Stan Wells

Stan Wells. Owner of The Sandlot. Coach at LETU. Recruiting coordinator of the Texas Bombers. Cacataw Chief !

[Kent Murphy @KentMurphy]

Juan Soto breaking down his swing routine

[The Winning Difference @thewinningdiff1]

"My bad isn’t accepted here.
We have a commitment to excellence.
You need to do what you are supposed to do - instead of looking like you’re doing what you’re supposed to do."
@DeionSanders

Great teams only do things two ways: the right way or again.

[LeTourneau YellowJackets @LETUAthletics]

SB Recap | @LETUSoftball breaks out the brooms on Howard Payne.

Story:https://t.co/pcIdpFTRis
#LeTourneauBuilt

[Jamy Bechler @jamybechler]

COST ASSOCIATED WITH LEADERSHIP

"Have to make hard decisions that'll negatively affect people you care about...

Be disliked despite your best attempt to do the best for the most...

Be misunderstood and not always have the opportunity to defend yourself."

~ Kirby Smart

[Billy Oppenheimer @bpoppenheimer]

After his second year at Michigan, Tom Brady wanted to transfer.

He wasn't playing in games, and he was so low on the depth chart that he only got 2 reps in practice.

Brady met with his coach to express his frustration, “The other quarterbacks get all the reps.”

Coach replied,

“Brady, I want you to stop worrying about what all the other players on our team are doing. All you do is worry about what the starter is doing, what the second guy is doing, what everyone else is doing. You don't worry about what you're doing.”

Coach reminded him, “You came here to be the best. If you're going to be the best, you have to beat out the best.”

And then he recommended that Brady start meeting with Greg Harden, a sports psychologist who worked in Michigan's athletic department.

Brady went to Harden's office and whined, “I'm never going to get my chance. They're only giving me 2 reps.”

Harden simply replied, “Just go out there and focus on doing the best you can with those 2 reps. Make them as perfect as you possibly can.”

“So that's what I did,” Brady said. “They'd put me in for those 2 reps, man, I'd sprint out there like it was Super Bowl 39. 'Let's go boys! Here we go! What play we got?'”

“And I started to do really well with those 2 reps. Because I brought enthusiasm, I brought energy.”

Soon, it went from getting 2 reps to getting 4 reps. Then from 4 to 10, “and before you knew it,” Brady said, with this new mindset that Greg instilled in me—to focus on what you can control, to focus on what you're getting, not what anyone else is getting, to treat every rep like it's the Super Bowl—eventually, I became the starter.”

Takeaway 1:

Greg Harden telling Brady to just focus on being great during his 2 reps reminded me of a piece of advice from the entrepreneur Mark Cuban.

“People come to me all the time and tell me they're stuck,” Cuban explained. “They're stuck in a job they don't like. They're stuck working for a boss they don't like. They're stuck on a team they don't like.”

“I just tell them, 'Be great.'”

“The reality of life is that you can't just always quit your job. You can't just always go to your boss and say, 'Give me the promotion, or I'm out of here.'” You can't just always go to your coach and say, 'Give me more reps, or I'm transferring.'

“So when you're stuck, you've gotta find it within yourself to say, 'Ok, this is where I am. And if I'm going to be here, I'm going to be great.'

Because if you're great at your job, typically other people and companies find out, so it creates opportunities.”

Takeaway 2:

I've written before about “lead measures”—the actions and behaviors that predictably drive success.

The core characteristic of a lead measure, the authors of The 4 Disciplines of Execution (4DX) write, is that “a lead measure is influenceable; it can be directly influenced by you.”

To achieve your goals, they recommend (echoing what the Michigan Coach told Brady), apply a disproportionate energy to the things that are in your control.

Starting at Michigan and for the rest of his career, that’s what Brady did, that’s what drove his success.

In his first media call after he was selected by the New England Patriots with the 199th pick in the 2000 draft, Brady was asked: “Are you aware that [along with starting quarterback, Drew Bledsoe] there’s another quarterback here that they drafted last year?”

Brady said he was aware of that. “And I know he’s a heck of a player,” Brady said. “But I’ve always really concerned myself just with the things I can control. I don’t put a lot of thinking into the other guys because I know I’m not at my best when I’m not just thinking about playing as well as I possibly can.”

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“I never once in my life ever said I wanted to be the best of all time. Ever. I wanted to be the best I could be, period. I learned that in college. It didn’t matter what the other guys were doing. It mattered what I was doing.” — Tom Brady

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[Awful Announcing @awfulannouncing]

The White Sox take the lead after it's ruled -- after review -- that Rangers catcher Jonah Heim didn't give Elvis Andrus a lane to home plate. Rangers manager Bruce Bochy was ejected.

Even the NBC Sports Chicago crew -- Jason Benetti & Steve Stone -- couldn't believe the ruling.

[The Winning Difference @thewinningdiff1]

All gave some.
Some gave all.
Honor and remember those that made the ultimate sacrifice this Memorial Day.

[LeTourneau YellowJackets @LETUAthletics]

SB recap: @LETUSoftball closes out historical season with loss in ASC Tournament.

YellowJackets end the year with a program-record 28 wins and .636 winning percentage.

Story: https://t.co/fZa1wPIU9N

#FearTheSting #d3sb

[Club Pro Guy @ClubProGuy]

UPDATE on the situation regarding my new girlfriend's husband.

[LantzWheeler @LantzWheeler]

THIS 👇

"How far can we go to get a tough culture without getting reprimanded by soft people? And that's the challenge we all have as coaches. Kids today believe that if you correct me, you're criticizing me."

"If you gotta team that will throw down, you got a shot."

[Baseball @mlbelites_]

Coach: “hustle in”
Catchers in full gear:

[LeTourneau YellowJackets @LETUAthletics]

Nine @LeTourneauUniv teams had a GPA of 3.0+ during the fall semester.

Top 5 teams ⬇️⬇️

#FearTheSting #whyd3

[FOX College Football @CFBONFOX]

RT if your team has won a National Championship! 🙌🏆🔥

[Perk @CoachPerk]

Back knee triggers the swing. Belly button takes a picture of the ball. The chest works as headlights shining on the ball. Coach Ward coaches us up!

[Golf Digest @GolfDigest]

"Tiger and Rory. WHAT HAPPENED?!"

#CapitalOnesTheMatch

[Club Pro Guy @ClubProGuy]

ALERT: I'm giving away a @3jacknational golf bag from @TaylorMadeGolf PLUS an #Xe747 punch out club! To enter, simply retweet this tweet. I will announce the winner on Sunday after my @GambleAware meeting. Good Luck!

[Stan Wells @StanLot09]

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[Super 70s Sports @Super70sSports]

Prime Dwight Gooden’s curveball. Good luck with that.

[Brandon Nelson @CoachNellie25]

You really tryin to do damage if your takes don’t look like this?

[Wyatt Peabody @WyattPeabody7]

Mookie Betts #ExtraSwings