Today’s message is especially dedicated to the great Max Rubin-Happy Belated Birthday!Larry Bird was one of the greatest shooters in basketball history. He was once shooting a commercial, and all Bird had to do was purposely miss a foul shot, take a vitamin, and then make the shot. Well guess what? It took Bird 10 […]
“Life is not a talent game-it’s a strategy game.”-ROB GILBERT, Ph.D., Professor of Sports Psychology, Montclair State UniversityToday’s message is especially dedicated to all my loyal blog readers.This is Message #600. Is this a big accomplishment? Some may say yes. While I am certainly excited that this is #600, by no means do I think […]
Kristy Frilling is a professional tennis player, and currently on the Notre Dame team. She competed in ITF tournaments and pro circuit events during high school, advanced to the semifinals of a $175,000 professional doubles tournament in Cincinnati, Ohio in August 2008, won $50,000 professional doubles tournament in Florida in May 2008, won a $25,000 […]
There are no menial jobs, only menial people.“If a man is called to be a streetsweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, ‘Here lived a great streetsweeper […]
Today’s message is especially dedicated to Crystal Applequist and Pam Cooper. A very Happy Birthday to you both.“Some of us are like wheelbarrows-only useful when pushed, and very easily upset.”-JACK HERBERTI’ve worked with thousands of athletes in the past 15 years and a common theme is that…#1 People don’t like to work hard.#2 They let […]
The Wish I caught a little leprechaun, quite wise and very old and he said to me, “You have one wish, would you like my pot of gold?” “No thank you,” was my quick reply, “But how about another… A gift that’s truly precious and esteemed above all others? “He offered then some emeralds, rubies, […]
Today’s message is especially dedicated to the great Sandy Mittleman in Boston.“Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.”-WILLIAM A. WARDI love this quote.Someone once said, the only people without problems are the ones in the cemetery. We all have problems, they are a part of life. We cannot avoid problems, but we […]
Today’s message is especially dedicated to the great Marlene Myers in Michigan.There is a great article in the Wall Street Journal this weekend. John Paul Newport wrote in the Golf Journal about talent versus hard work and if you’ve been following my blog, or have come to one of my lectures, you will see how […]
Happy Pi Day (3.14) and Happy Birthday to Albert Einstein.“Most of us look at an unusually talented person and assume that all it takes to win is talent. Don’t be fooled. Talent is only the beginning. A great person takes a small talent and develops it as a tool for serving others. A small person […]
Today’s message is especially dedicated to the great Rachel McHugh.The owner of a greenhouse had a gardener who was careful, methodical, and a hard worker. In spite of this the plants did not prosper under his care. The owner hired a more experienced gardener. Immediately the plants began to thrive.The first gardener explained what happened: […]