Good luck to all my old friends and new playing on the NCAA Regionals today! Specifically @TheNortheast10 and @RMAC_SPORTS
I expect to see a lot of Ws today!
Getting better isn’t warm fuzzy, feel good moments. It won’t ever be. It’s years of messy, dirty, ugly work. It’s a gritty, frustrating, nasty, hard process. It’s lots of failure & falling. It doesn’t care about your feelings. You’re going to earn it or you won’t get it!
Leaders don’t pick & choose when to show up, when to compete or when to conquer. Leadership doesn’t rest. The best are always hungry, never satisfied. They have a dog mentality that says, “Don’t just take part. Take over!” It’s not enough to meet the standard. Be the standard!”
Remember your WHY today. We don’t get burned out because of what we do. We get burned out because we forget why we do it. You’re here to make a difference and you can right where you are.
PLAYERS: Verbal leadership doesn't always have to be rah-rah. If you can talk, then you can be a verbal leader. Any athlete can ENCOURAGE, INFORM, or REMIND their teammates of the standards, expectations, and goals they have.