Today’s message is especially dedicated to Nate Kunnen and Dan Beedle in Michigan. How soon ‘not now’ becomes ‘never’. -MARTIN LUTHER, German priest By request, I was asked to blog about how to sustain motivation and how to persist and have inner strength. Two separate requests which are actually related. It’s that time of year […]
Below is a poem that Muhammad Ali wrote and recited to some university students on the topic of persistence: Stay in college; get the knowledge Stay there till you are through. If they can make Penicillin out of moldy bread, They sure’ll make something out of you!
Nothing changes on New Year’s Day. -BONO, rock star Does anything really change on New Year’s Day? I suppose change is possible, but is it lasting change? Doing something once is not impressive. Doing something consistently is impressive. Don’t make resolutions, set goals and make lifestyle changes. I’ve working out in gyms for most of […]
Well, it’s New Year’s Eve and time to say goodbye to 2010 and hello to 2011. Regardless of what 2010 brought and what 2011 will bring, there is something more important. It is best put by Ralph Waldo Emerson: What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what […]
1. Act as if it were impossible to fail. 2. Do what needs to be done, whether you feel like it or not. 3. Set goals and do whatever it takes to attain them. 4. Develop a growth mindset. 5. Cultivate gratitude for all that you have in your life. 6. Be a team player. […]
Today’s message is especially dedicated to the great Nancy Johanson in Phoenix, Arizona. “Magic is pretty simple: It’s practice, it’s training and it’s experimenting while pushing through the pain to be the best I can be.” -DAVID BLAINE Magic is not unlike sports, or life, for that matter. David Blaine was not “born” to be […]
Think about the last time you were under pressure. Perhaps it was during an athletic competition. Perhaps it was with a deadline at work. Perhaps it was speaking in front of your class in school. Physically, how did you react? If you are like most people, your body tensed up. How did you perform? If […]
Courage is not the absence of fear-it’s inspiring others to move beyond it. -NELSON MANDELA Fear is part of sports…and life. Let me share with you a secret: Winners and losers feel the same feelings. The difference is in the action they take. Before the Super Bowl, the US Open, and World Series, the athletes […]
I always tell people to go all-out! In fact, that is usually how I sign my book when people purchase it. I once told a professional baseball player to go all-out, and he said that that was difficult because it is a long season. But he didn’t get it. Going all-out means giving your all […]
Well, Christmas Day is almost over. I am a little under the weather, so I spent most of it resting. Laying in bed, I remembered that I had not blogged yet today. I didn’t feel like getting up, but I did it anyway. In my head, I recalled one of my favorite quotes: “Exceptions shatter […]