McLeon Charles 7️⃣

I Love Jesus. #BeGreatClee. I seek wisdom. #BeGreatBeYou 🦁♟️🦁

[McLeon Charles 7️⃣ @CleeGetABuck]

Once it clicks... They see the Lion in me. 🦁🏀 🦁

[EcheOfuni @EcheOfunii]

When Steph Curry retires, I’m going back and rewatching every game. Start to finish. No skips.

[Dre Baldwin | #WorkOnYourGame @DreAllDay]

In sports today, you often hear the term “player’s coach.” Technically it makes no sense. Every coach coaches players.

Colloquially, it means something specific.

It means a coach who players like because he “relates” to them. Which usually means he accommodates them.

He negotiates standards.
He softens enforcement.
He tolerates what others would not.

Now ask yourself this.

Were Phil Jackson, Bill Belichick, John Wooden, or Joe Torre known as “player’s coaches”?

Probably not.

They were known for standards.

I watched an NBA game recently where a fight broke out. Coaches rushed off the bench in identical black sweatsuits.

Years ago, coaches wore formal suits. Pat Riley built an image around tailored Armani.

The shift is not just fashion. It reflects posture.

Leaders today are trying to be approachable. Friendly. Relatable.

They do not want to appear above the group.

But leadership requires asymmetry.

You cannot lead people you are trying to be equal to. You must be ahead of them in standard, expectation, and enforcement.

That does not mean you are better as a human being.

It means your job is different.

Relating is about comfort.
Leading is about elevation.

Relating says, “You’re fine where you are.”
Leading says, “You are capable of more.”

A leader inspires aspiration. A relator manages feelings.

You cannot be one of the guys and lead the guys at the same time. One position cancels the other.

[Niko @nikotaughtyou]

I might lose a little love for this hoops shit once Steph goes, there’s just no other player that’s going to give me that same adrenaline rush or have me on the edge of my seat like this.

[Legion Hoops @LegionHoops]

The greatest point guard of all-time. No debate.

[Hoop Herald @TheHoopHerald]

Strong words from the greatest Shooter of All Time

“Your state of mind is the main driving force behind your successes and failures”

Thoughts have a frequency

(Via @DanAbrahams77 🎥)

[Sports Psychology @SportPsychTips]

To improve your performance, you need to talk less and play more. Instead of complaining and talking trash, keep your nose to the grindstone and quietly outwork your competition!

[Sports Psychology @SportPsychTips]

Confidence is earned, not given. You have to work for it. The more you train and prepare, the more confident you'll be!

[McLeon Charles 7️⃣ @CleeGetABuck]

@DreAllDay You’re right.

[Coach AJ 🎯 Mental Fitness @coachajkings]

Rick Pitino was asked what stops people from being great. His answer was one word.

"Ego stops greatness. I call it edging greatness out."

"In a spiritual sense, ego is edging God out. But ego is edging greatness out."

And he made a key distinction:
"I'm not talking about confidence. You have to be a confident person."

"But ego really gets you to where you think you've arrived. You think you know it all. You stop learning. You stop listening."

That's the trap. Confidence keeps you hungry. Ego convinces you that you've already made it.

You lose your hunger and humility.

"Learning and listening are important for great leaders. Great leaders have to listen and they have to continue to learn and surround themselves with people that are better than them."

EGO = Edging Greatness Out

The moment you think you've arrived is the moment you stop growing.

Stay confident. Stay humble. Never stop learning.
(🎥@LewisHowes )

[🏀🌱💙 @Eunique_ny]

This is why the NBA is declining lowkey! The fans are so immature and annoying. Like y’all really can’t be happy for Bam??? This is a historic night but of course y’all crying and comparing like y’all do everything else smhhhh

[McLeon Charles 7️⃣ @CleeGetABuck]

Bam really scored 83 points in 42 minutes 😂😂

[McLeon Charles 7️⃣ @CleeGetABuck]

@FCHWPO You should know you’re being targeted.. You know this.

[aly ✶ @jinthirty]

@anthonyVslater “Keep going. I know it's tough, but promise you, I'm coming back.” GOAT

[Anthony Slater @anthonyVslater]

Steph Curry texted Draymond Green after the win in Houston: "A bunch of exclamation marks. Y'all did that."

Here is Draymond on his recent conversations with Curry, who he said texted him today: "Keep going. I know it's tough, but promise you, I'm coming back."

[McLeon Charles 7️⃣ @CleeGetABuck]

I don’t think some people can truly grasp what we were able to witness that season. It truly shifted the NBA in a completely positive way.

[NBA @NBA]

The NBA was in a FRENZY after Steph’s game-winner 10 years ago today!

[TG @TommyGunnNBA]

People like to underplay the 73 win season bc of how it ended, but anyone who didn’t witness it will NEVER understand the level of hysteria surrounding that team.

Only thing that compares to the 90s Bulls craziness. Steph was getting legit MJ comps.

They were rockstars.

[Sports Psychology @SportPsychTips]

The best player on a team should also be the hardest worker on the team.

If you are the best player on your team, you have great influence as a leader. If you work hard and put the team first, your teammates will follow you!

[Tyrese Gibson @Tyrese]

The scariest place to be is where God isn't.

[Angelo @_klaynation_]

See how he’s not playing but still dressed for the team pic??? IYKYK

[Jaylen Brown @FCHWPO]

There is great evil in this world don’t be naive to it