The No Complaining Rule.
You're not allowed to complain unless you bring a solution.
So don’t complain just to vent. It doesn’t help anyone. Instead…
Bring a solution.
Bring an idea.
Bring a better way forward.
The most valuable people in any room aren't the ones who point out what's broken. They're the ones who help build the future.
Less complaining.
More creating.
KOBE BRYANT’S 10 RULES:
1 Get better every 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
“We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort.”
Jesse Owens
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“If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that's a full day. That's a heck of a day. You do that seven days a week, you're going to have something special.”
Jim Valvano
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“The will to win is not nearly as important as the will to prepare to win. Everyone wants to win but not everyone wants to prepare to win.”
― Bobby Knight
“Be true to yourself.
Make each day your masterpiece.
Help others.
Drink deeply from good books.
Make friendship a fine art.
Build a shelter against a rainy day.
Pray for guidance and give thanks for your blessings every day.”
John Wooden
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@CoachBJ_3@CoachMelDub24 Fast feet with slow minds get beat. You can have strong legs but if you have weak discipline you're not gonna make it very far.
One word for @lindseyvonn!
Warrior!
Praying for her recovery and hope she is okay.
She embodies resilience, courage, determination, excellence grit and a warrior spirit.
Think of discipline as a bridge:
Ideas --> Actions
Talent --> Execution
Potential --> Performance
Wanting --> Earning
Talent sets a foundation, but discipline determines what you build and how well you build it.
My word came to me earlier than usual. I thought it was going to be “intentional”. But then “Build” kept showing up. I’m building a house. Building a company. Building a great team. Building up people.
So my @getoneword for 2026 is Build.
What is your #OneWord?
Winning is not in your control. It’s is a natural consequence of being a great competitor. Average competitors win less because they get too fixated on winning and too undisciplined in how they compete.
The hardest thing for an average competitor to understand is that great competitors don’t focus on winning. Winning is their goal, it’s the end target, but it’s not their focus. Great competitors win more because they are ultra disciplined in how they prepare and how they compete, which leads to the natural consequence of a lot more winning.
Imagine if Pat Spencer had specialized in just one sport growing up.
He likely never becomes one of the best college lacrosse players ever...
...and he probably never sniffs the NBA either.
The multi-sport paradox too many parents ignore.
John Wooden said, "Don't whine. Don't complain. Don't make excuses."
"Get out there and whatever you're doing do it to the best of your ability."
You can't control everything - But you can control how you show up.
Attitude. Effort. Ownership.
That's leadership.
Not just an orthopedic cost.
Early specialization is a paradox; the better you get at something very early, the less likely you’ll be great at it later on.
Kids who specialize early will obviously get better faster than their non-specializing peers. This is intoxicating for parents and feeds the youth sports machine.
However, they will do so at the cost of higher level athletic development down the line.
They miss out on so many diverse qualities that could donate to the sport they ultimately specialize in at the appropriate age.
Massive opportunity cost in the pursuit of instant gratification.
“Do you want to be great at 12 or 25? Pick one because you can’t have both.”
-Pyry Lukkarila, Director of Coach Development, Finnish Ice Hockey
h/t @drewcarlsonhp