MESSAGE #1296 A MESSAGE FROM TED WILLIAMS
“All I want out of life is that when I walk down the street folks will say, ‘There goes the greatest hitter who ever lived.’ ”
-TED WILLIAMS
What do you want to be said about you?
MESSAGE #1284 THE SECRET TO WINNING
Winning means you’re willing to go longer, work harder, and give more than anyone else.
– VINCE LOMBARDI
MESSAGE #1267 THE FIGHTER
You can’t give up in this game. You never know what can happen.
-MICKY WARD, professional boxer played by Mark Wahlberg in The Fighter
You may not be a boxer, but whatever game it is you are playing, you can’t give up either. Persist and anything can happen.
MESSAGE #1261 THE FIRST STEP
Today’s message is especially dedicated to my sister, the great Lucy Perrine. Happy Birthday!
“Be what you are. This is the first step toward becoming better than you are.”
-JULIUS CHARLES HARE
MESSAGE #1258 THE GREATEST
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!
MESSAGE #1256 HAPPY NEW YEAR!
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 lies inside of you.
Happy New Year from Game. Set. Life.
MESSAGE #1251 GO ALL-OUT!
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 during practice and during competition.
But you also have to go all-out when recovering and relaxing.
I like to think that I work hard.
But for the past couple days, I was under the weather and forced myself to rest hard.
And now I feel great.
Work hard, but work smart.
MESSAGE #1250 NO EXCEPTIONS
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 dreams.”
I know it’s a holiday.
I know I’m not feeling well.
But I also know that there could be one person out there reading my blog for the first time, and I owe it to them to give it my best.
After all, Lou Gehrig played 2,130 consecutive games for the New York Yankees, all while breaking 17 bones in his hands and suffering many injuries, including concussions.
One day Gehrig got hit on top of the head and was unconscious for five minutes.
Guess what?
The next day, he was in the lineup wearing one of Babe Ruth’s caps that had been cut at the seams so the enormous bump on top of his head could fit in it.
If Lou Gehrig could tough it out, I surely could write a blog entry.
MESSAGE #1249 TIS THE SEASON
For those of you celebrating…
Christmas is forever, not for just one day,
for loving, sharing, giving, are not to put away
like bells and lights and tinsel, in some box upon a shelf.
The good you do for others is good you do yourself.
-NORMAN W. BROOKS
MESSAGE #1247 MENTAL TOUGHNESS IN SOCCER
Today’s message is especially dedicated to the great basketball coach, Matt Bloom. In this video blog, Ed talks mental toughness with soccer coach, Toby Stupples.