studying successful people, in all walks of life. One thing that these successful people have in common is they all have coaches. Pitching coaches, life coaches, music coaches, business coaches, academic coaches, etc.
Nobody can do it on their own. A coach can see things the player/client/student cannot.
Learn from your coach’s experience.
And when your coach isn’t around, coach yourself. Pick yourself up instead of beating yourself down.
“You can do this!” is better than “That was a stupid thing to do!”
Fire that negative coach in your head.
MESSAGE #1073 TEAMWORK
Today’s message is especially dedicated to all the great business professionals of LEEEP.
Last night I gave a talk and team building session to LEEEP at Princeton University’s Football Stadium. We discussed success, motivation, adding value and making a difference.
I asked if anyone knew what TEAM stood for.
TEAM – Together Everyone Achieves More
as long as there is a…
Total Effort from All Members.
We are all on a team. A sports team. A business team. A relationship team. An academic team.
If you focus on giving your all, no matter what, the team is better for it.
The goal is to have all members of your team go all-out. But if that is not reality, why don’t you take charge – lead by example? You may be pleasantly surprised.
Enthusiasm is contagious.
Start an epidemic.
MESSAGE #1036 TEAMWORK
Today’s message is especially dedicated to the great Rob Polishook, performance coach and founder of Inside the Zone.
Trust is key ingredient in any relationship, whether it’s on a sports team, a business team or a relationship team. I know when I coach tennis players and when I coach people in mental toughness, trust is the key. Nobody can do it on their own – and trust is essential to success. Let me tell you a story…
Once upon a time, Fire, Water and Trust were walking in the woods.
They started planning what they would do if they got separated.
Fire said, “Look for the smoke – that’s where I’ll be.”
Water said, “Look for the green grass and flowers – that’s where I’ll be.”
Trust said, “You’d better not lose me because if you do – you might never get me back again.”
MESSAGE #1001 HOW TO WIN MORE
Today’s message is especially dedicated to the boys tennis team at Bolsa Grande High School in California.
Many players and teams go into a match thinking, “that team is really good; we have no chance of winning.”
The problem with this mindset is that it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Henry Ford once said, “Whether you think you can or think you can’t, either way, you’re right.”
The best team doesn’t win.
The team that plays best wins.
The Davids beat the Goliaths all the time.
The fastest horse does not always win the race.
If you go all-out, you’re a winner. If you hold back, you’re not.
Any questions?
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