Georgia Munns

[Brad Stulberg @BStulberg]

"One of the greatest competitive advantages is having fun. Joy and intensity can coexist, and in the best performers, they almost always do." — The Way of Excellence. https://t.co/QMMhSCRaNL

[Mike Bales 🫡🇺🇸 @MikeBales]

I do not need a smartwatch to tell me I slept poorly. My personality will make that abundantly clear to everyone by nine in the morning.

[Coach AJ 🎯 Mental Fitness @coachajkings]

Brad Stevens shares his non-negotiables for life.

"I wanna enjoy who I'm working with. I wanna enjoy where I'm working. I wanna have a goal, but I also wanna enjoy the journey of getting to that goal."

"For me, it starts with being a great teammate. That is something I look for in people. Those relationships are probably the most important thing."

It starts with the people and the character of those people.

Then he explained what it means to show up every day:
"You put your signature on your work every day. You give it everything you have."

"You do it for the good of the whole. You do it to get better at your own job. You do it to improve the whole and see where the chips may fall."

It means giving your best effort and bringing a mindset of excellence to yourself and your team.

"I've been lucky enough to be on really good teams. Teams that have had chances to play for things that are really, really special."

Then he shared what stays with you:
"Very rarely when you look back on those teams - whether at Butler or here - do you think about the individual games or even the moments of the games."

"You think about the people and the individual times with the people."

"That's the special part about being a part of a sports team. That's why you walk through the building every day."

The relationships always stay.

Stevens' wisdom is simple: it comes down to character.
• Be a great teammate.
• Strive for excellence.
• Enjoy the people and the process.

Character isn't what you say - it's what you do consistently.
(🎥 Way of Champions)

[E J 🏀 @EJayArrow]

Pour into your players the way Dawn Staley does.

The way Cori Close does.

The way Kara Lawson does.

The way Brenda Frese does.

The way Jan Jensen does.

The way Kim Mulkey does.

The way Shea Ralph does.

The way Niele Ivey does.

The way Nicki Collen does.

The way Vic Schaefer does.

The way Geno Auriemma does.

The way Wes Moore does.

The way Jeff Walz does.

The way Kevin McGuff does.

The way Tony Bozzella does.

The way Sam Purcell does.

The way Andy Landers did.

The way Gary Blair did.

The way Jim Foster did.

The way Tara VanDerveer did.

The way Barbara Stevens did.

The way Pat Summitt did.

The way C. Vivian Stringer did.

The way Muffet McGraw did.

The way Jody Conradt did.

The way Sylvia Hatchell did.

The way Lisa Bluder did.

The way Kay Yow did.

Exceptional coaches who coach hard & demand a lot, but get the very best out of their players to build elite status for themselves, their student-athletes & their program 👏

[Washington Women's Tennis @UW_WTennis]

The WINNINGEST coach in UW women’s tennis history!

[Cece @mythoughts0530]

Players pay attention: Angela Dugalic came off the bench at UCLA.. and is a top 10 draft pick in the W. Your impact as a player for your team is your most valuable asset. Doesn’t matter if you start or come off the bench….just be your best in the role you’re asked to play. YOU WILL GET NOTICED..

[Matt Van Swol @mattvanswol]

Say what you want about The Masters...

But there is nowhere else on planet earth where you will see a photo of humans like this where not a single one of them is looking at a phone.

Truly one of the most beautiful things.

[Camus @newstart_2024]

Don’t fight your kids’ battles.

Dr. Philip Mamalakis dropped some of the best parenting wisdom I’ve heard in a while.

His three daughters came home complaining that their highly respected piano teacher kept yelling at them when they made mistakes. His first instinct was to storm in and fix it for them.

Instead, he sat down with his girls and asked: “How are you going to handle this?”

They practiced a simple, respectful response together. The next lesson, his tiny middle daughter looked up at the yelling teacher and calmly said, “I can hear you better when you don’t yell at me.”

The teacher was taken aback — and it worked.

