SPEAKER | AUTHOR | TRANSFORMATION STRATEGIST
One of my best basketball memories from college has more to do with bowling. We were having a lackluster practice when coach aborted all the drills and in lieu of prolonging the drudgery, took us all to the lanes for an impromptu afternoon of bowling. A love was born, quiet as it was kept, for …
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Category: Bigger than Me, Skills
So today I faired better than last week in my meaningless Sunday night league game in the city of Walnut. It’s a strange chronicle to observe a sport like basketball on myopic levels. I mean, I’m acutely aware of this crazy dichotomy that exists on Sundays as it pertains to basketball. There’s the fan side, …
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Category: Skills
I’m convinced that the world is filled with underdogs and you and I likely fit the description. I’ve learned a simple lesson that speaks to that reality and saw a NBA rookie prove to be a case-in-point.
Angry people have a certain perception and expectation of the world that they live in and when that reality does not meet their expectation of it, then they become angry.” -Tristan Loo, What Causes Anger? This quote may be one of the truest there are among principles that have parallels in sports and life. The …
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Category: For Further Study, Skills
Club and Travel teams have literally become how young athletes and their parents pursue scholarships to marquee universities. But the question is whether or not these “year ’round” players are being developed to fit in when they play for their school teams.
Corny works. What happened to puttin’ the time in it takes to be as good as you THINK you are?
I always think randomly about questions like, “If you had the president’s attention for 5 minutes on a subway train, what would you choose to say?” I know you’re thinking that Secret Service would never allow that ride in the first place but just imagine. Isn’t the thing we want most a captive audience? In …
Category: Skills
