Ricky Guzman

PV O's/Calexico ⚾️, UC Davis Bio Systems Eng/La Verne 🏈 Dad, PLNU iWell alum, Wellness Professor, ROMANS 12.2, Train your mind & Trust your heart
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[The Artist known as Jess @ElofsonJess]

Massie out here doing the Lord's work.

[Ricky Guzman @Ricknd10]

No data to validate the pressure speed puts on people to play fast.

[Podcast Doesn't Exist @PodcastDoesnt]

The Tampa Bay Rays' newest analytical strategy is breaking Baseball again

[Ricky Guzman @Ricknd10]

It's still a game.....master how you choose to play it.

[Podcast Doesn't Exist @PodcastDoesnt]

The Tampa Bay Rays' newest analytical strategy is breaking Baseball again

[MatrixMysteries @MatrixMysteries]

“Los Angeles utility workers are making $700,000 a YEAR.”

Spencer Pratt exposed LADWP pay records showing 100+ employees earning over $500,000, with some topping $700,000.

An $11 billion department with the SAME political appointees.

This is institutionalized FRAUD.

[Clint Hurdle @ClintHurdle13]

4/23 🤔’s from AMI 🌅🏝️🌊🎣

Best quote I've heard all year:

"I don't walk away to teach people a lesson... I walk away because I learned mine." That hits. Because walking away isn't about revenge.
It's not about proving a point. It's about finally understanding your worth. It means you've outgrown the drama, the disrespect, the need to explain yourself. You don't owe anyone a performance.
Sometimes the most powerful move you can make... is choosing peace over proving. That's not weakness-that's growth.

[Luke Falk @coachlukefalk]

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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[❌️Scorp❌️ @PoorBoyzSol]

Nope. He's had enough with the bullsht from these young people man. Everyone has their breaking point.

The problem with the youth today is "SOFT PARENTING".. They've never been disciplined by their own parents, so they're disrespectful to everyone, and grow up thinking no one will do anything about it.. Straight up. HE LEARNED TODAY!

[John Eads WAFB-TV @JohnEadsWAFB]

"It's a deep-rooted thing, we're off and this will never happen again"

Blunt honesty from Jay Johnson about some of the things plaguing the #LSU offense this year.

Says he made mistakes in roster construction with his team this year.

[Ricky Guzman @Ricknd10]

PE classes need dodgeball back

[Fixing Education @FixingEducation]

Men make up 80% of suicides

Men account for 90%+ of the prison population

Men are falling behind at every level of education

Young men are more depressed than ever

This video represents much of what boys need…Active, Being Outside, Positive Father Figure, Patience, Grit

[Ricky Guzman @Ricknd10]

Serving and giving becomes second nature when you accept that you're chasing His guarantee. #wrongarm

[Clint Hurdle @ClintHurdle13]

4/12 🤔’s on a Sunday 🌞⚾️🏟️

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“You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.”
~ 1 John 4:4 NIV

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Changed lives change lives. That’s how the Gospel moves.

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"Until God opens the door, praise Him in the hallway."

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Matthew 14:23
“And after He had dismissed the crowds, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray. When evening came, He was there alone.”

"A believer who does not know how to spend time alone with God will never grow deep in the Lord."
-Watchman Nee

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“For am I now trying to persuade people, or God? Or am I striving to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.” – Galatians 1:10

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Matthew 20:16
“So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.”

When you lead the right way, you'll discover you love being last in line. There's no middle ground on this one—it's the only way to give the type of love Jesus wants us to give—selfless, irrational, sacrificial love.

The greatest among us don't stand at the front of the line to be first. They stand at the back so those they lead can be first. The called stand at the front; the chosen stand in the back.

Make a difference today
Love Clint 🙏⬆️✝️🌅

[Clint Hurdle @ClintHurdle13]

4/12 🤔’s on a Sunday 🌞⚾️🏟️

✝️

“You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.”
~ 1 John 4:4 NIV

✝️

Changed lives change lives. That’s how the Gospel moves.

✝️

"Until God opens the door, praise Him in the hallway."

✝️

Matthew 14:23
“And after He had dismissed the crowds, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray. When evening came, He was there alone.”

"A believer who does not know how to spend time alone with God will never grow deep in the Lord."
-Watchman Nee

✝️

“For am I now trying to persuade people, or God? Or am I striving to please people? If I were still trying to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.” – Galatians 1:10

✝️

Matthew 20:16
“So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.”

When you lead the right way, you'll discover you love being last in line. There's no middle ground on this one—it's the only way to give the type of love Jesus wants us to give—selfless, irrational, sacrificial love.

