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[Trinity University Alumni Association @TrinityUAlumni]

Houston, North Texas, and Washington, D.C. Tigers raised the bar (and their glasses) during this year’s #1869Challenge. With just a few hours left, there’s still time to join TUgether and make your impact at https://t.co/M0HQfD1686!

[President Donald J. Trump @POTUS]

#SuperBowlLIX

[Andrew Fillipponi @ThePoniExpress]

Hype video for the Steelers in Ireland. Pretty cool. I hope they like running the ball for no gain on every 1st down. And Tomlin butchering the clock.

[Carolina Football @UNCFootball]

Chapel Bill 😎

[Howard Betta @Gaige_returns]

Holy aura

[David Todd @DavidMTodd]

Preparation. And Mike Tomlin calls Nick Herbig’s strip sack vs Bengals. Beautiful. #Steelers #HardKnocks

[Steelers Depot 7⃣ @Steelersdepot]

AFC North Hard Knocks debuts tonight!!! #Steelers #NFL

[Zach Zimos @zachzimos]

Pretty special experience being back in Fayetteville, Arkansas this past weekend. So grateful for my teammates, coaches and support staff from the past and the present. Not the outcome we wanted, but a memory I’ll never forget! 🐶🐗
#HBTD
#WPS

[Complex Sports @ComplexSports]

SNOW IN CLEVELAND ❄️✨

[Zach Limas @ZachLimas]

@JonnyBones Jason Echols, Echols fitness in Alamo Heights.

[Tucker Horn @tuckerhorn7]

Huge thanks to @UTSAFTBL and @CoachTraylor for giving me such a rare opportunity to compete at their Pro Day! I came out feeling as good as ever! I received great feedback and am looking forward to the process ahead! Until then, back to the grindstone.

[Rob Perez @WorldWideWob]

We have a bat stoppage in San Antonio. Of course Manu is there in attendance too.

[ENJ🏀Y @EnjoyBBall]

LeBron and Steph vintage duel ⚔️

LeBron: 36 PTS | 20 REB | 12 AST

Steph: 46 PTS | 7 AST | 9 3PM

What a game 🔥

[UTRGV Football @UTRGVFootball]

Please join us in welcoming Marcus Coleman to the family as special teams coordinator and cornerbacks coach!

#RallyTheValley #UTRGV #WinToday ✌️

https://t.co/4QAWoQwqvy

[JulieDiaz @JDbekind247]

That’s a Travis Tiger!!!! What to go Sims!!!! #OnceATiger

[Kevin Finnerty @timeimmemorial_]

25 years later and the sopranos are still the most iconic family on tv

[Trinity University Football @TUFootballTX]

Tucker Horn concluded his @TUFootballTX senior campaign as one of the best players in the country & statistically in the Top 20 nationally in 4 passing categories. Most notable, Top 8 in both Completion % & Passing TDs

#BeTheStandard

[Time Trip @TimeTriping]

@fasc1nate The most legendary half court shot of all time

[Christopher Carter @CarterCritiques]

TJ Watt when asked about Tomlin’s future with the #Steelers :

“I want to play for Mike T. It was huge in my contract talks that I don’t want to play for anyone other than Mike T. You guys see the way I talk about how much I respect and appreciate him as a coach, man and leader.”

[Teddy Mitrosilis @TMitrosilis]

Nick Saban was asked a question after practice once.

His response was 70 seconds of gold on what it takes to be successful in life.

Here’s Saban on the Illusion of Choice:

“These guys, they all think they have this illusion of choice. Like I can do whatever I want to do.

“You have a younger generation now that doesn’t always get told no. They don’t get told this is exactly how you need to do it. So they have this illusion that they have all these choices.

“But the fact of the matter is, if you want to be good you don’t really have a lot of choices. It takes what it takes. You have to do what you have to do to be successful.

“You have to make the choices and decisions to have the discipline and the focus to the process of what you need to do to accomplish your goals.

“All these guys that think they have a lot of choices are sadly mistaken. As we all have done with our own children, they learn these lessons of life as they get older.

“Sometimes the best way to learn is from the mistakes you make, even though we all hate to see them have to make them, and we don’t condone it when they do.”

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I’ve studied Saban for 12+ years, and the Illusion of Choice is one of the most powerful concepts I’ve come across.

Some key takeaways:

1. Excellence has a price. We can complain about that, but it’s a fact of life.

2. Most people don’t want to pay that price. They just haven’t admitted it to themselves.

3. Saying you want to be excellent is easy. Becoming excellent is hard.

4. There may not be one way to become great, but there are very few. And they all have discipline and consistency in common.

5. Every action we take is a choice. We’re choosing to make progress, or we’re not.

6. The formula for becoming successful: Your Daily Choices x Time. It’s simple, but we make it complicated.

7. Sometimes we learn more by making the wrong choices. Reflect on them, pull out the lessons and move on.

8. You have to choose what you do every day. Don’t follow your feelings. Choose to do what will make you better.

9. There are no long-term hacks. It takes what it takes.

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