Jon Fitzpatrick

Principal & Baseball Coach at Martensdale-St. Marys | Mental Performance Certified Coach | 1-1 Coaching and Team Consulting | Ultra Marathoner

[The Gazette Sports @CRGazetteSports]

Kirkwood’s brady Blake has baseball in his blood. https://t.co/JqPhRNi8Kx

[Jon Fitzpatrick @Fitzpatrick_MP]

If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together. - African Proverb

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Happiness Isn't Waiting at the Finish Line

If you can't enjoy the process, you won't enjoy the outcome. Because the finish line always moves. The secret isn't in getting there. It's in learning to live here.

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Growth Requires Action

"Every positive change - every jump to a higher level involves a rite of passage. Each time to ascend to a higher rung on the ladder of growth, we must go through a period of discomfort or adversity." - Inky Johnson

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Perspective Is a Choice

Every day gives you two choices:
See problems or see possibilities.
Complain or choose gratitude.
Live in fear or live in faith.

Gratitude and joy aren't just feelings, they're choices and when you choose them your mindset begins to shift.

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Michael Jordan embraced his failures. In an ad for Nike, he says: "I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot, and missed." He went back and practiced the shot a hundred times. https://t.co/t5mHRT3Mwn

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A rich Delian ship owner was asked how he built his fortune. “The greater part came quite easily,” he said, “but the first, smaller part took time and effort.”

Creating anything of magnitude requires deliberate and consistent work. Well-being is realized by small steps.

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Your work is the only thing that matters.

A young comedian approached Jerry Seinfeld in a club one night and asked him for advice about marketing and getting exposure.

"Exposure? Marketing? Just work on your act.", Seinfeld said.

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How you do anything is how you do everything.

On the campaign trail, a heckler once mocked President Andrew Johnson for being a tailor. His response: “That does not disconcert me in the least; I was a good one—punctual, precise, proud of my work."

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Being predictable is underrated. Coaches don’t need 9 shutout innings every time—they need to know exactly what they’re getting when they hand you the ball. Pitching like Paul Skenes one night and “Livvy Dunne ” the next, won’t play. Consistently good > occasionally great.

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One of the crazier stats I’ve heard is that Derek Jeter had a 0 for 20 stretch at some point in every season of his career, yet he’ll go down as one of the greatest shortstops to ever play this game.

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“Being great is simply being predictably and consistently good over a long period of time.”
- Andy McKay, Major League Coach of the Cleveland Guardians

[William R. Watson | Superintendent @MSTMSupt]

𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗱𝗮𝗹𝗲-𝗦𝘁. 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘆𝘀?

Individualized Attention. Unmatched Value.
- 4-Day School Week
- PK-12 building
- $140,910 in college tuition saved last year!
- New facilities & expanded arts/athletics!

See the difference for yourself! 🎥

[IAbaseball @iabaseball1]

🚨 NEW STATE RECORD 🚨

Trey Wight of Martensdale St. Marys now owns the MOST DOUBLES IN A SEASON!! Wight's 31 doubles (and counting) breaks Marshall Koehn's mark of 30 with Solon in 2010.

Congrats, Trey!

#IAbaseball X #iahsbsb

[DCG Baseball @DCG__Baseball]

It’s always a great day when @Fitzpatrick_MP comes and talks to the guys about Mental Performance!

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@JoelSato8 Coach Sato - If you’d like to coach in Iowa this summer I have a spot for you! I loved getting to know you and catching up at the ABCA each year. I was able to take something away from every conversation.

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@coachsmallbsb Coach. If you are willing to share these documents I would greatly appreciate it. Merry Christmas! [email protected]

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@BudLegg https://t.co/jHUXheleby

[Derek Martin @d2mart]

KMAland Iowa Small Class 11-Player Recap (10/4)

•OT wins for @TreynorNation & @RivFootball
•@MacsActivities garners big win
•AHSTW, @Clarinda_AD roll
•Big W for @KuemperFootball
•@WayneJHHS1's Jared Bevins talks after win.
•@LMActivities also a W

https://t.co/oE3s61LuCG