Went to an MSU football camp back in middle school when Bobby Williams was the HC. Mannie ran that thing from start to finish and was so intense he scared the ever-loving-crap out of a young me.
"I have never felt, in my adult life, the way I felt on Friday nights.Those kids are playing for that emotion-that brotherhood"@MartySmithESPN
High school sports are only measured in wins and loses by people who don’t understand its importance & impact on athletes and communities
Tim Tebow explains how to compete with someone for a job without secretly rooting for them to fail:
“I would try to show up with the mindset of, ‘I’m competing with Chris Leak, but also for him as a team.’ I’m on his team, and he’s on the same team I’m on.”
“When I get to go in the game, I’m trying to do good for him so he gets to come back on the field.”
“We’re competing FOR each other.”
“Average competitors, and I mean this more in mindset, not talent, want to beat someone when they’re weaker.”
“Elite competitors want to beat people at their best.”
“I want him to do good. I just want to do better. I’m going to root for him. I’m going to praise him. I’m going to encourage him. I’m going to want the best for him.”
“Am I going to want to do great? Yes. But I’m going to choose to root for him. It’s a choice.”
“It’s not always emotion. Your emotions, your pride and your ego, it can get to you. Fighting against it is a daily, moment-by-moment thing.”
Sonny Cumbie on his favorite coaching lesson from Mike Leach.
"Clear mind, fast legs. He said it all the time...It goes to the old Bruce Lee adage, 'I don't fear a man who's practiced ten thousand kicks once. I fear a man who's practiced one kick ten thousand times."
In a world drowning in information and noise, there's something refreshing about returning to the fundamentals.
📹: Win More, Live Better Podcast (Ep. 261)
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Coach Scott Mallien sent me two pages from “What Price Football”, a book published almost 100 years ago (1931).
“They have learned that an overworked football player is no better than a run-down race-horse.”
💥 Racehorses > Workhorses
“The intelligent coach realizes that injuries are more frequent in scrimmages and games where there is a let-down, such as always occurs the day following a long hard practice.”
💥 Fully-charged, healthy players with alert minds are nearly bulletproof.
“Football itself is full of vitality and it must be played by those who carry vitality to the field - vitality both mental and physical.”
💥 Speed is a barometer of health.
“One of the leading football players of the 1920s upon finishing his college career denounced the laborious grind of practice, and even went so far as to liken football to a gladiatorial combat.”
🚫 Grind