Every training camp I had at Washington State University, Coach Leach would share the same story.
The story of two kids. The rich kid and the poor kid.
The rich kid has two choices. He can become spoiled, entitled, lazy, and expect everything to be handed to him because he has been given more. Or he can take every advantage of what he has been given—resources, coaching, opportunities—and use it to become even better.
The poor kid has two choices too. He can say, “I never had a chance. Nobody gave me anything. The world is against me.” He can feel sorry for himself and use it as an excuse. Or he can say, “I may not have what they have, but I am going to outwork everybody.” He can become tougher, more driven, and more relentless than everybody else.
It was a powerful message in a locker room full of people from different backgrounds, different families, and different life experiences. Some guys came from wealth. Some came from almost nothing. Some had every opportunity. Others had to fight for every inch.
But despite all of those differences, everybody still had the same choice.
You can take ownership and use what you have as fuel.
Or you can become victim-minded. You can look for excuses, blame your circumstances, become entitled, and convince yourself that because of what you have—or because of what you do not have—you cannot become what you want to be.
It is not about how you start. It is about what you choose to do with how you start.
The rich kid can waste what he has been given or use it to build something greater. The poor kid can use his circumstances as an excuse or as fuel.
In the end, greatness does not come from starting with more or less. It comes from which person inside of you that you choose to feed.
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We pull up to Mass today and it’s packed. I ask my wife why? Is it a big feast day or something?
No, she says, it’s because of Mother’s Day.
Of course.
Mom’s all around the country woke up today and their families asked what they wanted to do…and they answered go to Church.
And I was just immediately brought to tears.
How much we’ve failed as men over the last 50 years.
How many mom’s, despite the weakness of us men, have been the spiritual bedrocks of their families. How souls have been saved by the prayers of their mother. You have carried our Church through these past decades. How indebted we all are to you.
Happy Mother’s Day.
Mary our Mother - thank you.
Congrats to these three young men. They will represent the west in this years @EarlBarden All-Star Classic on June 21, 2025 at 1pm at Earl Barden stadium on the campus of East Valley Yakima HS.
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