A monument honoring America's fallen heroes is growing along a trail just south of West Point Academy. The towering memorial is made up of stones that bear the names of those who made the ultimate sacrifice.
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Join us as we celebrate the accomplishments of the Class of 2026!
๐ Date: Today, Friday, May 23
๐ Time: 10 a.m.
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Novak Djokovicโฆone of the greatest competitorsโฆknows he cannot control his thoughts, his emotions, his feelingsโฆ
But he knows he cannot control take control of his response to the thoughts, emotions, the feelings he experiencesโฆ
Hold that idea in mind. Let it marinate for a few seconds. What does that mean to you in your performance world?
โI can take control of my responseโฆI can respond to my inner impulsesโฆโ
I can take controlโฆ
I can go againโฆ
I can flex my attentionโฆ
I can retain my intentโฆ
Djokovic breaths his way through tournaments. He instructs himself. He keeps his attention on his strategies and his opponentโฆand is ready to flex strategically if need beโฆ
Heโs in control
Heโs in charge
He may not be able to control the thoughts, the emotions, and the feelings that emerge into his conscious awareness. But he can take control of his responseโฆ
Heโs in control
Heโs in charge
๐๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎโ๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ๐ฌ, ๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ, ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌโฆ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ง๐๐ฐ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ค, ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐ญ๐, ๐ฆ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ. ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐๐ญ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐๐ฅ๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ฌโฆ
What characteristics do the best performers have?
A few common traits I've noticed:
1. Don't get tired of the boring stuff
2. Masters of compartmentalization
3. Can flip the switch
4. Know how to lose well
5. Cultivate perspective
6. Delayed gratification
7. Drive from within
โPlease donโt ever judge me for wins and losses thatโs not who I am as a coach.
Relationships- you want it for them.โ
Championships change careers.
Relationships change lives.
Athletes. Coaches.
Donโt just chase wins. Change people.
Thatโs the real legacy.
๐ฅ@glenn_kinley
Thought I'd share a๐งตwith couple of additional thoughts about this profile of Dusty May by @rustindodd, focusing on some of the work Dusty & I did together.
https://t.co/P9zazpKzAg
I played for Nick Saban, Bill Belichick, and Sean Payton.
I studied under some of the greatest coaching minds in the history of professional football. And after the Lord saved me, I realized something that changed everything.
Every single leadership principle that made those teams thrive is biblical. They just did it for the glory of man instead of the glory of God.
Here is what I mean.
Belichick taught us to do our jobs. Scripture commands us to work as unto the Lord, not for the approval of men. (Col. 3:23)
Belichick held Tom Brady to a higher standard than anyone else. Scripture says to whom much is given, much is required. (Luke 12:48)
Belichick cut the cancer immediately, no matter the cost. Scripture tells us that a little leaven leavens the whole lump. (Gal. 5:9)
Belichick sacrificed personal credit and took responsibility for every loss. Scripture calls leaders to be servants first. (Matthew 20:26)
Brady sacrificed personal stats for the good of the team. Scripture says do nothing out of selfish ambition, but in humility consider others above yourself. (Phil. 2:3)
Brady could encourage a teammate and confront him in the same breath. Scripture says speak the truth in love. (Eph. 4:15)
These men did not know they were pulling from eternal, biblical commands. But the principles worked. They always work. Because truth is truth whether the man wielding it knows its source or not.
Now imagine this.
If these principles built a two-decade dynasty in professional football with men who did not know the Lord, what would God do through His church if we humbled ourselves and followed the same playbook?
What would happen in your marriage if you coached yourself harder than you coach anyone else?
What would happen in your home if you cut the cancers of laziness, passivity, and selfishness?
What would happen in your leadership if you stopped protecting your ego and started serving your team?
The blueprint is not new.
The playbook has been written for two thousand years.
The question is whether you are willing to run it.
I spent 10 years in the NFL and the best locker rooms I ever walked into operated on principles that Scripture laid out long before football existed.
Stop looking for a new framework.
Open the Book.
And do your job.
Sources: Army athletic director Tom Theodorakis has reached an agreement in principle on a new long-term contract with the academy. Heโs been Armyโs AD since February of 2025 after arriving at the school in 2022.
The depth in this article is so unique. Read it a couple of times and something different popped each one. The father/son dynamic. The respect. The lessons. The character. The work ethic. The principles. The values. What a great read. Excellent work @gbellseattle
Hugh Macdonald, Seahawks HC Mikeโs father, is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point - Class of 1971. He played for Armyโs Sprint football team and went Engineers.
Macdonald talks of how important it is his players know his clear โcommanderโs intentโ. Great story from @gbellseattle
https://t.co/uCxJ8UPyTb
Just one week after tearing her ACL, Lindsey Vonn has completed her Olympic training run in Cortina.
The women's downhill competition takes place this Sunday.
Mike Vrabel gives a masterclass on mindset, self-talk, and dealing with doubt.
"You can't let doubt creep into what you do as a person. I don't care what you do."
"You have to be able to talk to yourself and not listen to yourself so much. You have to tell yourself what to believe."
Read that again about your self-talk. Talk to yourself - don't just listen to yourself.
Your mind will feed you doubt, fear, and negativity. Your job is to challenge it. Tell yourself what's true, not what's easy to believe.
"That doesn't say that there aren't tough times that you struggle with failure. You have to be able to recognize it and know that that is a part of all of us."
Failure isn't the opposite of success - it's part of the path to it.
Successful people don't avoid adversity. They expect it. They know that they must learn from the setbacks and challenges.
"If you coach long enough, you're gonna get fired. Just like if you play long enough, you're gonna get cut or you're gonna get traded. That's just how this business is."
That's the reality. Not cynicism...clarity.
"I've tried to explain it to the players that this is what happens. And I'm grateful for the opportunity to be able to do it with this group of guys."
Tough times happen. The choice is to be a tough person that overcomes those tough times.
(๐ฅNew England Patriots )
Homegrown.
Development Based. On and Off Field.
No transfer portal.
Proud to build with American-born players who choose to do hard things.
Development and Culture over 47 months on the field and for Duty. Honor. Country.
Army Soccer. Americaโs Team.
Secure in who you are.
Confident in what you bring to the table.
Humble enough to know there is always room to grow.
Secure. Confident. Humble.
Be that kind of leader today.
as I've said, West Point is a unique place and not for everyone
that said, if you're playing there or thinking about playing there I will only say one thing - I promise you it will be worth it when you graduate.
Football ends for most of us in college. Playing in a respected program on a big stage and graduating from West Point is a better idea than chasing a few checks as you bounce around the country
Indiana HC Curt Cignetti - Rebuilding Indiana
"Production over potential. There's something about that. The guy that can stay on the practice field, the guy that can stay on the game field, the guy can handle success, the guy that can handle failure, has consistency in performance, he's a good teammate, he buys in to the team vision & he can stay healthy."
"It's all about people. The people you hire and the people you recruit. You've got to hire and recruit the right kind of people. That have a foundation of habits, that understand right from wrong, that have passion, that love football, that want to be great, that want to learn and get better every single day. You got to have those kind of people in your organization & then create the environment where they can thrive."
Great read. A lot of focus by many on transfers, but this, this is the takeaway..
โTheyโve done a great job evaluating talent and the next part is developing the talent and giving them confidence to produce at a high level.โ
Aspire for that to be said for Army Soccer.
Curt Cignetti's process fueling Indiana's rise is upending college football โ and rivals are taking notes
A story on what the Hoosiers' unreal run reveals about the New College Football and whether Cignetti's process can be duplicated at other schools: https://t.co/r5ArXyws6p