Culture doesn’t fall apart all at once.
It erodes.
One skipped rep, one eye roll, one excuse at a time.
Drip by drip…
That’s why great coaches protect the standard, every day.
For all the coaches, athletes, and leaders in the arena every day...
Here is a great reminder.
The Man in the Arena: By Teddy Roosevelt
"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither knows victory nor defeat."
WATCH: The Antlers Bearcats hit the road to Atoka to try to ruin senior night...
The Bearcats take care of business on the road with a 30-13 win!
@Da_Bease@AtokaFootball@AdamOgburnTV
Wow! Tom Brady may have just delivered the greatest quote I’ve ever heard.
“To be successful at anything, the truth is you don’t have to be special. You just have to be what most people aren’t: consistent, determined and willing to work for it.”
I heard for years that weight room success equals wins on game day. I thought that had to do with developing stronger athletes. That's only part of it.
The other part has to do with weight room culture. It teaches commitment, hard work, grit, camaraderie, team work, sacrifice.
Players have to understand, to get to where you’ve never been, you have to do things you’ve never done. Your discipline has to be at an elite level. Once you figure that part out, you truly start to become what you’re capable of.
“To be successful, to be great, the thing people have in common-they realize they don’t really have a choice. There is one way. The right way, the hard way, there are no shortcuts,” Kirby Smart
Toughness and winning are built with discipline, grit and determination.
10 things young coaches don't know about....
If you have coached football, you need to read this! Here's a little humor for my post this week.
10 things the young guys don't know about in coaching....
“I have never met a champion who arrived at practice on-time and left when the coach called time.
Champions take it upon themselves to do more than what’s required.
It’s the key reason why they are champions.” @AllistairMcCaw
Champions do more.
Champions don’t meet requirements.
They beat requirements.
Why lifting with your teammates matters:
“The culture and leadership and encouragement and the team bonding take steps and reps as well.”
— Josh Storms, Florida State Director of Football Strength and Conditioning
“Hard work doesn’t guarantee success.
It never will.
But, it will absolutely put you in the best position to achieve it.”
True success isn't a promise, even with relentless effort. Yet, it's that very effort which sets the stage for greatness.
Stay committed, stay focused.
"Culture beats talent if your culture is really strong.
Culture is organic.
It is not a sign up in your building.
It's not a t-shirt you wear.
It's not breaking the team down and saying 'Culture on 3'.
Who you are some of the time is who you are all of the time."
The Importance of NOTHING.
You're entitled to NOTHING.
Nobody owes you NOTHING.
You can have talent but you if don't have discipline and execute-what do you get? NOTHING.
NOTHING is acceptable, but your best.
Everything is determined by what you do-there should be NOTHING else.