They say you can’t steal second by keeping your foot on first. What does this mean? You have to get out of your comfort zone. You have to take a chance. Here is Luis Nunez of the Trenton Thunder taking a chance on a ball hit in the gap.
Yesterday Alex Rodriguez finally hit his 600th home run. An amazing feat. Or is it? Admitting to have taken performance enhancing drugs because of “an enormous amount of pressure to perform” is ridiculous. I don’t know about you, but as much as I love the Yankees, I can’t fully enjoy A-rod’s accomplishment. That’s like using […]
Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is more important than the outcome. -ARTHUR ASHE
Today’s message is especially dedicated to the great Brandon Laird of the New York Yankees. On Sunday night, Brandon Laird was promoted from Double-A Trenton Thunder to Triple-A Scranton-Wilkes Barre Yankees. He went home, packed his bags and left the next morning to meet his new team in Syracuse for his Triple-A debut Monday night. […]
1. Focus on things you can control (your effort, attitude, strategy) 2. Stay in the present moment. 3. Act as if it were impossible to fail.
So here I am in the press box at the Trenton Thunder game. Tonight is a pitcher’s duel with Yankee prospect, Adam Warren of the Thunder (3-0, 2.95 ERA) versus Kyle Drabek of the New Hampshire Fisher Cats, who threw a no-hitter earlier this season. Kyle is the son of Cy Young Award winner, Doug […]
Will beats skill any day. Diligence beats intelligence any day. Desire wins. How bad do you want it?
Keep doing things that put you out of your comfort zone, until you feel comfortable. Then find some new things to do that make you uncomfortable. This is mental cross-training at its best. Do you want to be comfortable, or do you want to be great? Keep pushing yourself and you will find yourself in […]
Whatever is real, your mind accepts as fact. Whatever is imagined, your mind accepts as fact. What does this mean? 1. Practice visualizing your perfect stroke, it’s almost as good as physically doing it. 2. Focus on things that you want to happen, not things you don’t want to happen. 3. Imagine different scenarios that […]
Have you ever had a fear of something? Perhaps playing in front of a big crowd? Speaking in front of a group? A piano recital? Fear is normal. But you don’t have to act like you are fearful. Focus on the process, not the outcome. As a matter of fact, fear is nature’s way of […]