Dr. Mamalakis didn’t rush to protect them from discomfort. He walked alongside them and helped them find their own voice.

That small moment taught his daughters something far more valuable than perfect piano playing: how to speak up for themselves with courage and respect.

It’s such a powerful reminder that sometimes the best thing we can do as parents is not fight our kids’ battles for them.

[Matt Lisle @CoachLisle]

Joe Mazzulla: “The greatest gift you can have as a coach is to have players that have a high, competitive character, care about winning, and want to get better.”

[The Winning Difference @thewinningdiff1]

"You can have both.
You can compete at the highest levels...and be committed to winning for the sake of the group with total commitment AND you can love each other well, commit to growth first, and live in a place of gratitude and service.
You can do both at the same time."

[Greg Berge @GregBerge]

Overprotected kids become unprepared adults.

Dawn Staley nailed it.🔥

You can’t shelter your child from every hard moment and then expect them to handle adversity when it counts.

Hard is the lesson.

Watch. Share. Bookmark.

[Kendall Baker @kendallbaker]

This was a great read

[The Field of 68 @TheFieldOf68]

Brad Underwood on making his first Final Four:

"I'm gonna get emotional, but I've been doing this 39 years. You dream about this as a kid. I dreamt about doing it at Illinois, when my wife bought Tyler, who was maybe 2, a Brian Cook jersey. It's always been a special place. There's been no other thing for me. This is my dream job."

[Coach AJ 🎯 Mental Fitness @coachajkings]

Ben McCollum shares what it feels like to be around first-place people and a first-place culture.

"I went to Northwest Missouri State, and my first practice with Steve Tapmeyer - best coach I've ever been around - I sat there and I'm like, 'This is what first place feels like. This is what a first-place culture feels like. This is what first-place people feel like.'"

That was the wake-up call. He realized what first-place people have:
"They've got an extreme work ethic. They've got an edge to 'em that other people don't - a competitive spirit."

Then he quoted John Thompson:
"You can tame a fool a lot quicker than you can resurrect a corpse...We want guys with a little edge to 'em."

You can coach skills, but you can't coach competitive spirit. You don't want to consistently coach their effort and attitude.

The last thing they look for: Energy givers.
"Over the years, we found that guys that are moody don't make it in our program."

"If you're moody, if you have low energy, if you suck the life out of the building - you don't make it."

Talent isn't enough. Your energy matters. Your attitude matters.

Successful people have a competitive edge, they bring energy, and they look to consistently get better.

They raise the standard through what they do.
(🎥 Watts Happening Podcast)

[Thomas Dunn @Thomasdunn24]

Herb Sendek with a nice answer on the reflection now and later on for this Santa Clara team

"Sports is a tremendous vessel to enjoy relationships. My father was able to be in the stands with other family members, the relationships you have with your staff. The game is a vessel to accomplish that and that's what you take away. Any season, even ones that you don't win as many, they have the same outcome ultimately."

[John Fanta @John_Fanta]

This is the best thing you will watch today.

[Adam Breneman @AdamBreneman81]

SMU Head Coach Rhett Lashlee requires every coach to have a photo of their family outside their office.

A simple reminder of what matters most.

S/o Alexander Kilgore for showing me around!

[Cameron Kinley @ck3thethrill]

Stop coaching outcomes. Coach behaviors. Outcomes are unpredictable. Behaviors are trainable. Build the behaviors and trust the outcomes to follow.

[Eric Haut @Eric_Haut_TSU]

March 12, 2026 will be a day I’ll never forget. We advance in the conference tournament and I get to celebrate getting my next coaching opportunity with a group of people and young men that I care so much about! #Blessed🙏🏼

[Matthew Shelton @M_Shelton33]

"I don't condemn anyone for looking at other schools, the thoughts are going to pass through your mind...for me, I found my place. This is my home. I have so much love, and it's reciprocated because I stayed. It's been a blessing and an honor."

-Martinelli