Adam Perron

Head Men’s Soccer Coach at Coastal Carolina University 🏝️⚽️

[jt batson @jtbatson]

Thank you to our fans for your record breaking support. Friday's opening match was most-watched soccer match in U.S. history and a larger audience than the NBA Finals. We're just getting started, so bring your friends and let's keep making history together!

[Adam Perron @Adam_Perron1]

@stockplaymaker1 For now!

[Zach Brandon @MVP_Mindset]

Steve Kerr shares that one of the most valuable things he's learned as a coach is to stop beating himself up after failure.

"I've had to unlearn the tendency to beat myself up after failure...I'm going to lose. I'm going to make poor decisions that I regret later. But losing sleep over them and beating myself up is not at all productive."

A lot of coaches are great at helping players recover from mistakes, but many struggle to extend that same grace to themselves.

You can prepare relentlessly, care deeply, and still make decisions you wish you could take back.

The question isn't whether you'll make mistakes. Every coach does.

Similar to athletes, the question is how you'll choose to respond after them...For your players and yourself.

📹: Consello

[Adam Perron @Adam_Perron1]

People are quick to criticize the U.S players and the head coach, pundits and coaches so quick to judge. That was a statement performance and something to make all of us Americans proud tonight 🔥. Go on men. Believe.

[U.S. Soccer Men's National Team @USMNT]

Opening Statement. 🇺🇸

[Adam Perron @Adam_Perron1]

All of us here at Coastal men’s soccer are wishing Frantzy the best, truly living his dream and representing his country on the world stage. Can’t wait to watch him shine 🏝️🔥

[Coastal Men's Soccer @CoastalMSoccer]

"To see a former Chanticleer represent his country on soccer's biggest stage is special."

Former Coastal Carolina standout Frantzdy Pierrot is headed to the FIFA World Cup with Haiti⚽️

More on Pierrot ➡️ https://t.co/WufhXRsJ6D

[Coach AJ 🎯 Mental Fitness @coachajkings]

Brad Stevens shares the two qualities that define the best leaders - and why you need both.

"The best leaders are warm and demanding."

"You can approach them to go out to dinner. You can approach them about your situation. You can approach them about life off the court."

"And at the same time - when you get between those lines, there's a demand of operating at an excellent level."

Warm without demand is soft.
Demand without warmth is cold.

The best leaders are both.

"It doesn't mean it's demeaning. It's just we have an expectation that you're going to operate at your highest level."

"Yes, there are expectations. Yes, there are great demands. But yes - we realize you're a human being and we're here to help in any way that we can."

The best leaders care about you and they believe in you and your potential.

They balance being warm and being demanding. (🎥Positive Coaching Alliance )

[Adam Perron @Adam_Perron1]

@stockplaymaker1 Active

[Adam Perron @Adam_Perron1]

Excellence is a way of life…it’s who you are 👊🏻🔥

[Coach AJ 🎯 Mental Fitness @coachajkings]

He has so many great quotes and speeches this might be my favorite...

"My mentality going into every single game was just to absolutely obliterate this guy."

"The fact of the matter is, I'm still trying to get better. So if I'm playing against a weaker opponent and I start coasting, I'm building nothing but bad habits."

You have to compete every single day. Then he explains what excellence really looks like

"If you wanna play at an excellent level, if you wanna do something excellent, you have to be excellent all the time."

"It's a way of life...You gotta be excellent across the board. And that's how you build habits."

Excellence isn't situational - it's who you are.

It's your habits and the standard that you set.

It's about chasing, competing, and looking to give your best every single day.
(🎥Training Days Alabama)

[The Winning Difference @thewinningdiff1]

“We need to look at ourselves when we have failure and point to other people when we have success.”

Losing reveals accountability.
Winning reveals humility.
If you can own failure and share success, you’re not just an athlete - you’re a leader.

[Adam Perron @Adam_Perron1]

@moonmarket Pat away Moon! You deserve it👊🏻🔥

[Adam Perron @Adam_Perron1]

Love this from one of the greats in Tennis

[Coach AJ 🎯 Mental Fitness @coachajkings]

@SportPsychTips Julius Peppers said, "Whatever it is that you do, do it with respect, integrity, passion, resilience, dedication, and gratitude. That alone will make you a HOF person."

