MESSAGE #1471
Thinking too much about how you are doing when you are doing it is disastrous.
-Harvey Penick
MESSAGE #1466
It’s not what’s happening around you.
It’s not what’s happening to you.
What really matters is what’s happening INSIDE you.
MESSAGE #1465 IT’S SUPPOSED TO BE HARD
It’s supposed to be hard. If it wasn’t hard, everyone would do it. The hard is what makes it great. —Tom Hanks in “A League of Their Own” when Gina Davis wanted to quit baseball because it was “too hard”
MESSAGE #1464 GIVING UP
It’s easy to give up. In fact, many people give up when adversity hits, but the ones that succeed are the ones that persist.
Push through.
No matter what.
MESSAGE #1445 DEREK SANDERSON JETER
Congrats to Derek Jeter, the 28th man to reach 3,000 hits and the first Yankee to do so. The following quote puts it best…
I’ve seen him since the Fall League when I think he was 19 years old. He’s still the same kid. A little different haircut, but always plays the game right. He always treats people right and he tries to beat your brains out. That’s a good way to go about things.
—Boston Red Sox manager Terry Francona.
MESSAGE #1439 I’D LIKE TO TEACH THE WORLD TO SING (SORT OF)
In 1971, Coke ran a very catchy and successful ad campaign to “Teach the world to sing.”
In 2011, I want to start a campaign to “Teach the world to be mentally tough.”
Is this possible?
Why not? Mental toughness is certainly learnable. Keep checking in on this blog for daily mental toughness tips.
In the meantime, enjoy the Coke commercial…
MESSAGE #1438 DEREK JETER GETS NERVOUS!
Today, Derek Jeter made a rehab start in Trenton with the Yankees’ Double A affiliate, Trenton Thunder.
Guess what?
Jeter couldn’t sleep last night—he was nervous!
What does this mean? It means if a future Hall of Fame baseball player gets nervous, it’s okay if you get nervous.
The secret?
You don’t have to ACT nervous.
Enjoy my photos of the day…
MESSAGE #1435 FOLLOW-THROUGH
Recently, Yankee pitcher, Phil Hughes (above) was put on the Disabled List due to a “dead arm.”
Today, Hughes made a rehab start for the Trenton Thunder. He looked good to me. Here are his stats: 6.1 innings pitched, 3 hits, 1 run, 2 walks, 8 strikeouts.
Injuries and adversity are part of the game, whether your game is sports, sales or school. So it’s not what happens to you, it’s how you react.
In sports and life, there will always be setbacks, but it’s our reactions that determine our results.
A setback is a setup for a comeback.