On losing: There is nothing wrong with that other fellow being better than you are, as long as you did everything you possibly could to prepare yourself for the competition. That is all you have control over. That is all you should concern yourself with. It may be that the other fellow’s level of competency [...]
Read more →Is it okay, normal, to be sad about the death of someone you didn’t know? Well, I hope so. Kinda sad around here tonight, at least for me. If you’ve been reading this blog for any amount of time, you know how I feel about John Wooden. He died tonight. 99 years old. ESPN ran [...]
Read more →You must never stand still. You’re either moving upward a little bit or you’re going the other way. You can’t expect to go upward too quickly, but you can sure go down very quickly. This reminds me of one of my dad’s favorite sayings: “You have to learn something new every day. It’s a wasted [...]
Read more →Ability can get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there. A big part of character is the self-discipline needed to avoid complacency, resist temptation, and understand that past success doesn’t guarantee future success. There’s enough in that quote for, like, three different blog posts. But I’ll keep it all together [...]
Read more →Adversity often produces the unexpected opportunity. Look for it. Appreciate it and utilize it. This is difficult to do if you’re feeling sorry for yourself because you’re faced with the adversity. If you don’t know what this post/series is about, see the John Wooden tag and specifically the first quote I posted.
Read more →Winners makes the most mistakes. The doer makes mistakes. Coach Lambert taught me that mistakes come from doing, but so does success. The individual who is mistake-free is also probably sitting around doing nothing. And that’s a very big mistake. The “coach Lambert” mentioned in this quote is Piggy Lambert, who coached at Purdue when [...]
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