If you're in high school:
Freshman - 1316 days left
Sophomore - 951 days left
Junior - 586 days left
Senior - 221 days left
Don't waste a single one...
Let's get it 😤
DeeDee Gipson has been named @SM_WBB head coach; a former 2-year Cougar, Gipson returns to her alma mater to lead #SMCC in the 2023-24 season: https://t.co/viC4cnPTA8 🐾🏀
"Leadership is your willingness to help someone else for their benefit. Leading people for your benefit is manipulation."
―Nick Saban #TheLeadersMind 🏆 #Leadership
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Kobe’s perspective on Leadership 🔥
“Leadership is Lonely.”
“If you’re going to be a leader, you are not going to please everybody. You have to hold people accountable. Even if you have that moment of being uncomfortable.”
The people you spend the most time with influence your life and your future in powerful ways. Choose wisely.
“As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend.” Proverbs 27:17
KOBE BRYANT’S 10 RULES
1. Get better every single day
2. Prove them wrong
3. Work on your weaknesses
4. Execute what you practiced
5. Learn from greatness
6. Learn from wins and losses
7. Practice mindfulness
8. Be ambitious
9. Believe in your team
10. Learn storytelling
"Practicing hard is a choice. Watching extra film is a choice. Lifting weights, being coachable, and going to class are a choice. Your choices here are going to force me to either play you, or sit you on the bench. You’ll get exactly what you want." (Pat Summitt)
Being late to practice = Late to work
Not working w team = Same w coworkers
Not listening to coach = Same w boss
Lazy effort @ prac = Lazy @ work
Bad attitude now = Bad @ work
The reason your coach has standards is to break any bad habits u may have before you get to the real 🌎
Thanks a lot to Coach Williams and the women of @SRHSWbb womens basketball program for allowing me to speak to you all about playing at the next level. You all have a great group and I look forward to following and watching you all play.
Recruits:
If you want to set yourself apart 🗣️GET IN SHAPE and know what you should be focusing on early in the process…
I’ve witnessed so many athletes who have zero self awareness and coaches who are walking the ball up 👀
2025 and 2026’s should be working on their speed in the transition game to prepare for the real comp in 17U‼️
2027’s should be working on NOT being sticky with the ball and aggressiveness‼️
#GrowTheGame #Preparation #SpeedUp #TheGameIsChanging
HARD TRUTH VERY FEW PLAYERS ARE WILLING TO ACCEPT:
YOUR development is YOUR responsibility!
YOUR opportunities come from YOUR actions!
YOUR choices determine YOUR labels!
YOUR rate of improvement comes from the consistency of YOUR work!
It’s on YOU - no one else!
"If you want to play, make me play you. Make it so that I’m an idiot if I don’t have you on the court.”
―Gregg Popovich, on playing time #TheLeadersMind 🏆
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Teaching children about money should be part of parenting because most schools won't do it.
If you want to become the first millionaire in your family, here are 10 tips everyone should know:
God works in mysterious ways. Keep doing right by people, working hard, staying humble, and bringing light to every situation. He will handle the rest.