Garrison Jensen

[Coach AJ 🎯 Mental Fitness @coachajkings]

Kobe Bryant shares a truth about leadership most people avoid.

"Leadership is lonely."

"If you're going to be a leader, you're not going to please everybody. You've got to hold people accountable."

Leadership isn't about being liked. It's about serving others, holding standards, and having the courage to do what's right even when it's uncomfortable.

The best leaders master these six skills:
1. Accountability - Leaders set the standard and embody it.
2. Connection - It starts with caring. You need relationships to establish trust. People won't follow until they know you and what you stand for.
3. Communication - What you say, how you say it, and when you say it.
4. Adaptability - People resist change. Your job is to navigate it with resilience. How you communicate and behave will either inspire adaptation or cause resistance.
5. Development - Great leaders develop more leaders. It means believing in people's potential.
6. Character - The foundation. Integrity, honesty, doing the right thing when it's hard. Leaders with character earn respect because they act in alignment with their values.

True leadership isn't about being liked. It's about doing what's right.

[NBA @NBA]

Drafted 49th overall out of Arkansas in 2020 and now NBA CHAMPION in Year 5... Isaiah Joe!

[Hoop Herald @TheHoopHerald]

“Those people who can celebrate others’ success live a more stress free, less anxious life” - Jeff Van Gundy

(Via @usabjnt 🎥)

[UFC @ufc]

Alex²

#UFC313 | #UFC314

[Coach AJ 🎯 Mental Fitness @coachajkings]

Tom Izzo said, "You play real good, you start. You don't play as good, you work your way back in."

"That's the American way except America has gotten soft."

You don't get what you want, you get what you earn.

It starts with hard work.

(@CBBonFOX)

[Hoop Herald @TheHoopHerald]

Some coaches having tournament success:

Kelvin Sampson - Hard Nosed
Danny Hurley - Hard Nosed
Brad Underwood - Hard Nosed
Rick Barnes - Hard Nosed
Tom Izzo - Hard Nosed

Maybe there is still room in 2025 to hold players accountable

[Home of Fight @Home_of_Fight]

Still one of the best ever.

🫡

[FOX Sports @FOXSports]

In case you forgot... Tom Brady is the GOAT 🐐

[Championship Rounds @ChampRDS]

Justin Gaethje: "I got knocked out, woke up and was like 'I wanna golf'." 😭😭

🎥 @MMAFighting #UFC #MMA

[Dan Rapaport @Daniel_Rapaport]

One helluva year

[Coach AJ 🎯 Mental Fitness @coachajkings]

Nick Saban said, "Everything starts with discipline."

"Practice until you can’t get it wrong, not just until you get it right."

Discipline means sustained commitment.
• It's focused action.
• It's consistency.
• It's hard work.

🎥@thewinningdiff1

[Hoop Herald @TheHoopHerald]

Facts

“One player can sink your program. I’ve passed on neon talent.”

Nobody needs culture killers, no matter how talented they may be.

(Via @CoachPeteQuinn_ 🎥)

[Jamy Bechler @jamybechler]

DO YOUR JOB

"You can have all the talent in the world but if you’re not going to listen and be in the right spot every time and be accountable to do your job properly then you’re not going to play." (Julio Jones)

~ via Alabama Football #BamaCuts

[Barstool Sports @barstoolsports]

Francesco Molinari needed a hole-in-one on 18 to make the cut at the US Open.

Bang.

[Garrison Jensen @GarrisonJensen8]

@ForePlayPod @petermillar @RiggsBarstool @Kade_Wood

[Fore Play @ForePlayPod]

🏡 RIGGS EXPERIENCE GIVEAWAY 🏡

One winner and their friend will get a FREE round trip to Pinehurst for 2 nights & 2 rounds of golf, PLUS fully scripted travel outfits from @PeterMillar.

5 other winners will be selected to receive scripting golf outfits from Peter Millar & a Barstool Prize Pack.

To enter:
-Follow @petermillar & @foreplaypod
-Retweet
-Tag the friend you’d bring to Pinehurst

[Kalshi Football @KalshiFB]

I miss this ESPN 😕

[Min Woo Lee @Minwoo27Lee]

#FreeScottie

[NBA @NBA]

The 2023-24 Kia NBA Most Valuable Player is... Nikola Jokic!

#NBAAwards | #KiaMVP | @Kia

[James @CGC_SI]

Throwback to 2022 when Rich Strike won one of the most exciting Kentucky Derby’s in history! He was so far back, the first time the horses name is announced was with :02 seconds left in the race. #KentuckyDerby #chuchilldowns