The greatest among us don't stand at the front of the line to be first. They stand at the back so those they lead can be first. The called stand at the front; the chosen stand in the back.

Make a difference today
Love Clint 🙏⬆️✝️🌅

[Ricky Guzman @Ricknd10]

1. Technique
2. Have to want to do it.

[Jerry Weinstein @JWonCATCHING]

PCA ANATOMY OF A SUCCESSFUL BHB TO 3B
1) No rush. See it down.
2) Direction & speed.
3) Better to show early verses late.

[Ricky Guzman @Ricknd10]

Good is good enough. Don't let perfect be the enemy of good

[Jamy Bechler @CoachBechler]

Good reminder for us all today.

[Dan Cevette @DanCevette]

Baseball is a life lesson in disguise.

You’ll fail. A lot.
You won’t control the outcome.
You’ll get humbled fast.

But if you stick with it…
You learn discipline.
You learn toughness.
You learn how to respond.

That’s why the game matters ⚾️💯

[Ricky Guzman @Ricknd10]

@ClintHurdle13 The cross was not the end. The resurrection was, as it was the new beginning. #fullcircle

[Josh Gessner @joshgessner]

POV: you stopped lifting heavy and threw 98 MPH

Up until I threw 95, and even in pro ball with the Phillies and Rangers, all I tried to do in the weight room was lift as heavy as I could.

Now that I’m trying to throw 100 miles an hour, I’ve realized that’s not the most efficient way to train.

This is something I see a lot of guys struggle with.

They go to college, get bigger and stronger, but don’t throw harder.

And they wonder why.

The biggest reason is they’re not training rate of force development.

In the pitching delivery, you only have milliseconds to produce force.

If you can’t produce a high amount of force in that time, your velocity will be limited.

Once I started incorporating rate of force development into my training, I began climbing into the 96, 97, 98 mile an hour range.

My favorite ways to train this are overcoming isometrics, oscillatory work, explosive lifts, VBT-style training, ballistic barbell movements, and plyometrics.

All of these teach you how to produce force fast, not just how much you can lift.

I also created a full guide on this.

If you want it, comment “guide” and I’ll send it to you.

[Ricky Guzman @Ricknd10]

@ClintHurdle13 @JonGordon11 @CoachBechler Awesome words coach, I tell guys that when in tough spots, we must trust to sink to the level of our preparation. More times than not you'll surprise yourself bybexceeding expectations

[Ricky Guzman @Ricknd10]

....on and off the field

[Ricky Guzman @Ricknd10]

Everyone should wake up everyday & read this. ThE BALL never knew it was in Mariano Rivera's hand, coming off Barry's Bonds bat, or falling into Omar Vizquel's glove. Nor does it know how many travel ball rings are in a 13yr olds room. All it did was dictate who YOU are.....

[Clint Hurdle @ClintHurdle13]

I've had a lifetime of ups, downs, and sideways.

Baseball. Failure. Faith. Rock bottom. Redemption.

And the one lesson that ties all of it together?

You don't become better by avoiding hard.

You become better by embracing it...

I'm a broken, flawed man and I've made mistakes I'm not proud of.

I've let people down...not by choice, but I let them down.

But how I reacted to those moments? That's where the growth lived.

Here's what a lifetime of hard actually taught me.

Lesson #1: Life is going to be hard. That's not a warning, that's a promise.

People are going to be messy.

You're going to make mistakes.

The speed of life doesn't slow down for any of us.

What you control:
• Whether you embrace hard or run from it
• Whether you get better or just get bitter
• What your first thought is when your feet hit the floor in the morning

There's so much more value in pushing through hard times and coming out the other side.

Lesson #2: You can't outrun what you're supposed to grow through.

I numbed failure instead of walking through it.

I told myself it was working.

It wasn't.

Eventually, the hard you've been running from catches up.

And when it does you either let it break you or let it build you.

I've walked through all the challenges, all the ups, all the downs, all the sideways.

And I think every single one of them put me in a position I was handpicked for.

Hard doesn't disqualify you.

It prepares you for what's next.

Lesson #3: Be Steadfast. Be Persistent. Be Resilient.

Those aren't traits you're born with.

They're what's left after hard things do their work on you.

They didn't come from the easy stretches

They came from character that wasn't there before

Empathy I couldn't have had without the hard

Today is the only one we're promised.

Don't waste it running from hard.

Embrace it.

[Ricky Guzman @Ricknd10]

@ClintHurdle13 Live today, Quit tomorrow. The sun coming up is always a great sign and when it does, you start over.