Kobe on controlling the controllables:
🔮 Doubt is a waste of energy because it focuses on something you can't control: the future.
You don't control whether you'll win. You don't control whether you'll fail. You don't control what everyone else thinks about you. But...
✅ You CAN control your preparation.
✅ You CAN control your effort.
✅ You CAN control your response.
Whether you win or lose, you'll wake up the next morning and go back to work anyway. So why spend today negotiating with emotions that don't effect anything?
Leadership and Self-Leadership isn't about eliminating uncertainty. It's about becoming so committed to your process that uncertainty no longer changes your behavior!
Train relentlessly. Control what's controllable.
Trust that over time outcomes will migrate toward your habits.
Then let reality reveal that outcome. 💯
I asked Dan Hurley the same question I asked Tom Izzo: why does the media have a problem with coaches coaching players hard?
Hurley: "Society has gotten soft in a lot of ways... The real world is tough and cruel... I'm preparing my players for life."
Coach Cal praised HPU for flying students out postgame.
He added: “Administrations win championships. Coaches win games. In this era of NIL, if you’re not totally into it and they’re not committed, you’re not winning. You just can’t. And High Point is.”
Worth the full listen.
Appreciate the NOW.
Rick Pitino is spot on. Every player’s hourglass runs out faster than they think.
One day, the practices, the games, the grind - it’s all gone.
Cherish every rep, every moment, every opportunity.
Don’t waste your sand. ⏳
𝗧𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗜𝗡𝗚: Mike Tirico gave one of the all-time greatest Olympics sign-off speeches.
“All the young people out there, those dreams are formed now. Go chase them, our country loves sports, it brings us together unlike anything else.”
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"Joe Mazzulla's doing an amazing job, Jaylen Brown's doing a great job leading this team. ... And then Tatum is about to come back with Vucevic? It's a scary Celtics team right now."
@MarcJSpears on the Celtics after their dominant win over the Lakers 🏀
Arkansas HC John Calipari breaks down the controversy of overseas recruits vs high school recruits and their eligibility when it comes to declaring for the draft or playing in college.
Did you hear? Bentley was just named one of the best colleges in the country by Money magazine! The publication analyzed dozens of data points, including graduation rates, cost of attendance, financial aid, and alumni salaries.