Your character is what you do.

It's your decisions and your actions.

[Ganon Baker @GanonBaker]

Fear kills confidence.
Negativity kills growth.
Excuses kill discipline.
Comfort kills hunger.
Jealousy kills connection.
Entitlement kills toughness.
Laziness kills potential.
Distraction kills focus.
Ego kills coaching.
Softness kills dreams.

[Greg Berge @GregBerge]

Rick Pitino is right.

Every player’s hourglass runs out faster than they think.

The practices. The games. The grind.

One day… it’s all gone.

Cherish every rep. Every moment. Every opportunity.

Don’t waste your sand. ⏳

[Greg Berge @GregBerge]

If you’re a head coach, you already know.

It consumes you.
It costs you.
It challenges you.

And you’d do it all over again.

Every.Single.Time.

[Coach the Coaches @WinningCoaches]

Great Teammates ...

🏆 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚
🏆 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙥 𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙪𝙩
🏆 𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧
🏆 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙗𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧

text via @CoachBechler
📹 @TheHoopHerald

[Coach AJ 🎯 Mental Fitness @coachajkings]

Kara Lawson shares a message every competitor needs to hear.

"Don't give me the power to affect your self-esteem, who you are as a person, and how good a practice you can have. Don't ever give someone externally the power to touch you in that way."

Your mindset is yours. Protect it.

"If you give someone externally the power to impact how good a day you're gonna have, what type of attitude you're gonna have, how hard you're gonna work - you're ceding something that's really, really valuable in life."

"You control that. Don't give me that power. Don't let me control whether you're gonna have a good day or not, or whether you feel good about yourself."

You choose how you want to show up.

"No one gets to own you. I don't get to own you. Nobody does. Nobody should."

"Don't give anyone that power. That's important."

Take ownership of yourself, your attitude, your effort, and your confidence.

They all belong to you.
(🎥 @DukeWBB)

[Adam Perron @Adam_Perron1]

I love this bit on Fear, so true. Reaching big milestones often come with greater responsibility and earned pressure. But that’s where belief and determination come in to seize the opportunity 👊🏻🔥

[Josh Chambers @JoshChambers]

This moved me!

Fear is often mistaken for danger.

But sometimes fear is simply a signal that the opportunity is large enough to change your life.

When Coach P. J. Fleck (@Coach_Fleck) was deciding whether to leave comfort for a bigger challenge, his wife asked one question:

“Does it scare you?”

“Hell yeah.”

Her response:

“We’re going.” 🦫

Coach Fleck says there is a difference between making a living and building a life.

A living is what you earn. 💵

A life is what you create. 🏡

The decisions that scare you most often ask you to trade short-term comfort for long-term meaning.

If it scares you, it means it matters.

Growth rarely feels comfortable.

Fear is not always a warning.

Sometimes it is an invitation to build a life bigger than the one you’ve settled for.

@GopherFootball has a great one. ⬇️

[Josh Chambers @JoshChambers]

This moved me!

Fear is often mistaken for danger.

But sometimes fear is simply a signal that the opportunity is large enough to change your life.

When Coach P. J. Fleck (@Coach_Fleck) was deciding whether to leave comfort for a bigger challenge, his wife asked one question:

“Does it scare you?”

“Hell yeah.”

Her response:

“We’re going.” 🦫

Coach Fleck says there is a difference between making a living and building a life.

A living is what you earn. 💵

A life is what you create. 🏡

The decisions that scare you most often ask you to trade short-term comfort for long-term meaning.

If it scares you, it means it matters.

Growth rarely feels comfortable.

Fear is not always a warning.

Sometimes it is an invitation to build a life bigger than the one you’ve settled for.

@GopherFootball has a great one. ⬇️

[Coach AJ 🎯 Mental Fitness @coachajkings]

Successful people are persistent and consistent.

Derek Jeter said, "Failure is essential. If I can promise you one thing for certain, you will fail. I wouldn't have had the success without the failures."

Failure isn't the opposite of success - it's part of the path to it.

Successful people don't avoid adversity. They expect it. They know that they must learn from the setbacks and challenges.

You can't avoid failure - you have to be relentless in your pursuits and refuse to let it stop you.