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...
Read more →It is best not to drink too deeply from a cup full of fame. It can be very intoxicating, and intoxicated people often do foolish things. Back when I was a TV sportscaster in small town Idaho, the local kids would occasionally come up to me and ask for an autograph when I was...
Read more →If we magnified blessings as much as we magnify disappointments, we would all be much happier. Tomorrow on this blog, I’m going to post about a very intense and recent disappointment we’ve faced at Casa McGee. So this quote is especially relevant tonight. My mom’s most oft-repeated quote to me as a child was,...
Read more →