Mitchell Miller

GICC Softball and Wrestling Coach

[Owen price @owie4032]

Extremely Blessed to Receive an offer from the University of Oregon!! #AGTG #ScoDucks @CoachMikeLBs @KamranAraghi1 @CoachDanLanning @oleballcoach1

[Jerry Weber @knowshuskers]

Spencer SCHWELLENBACH looking really good. Gave up a triple in second inning. Got a F9, with throw to plate, ground ball to first and a K. No score

[sean kelly @Seanskelly415]

This game is totally on Will and Rob. Total disrespect for your opponent not pitching your number one guy on day 1. Nebraska gets what it deserves.

[Grand Island Central Catholic Schools @GICC_Crusaders]

Out into the world they go, all children of God #classof2024🎓

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

Body transfer illusion is the illusion of owning a part of a body other than one's own. This is the famous rubber hand experiment and it tricks your brain.

[📹 Adley and Story House Media]

[Grand Island Central Catholic Schools @GICC_Crusaders]

It's National Assistant Principal Week, and we're blessed with the best! #giccforwardtogether

[Jordan Burroughs @alliseeisgold]

Sure your son is competitive.

But is he reliable? Is he kind? Is he coachable? Will he be a good teammate?

Sports parents, we should be asking ourselves these questions as we raise up our children.

Let’s not just be great in skill, but also in character.

[Will Kunkel @WillKunkelV]

C.J. Stroud says several players around the NFL have reached out to express how much they appreciate his mentions of God and expressing his love for Jesus Christ.

“I’m not doing it to look cool. I’m doing it because that’s what God called me to do.”

[Jordan Engle @drjengle]

No school at GICC tomorrow, Friday, January 12th. #snowday3for1 #goshdangit #notlovingwinter

[Mitchell Miller @Miller13_M]

@drjengle Can you call Tuesday too? That’s mine and Phou travel day I have a feeling 😂

[Jordan Engle @drjengle]

Monday the 8th!!!!

[Barstool Sports @barstoolsports]

“When my time on earth is gone, and my activities here are passed, I want them to bury me upside down, and my critics can kiss my ass!”

- Coach Bob Knight #RIP

[Will Compton @_willcompton]

God dammit man

This speech put tears in my eyes

Coach Rhule was put on this earth to lead and be a football coach

[Jordan Engle @drjengle]

Proud of @GiccVb! It was a fun year following you; you’ve made us proud! #giccpride #forwardtogether

[Greg Berge @GregBerge]

Team Culture is Fragile.

It takes daily attention.

Here are 10 things that can DESTROY a Team Culture

Drip by Drip.

1: Showing up Late

Being late tells your team that ME > WE. This is a dangerous place to go.  Respect your teammate's time. Respect your coach's time. Be on time.

2: Skipping Reps

Every rep creates a habit. Skipping reps is how you get worse as a player. This is how you get worse as a team. This is a culture killer.

3: Not Holding others Accountable

All teams need leaders. If leaders don’t hold others accountable. The team culture loses. The team loses.

4: Bad Body Language

Body Language screams. Want to destroy a culture. Bring negative energy with bad body language.

5: Taking Plays Off

Can I Trust you as my teammate?  Not if you take plays off. If you play when you want to play. You will kill your culture.

6: Complaining about your Role

Not happy about your role? Want to hurt the team? Complain about your role. This will eat away at your culture and hurt your team.

7: Bad Mouthing Your Teammates

Easy way to hurt your team and kill your culture. Talk bad about your teammates. It will eat at your culture every time.

8: Sloppy Practices

Sloppy practices = sloppy games. They create bad habits. They eat away at culture. Mediocrity follows.

9: Not Focused on Details

Details win games. Not focusing on details loses games. Skip details and impact your culture.

10: No Eye Contact

This tells the coach you don’t care. It tells your teammates you don’t care. It tells the team it is all about you. Note: there are some cultures where this is accepted. Know your players.

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[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

I absolutely love this story........ It made me cry.

"An 87 Year Old College Student Named Rose
The first day of school our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn’t already know.

I stood up to look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder. I turned round to find a wrinkled, little old lady beaming up at me
with a smile that lit up her entire being.

She said, “Hi handsome. My name is Rose. I’m eighty-seven years old. Can I give you a hug?”

I laughed and enthusiastically responded, “Of course you may!” and she gave me a giant squeeze.
“Why are you in college at such a young, innocent age?” I asked.

She jokingly replied, “I’m here to meet a rich husband, get married, and have a couple of kids…”

“No seriously,” I asked. I was curious what may have motivated her to be taking on this challenge at her age.

“I always dreamed of having a college education and now I’m getting one!” she told me.
After class we walked to the student union building and shared a chocolate milkshake.

We became instant friends. Every day for the next three months, we would leave class together and talk nonstop. I was always mesmerized listening to this “time machine”
as she shared her wisdom and experience with me.

Over the course of the year, Rose became a campus icon and she easily made friends wherever she went. She loved to dress up and she reveled in the attention bestowed upon her from the other students. She was living it up.

At the end of the semester we invited Rose to speak at our football banquet. I’ll never forget what she taught us.

She was introduced and stepped up to the podium.
As she began to deliver her prepared speech, she dropped her three by five cards on the floor. Frustrated and a little embarrassed she leaned into the microphone and simply said, “I’m sorry I’m so jittery. I gave up beer for Lent and this whiskey is killing me! I’ll never get my speech back in order so let me just tell you what I know.”

As we laughed she cleared her throat and began, “We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old because we stop
playing. There are only four secrets to staying young, being happy, and achieving success.

1) You have to laugh and find humor every day.

2) You’ve got to have a dream. When you lose your dreams, you die.

We have so many people walking around who are dead and don’t even know it!

3) There is a huge difference between growing
older and growing up.

If you are nineteen years old and lie in bed for one full year and don’t do one productive thing, you will turn twenty years old.

If I am eighty-seven years old and stay in bed for a year and never do anything I will turn eighty-eight.

Anybody can grow older.

That doesn’t take any talent or ability.

The idea is to grow up by always finding opportunity in change.

4) Have no regrets.

The elderly usually don’t have regrets for what we did, but rather for things we did not do. The only people who fear death are those
with regrets.”

She concluded her speech by courageously singing “The Rose.

She challenged each of us to study the lyrics and live them out in our daily lives.
At the year’s end Rose finished the college degree she had begun all those years ago. One week after graduation Rose died
peacefully in her sleep.

Over two thousand college students attended her funeral in tribute to the wonderful woman who taught by example that it’s
never too late to be all you can possibly be.

When you finish reading this, please send this peaceful word of advice to your friends and family, they’ll really enjoy it!

These words have been passed along in loving memory of ROSE.

REMEMBER, GROWING OLDER IS MANDATORY. GROWING UP IS
OPTIONAL.

We make a Living by what we get,

We make a Life by what we give."

[Dave Feit @FeitCanWrite]

Nebraska volleyball's ability to act as a lemon sorbet palate cleanser between the football team's endless buffet of shit sandwiches should never be taken for granted.

[NFL Memes @NFLMemes]

Kyler Murray…

[Zac Stevens @ZacStevensDNVR]

Mike McGlinchey is not at practice for a third-straight day. He posted this on Instagram and appears to be dealing with a significant loss. Thinking of him.