Lane Kiffin says getting fired devastated him because coaching had become his identity
“Got fired at USC because it was Week 5. If you get fired at the end of the year, it’s like, okay, you just get a new job. You get fired Week 5, that’s a lot of time. You’re watching that ticker, and you’re on there every day.”
“It’s not a job when that job is your higher power. When that job is your higher power and it defines you because that’s what you’ve put number one in your life, it ain’t a job. It’s like God to you.”
“That’s what it was to me. My job at USC, that’s how I’m defined. If I get fired, everybody’s looking at me like I’m a complete failure, and I feel like a failure. When you put it up there, when that gets taken away, you’re ready to crash.”
“You guys see it all the time in professional players, man. I’m defined by how many yards do I have on Sunday, and what’s my contract, and everybody knowing me. And now all of a sudden, that’s taken away. That was the hardest part for me. I couldn’t make sense of it...”
Damian Lillard says too many highly regarded young players are surrounded by “yes men” that tell them they are great
Once they get to the next level, when their talent isn’t enough to get them through, they struggle with working hard and being stable 🗣️
KOBE BRYANT’S 10 RULES:
Get better every single day
Prove them wrong
Work on your weaknesses
Execute what you practiced
Learn from greatness
Learn from both wins and losses
Practice mindfulness
Be ambitious
Believe in your team/yourself
Learn storytelling