“This is for all young people. Anything is possible with hard work and perseverance and having some thick skin. When you live right, you do the right things, you become an everyday guy,” Byron Smith
Make winning a habit not your goal.
Shane Battier shares a must-listen on what it really means to be a champion, how to be a great teammate, and how to make an impact.
"The sign says, 'Champions are made when no one is looking.' I sorta laugh at that sign because there is no better sign to sum up my career than that. I lived that literally."
Here's why:
"My last few years in the NBA, I was first or last, depending on how you look at it - in a stat called time per possession...I was the NBA's version of hot potato."
Then he did the math:
"I found out that 98% of the time I was on the court, I didn't touch the ball. Only 2% of the time I actually physically touched it."
"Most people watch the player with the ball or guarding the ball. So literally, when I say 'champions are made when no one's watching' - no one is watching me for 98% of the time."
"But yet I was an integral part of my team. I was an integral piece in my coach's sweat when I didn't play."
How did he do it?
"I always looked at ways to impact the game. Boxing out. Taking charges. Sexy plays like running back on defense. All of these made up my 98% of time spent away from the ball."
98% invisible, but 100% essential.
You don't have to score to make an impact on the game.
The best teammates own their role. They are willing to put the team first over individual glory.
(🎥 The Nantucket Project)
Charlie McAvoy says his wife, Kiley, sent him over to Italy with a box of letters from family members, which he read the day he got over there and then again before the gold medal game.
.@CycloneMBB coach TJ Otzelberger doesnt give many opening statements, but he came loaded out of the gate with a 5+ minute statement not about game or 13-0 record but his team’s record academic performance, Dean’s List players, character & state of college athletics @DMRCyclones
Nobody believes we really care . They think we are satisfied with just being mentioned ! They don’t understand our passion. Our will to keep fighting. They think we will take this week off. They hope we don’t show up. They are wrong we are Memphis dam it! @MemphisFB@whitlowww_
Full interview to come later in the week.
I sat down with @TigersAthletics Athletics Director @_EdScott today and talked about a wide range of things pertaining to the athletic department at Memphis. I asked him here about what the fans can do to help Memphis continue to grow, while blooming where we’re currently planted.
Again, full interview to come later this week, but I can tell you firsthand that the Univeristy Of Memphis Athletics Department as a whole has never been in a better position than right now to further grow the brand. With that being said, it takes the fans to showing up for the school to take that next step.
I would urge all Memphis fans to not only listen to what he’s saying, but take it as a challenge to travel to UAB this weekend, but sell out the Bowl next Saturday against USF.
#Memphis
Your @MemphisFB Tigers are 6-0 for just the fourth time in 110 years…1938, ‘61, 2015, ‘25.
This also marks the earliest date the Tigers have become bowl eligible in program history…and we are the first bowl eligible team in the nation for 2025.
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Talk about clutch. @MemphisFB came up huge in crunch time!
@ChrisBracy_3 recovered a fumble with just over a minute left to seal a 32-31 win — this week’s Cheez-It Crunch Time Play of the Week from @TheFWAA.
🎥: ESPN