Taylor Byrd

[Jon Gordon @JonGordon11]

Failure or Opportunity

I spent the last two days at spring training speaking to the Colorado Rockies and whenever I speak to baseball players I am reminded that failure happens often in baseball.

In fact many call baseball a game of failure because even a Hall of Famer will fail to get a hit 2 out of 3 times. And most players will fail to get a hit 3 out of 4 times. A pitcher will also give up hits and home runs and fielders will make errors.

Yes, baseball is a game where you fail often. But when speaking to the players and coaches I offered a different perspective.

I said, "I don't believe baseball is a game of failure. I believe it's a game of opportunity!"

No matter what happened on the last play, pitch, or at bat you get the opportunity to make the next one great.

In the words of Babe Ruth, "Every strike brings me closer to the next home run."

It's the same way with life. Anyone pursuing anything worthwhile will fail and fail often.

I certainly have failed many times but when I look back I realize I wasn't failing, I was growing. I wasn't failing, I was becoming.

I've learned that you can dwell on the past or look forward to making the next opportunity great.

You can see life as a game of failure or opportunity.

How you see it has a huge impact on your mindset, attitude, energy and the results you produce in the future!

[Jaycob Ammerman @Jammer2233]

This MESSAGE from Kobe always deserves to go viral 🎯

"Leadership is Lonely — If you are 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."

[Jaycob Ammerman @Jammer2233]

“The Game Honors Toughness.”

Toughness isn’t just diving on the floor & taking charges

Toughness is every aspect that goes into WINNING

Knowing the scouting report & plays, being on time, studying film, etc.

The game honors those who put the work in

[Andy McKay @AndyMcKayHG]

Thus the need for performance psychology. In baseball, it’s all about who can recommit to their plan every pitch, one pitch at a time. And do this while dealing with the overwhelming distractions, pressures, and adversity that the game challenges us with.

[Drew Maddux @DrewMaddux]

“Discipline is a mindset of who you
are. It’s how you live your life —
It’s how you do everything that you
do.”

-Nick Saban

[The Winning Difference @thewinningdiff1]

"Competitive sports are played mainly on a 5 1/2 inch surface - the space between your ears." -Bobby Jones

Elite athletes spend more time talking to themselves (creating a positive mindset) than listening to themselves (negative thoughts).

[BaseballHistoryNut @nut_history]

A Hank Aaron full AB. You don’t see these on your TL very often.

[Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar]

Surround yourself with people who care about and encourage you to reach higher.

[The Coaches' Journal @TheCoachJournal]

There's only one way to do it, and that's to develop relationships.

It's not just for three or four or five years, it's preparing them for life and building lifelong relationships.

A good coach can change a game, a great coach can change a life.

Nick Saban on relationships:

[Andy McKay @AndyMcKayHG]

When his players failed to practice in a way that met the standards of UCLA Basketball, he simply turned off the lights of the gym and said, “Gentlemen, practice is over.” They had lost their opportunity to get better that day, which to Wooden, was the highest form of punishment.

[Yardbarker @yardbarker]

Michael Jordan’s finishing ability was on another level 🏀

[Kevin DeShazo @KevinDeShazo]

Leadership isn’t just about your skills or ideas or strategies. It’s about your heart, about your intent, about your mindset.

Are you all about you or are you about others?

Great leadership is ultimately about fighting for the highest good of those you lead. Humility always.

[Andy McKay @AndyMcKayHG]

Champions think, act, prepare, and compete like champions before they are champions. They have the courage to passionately believe in something that others will laugh at and ridicule. Their dream and their commitment to it is 1,000 times more powerful than the opinions of others.

[Andy McKay @AndyMcKayHG]

Hank Aaron does a wonderful job of explaining the importance of the mental game here. As he put it, “If you don’t hit well tomorrow, it will probably be because you fail to focus”. Very impactful words from one of the game’s greatest players.

[Andrew McCutchen @TheCUTCH22]

I bout tore my ACL again watching this

[Jon Gordon @JonGordon11]

Results follow belief.

[Vala Afshar @ValaAfshar]

You are not a team because you work together. You are a team because you trust, respect and care for each other. https://t.co/i8KCVE1WjU

[Emmanuel Acho @EmmanuelAcho]

Bad Coaches: “My athlete just doesn’t have it, their too slow, too short, can’t see the field”

Joe Judge:

[Deandre Hopkins @DeAndreHopkins]

Don't gain the world and lose your soul, wisdom is better than silver or gold... Life Motto