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I tweeted yesterday on Thanksgiving “Most pro athletes are thankful for their physical gifts. Why are so many thankful athletes arrogant as if they have no one to thank?” I thought to myself, “Self, does thankfulness count if it doesn’t have an object?And I said to myself that it seems illogical that one could genuinely …
Category: Bigger than Me, Character, Skills, Today's Post
I have a hypothesis that athletes will perform better if they have the resolve to talk straight. Confrontation is an art that gets more refined when practiced. But confrontation has also become evil and that’s why the tough conversation is a rarity. It’s not really evil but it has the connotation as such and here’s …
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Category: Bigger than Me, Character, Skills, Team, Today's Post
So I’m watching Sportscenter and a feature segment appears pointing out that the University of Connecticut (UCONN) Women’s basketball team has won 79 straight games (81 since the day I began writing this post). They haven’t lost since April 6, 2008. They’ve won 78 of 79 games during the streak by double-digits and out of …
Category: Bigger than Me, Character, Team, Today's Post
Ten players from the basketball team that I coach went with me to a seminar on Saturday called “Making Space for God.” It was hosted by Renewed Living Ministries and I didn’t know how they would react but they made it through with a high degree of engagement. The lady who ran the seminar knew …
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Category: Bigger than Me, Team, Today's Post
In 2002 I scheduled these “God Getaways” once-a-month for twelve months. There was a conference center in Lake Hughes, California that accommodated people who worked in the full-time ministry for free when space allowed so I took ’em up on their offer. It was about a 1.5 hour drive from where I lived but the …
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Category: Character, Skills, Today's Post
I thought by now I’d have published my book. Needless to say it’s been a grind at best and a nightmare at worst. But I was driving west on the 210 Freeway yesterday when it hit me that I should start over and write another book. When I went to the self-publishing agency with my …
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Category: Skills, Today's Post
You think Shaquille O’neal will ever wear a Lakers uniform again? Doesn’t really matter but I never thought he’d be in Boston, Cleveland or Phoenix. I watched him at Louisiana State University in the early 1990s. I never thought he’d be a Laker in the first place. He was tearin’ down backboards literally and redefining …
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Category: Skills, Today's Post
