graceanne_rose

southside high school basketball - co.24 power forward/center/small foward

[graceanne_rose @graceanne_rose]

I am excited to announce , I will be continuing my academic and athletic career at Faulkner University. I can’t thank God enough for the opportunities he has given and the trials he has put me through to be where I am today {John 13:7 - and Jesus replied “ you may not know now what I am doing but you will later understand “ } thank you to everyone who has poured so much into not only as an athlete but as a person. To my family , my coaches , my friends, and future coaches; I hope to be just as good of a person as some of you are .Thank you for being in my life I’m forever grateful :) TYJ @CoachSutt @CoachJBowen @Lady_PantherBB @FaulknerWBB

[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 meet Greg Harden, a counselor who worked in the 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 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, he was getting 4 reps. Then 10, “and before you knew it,” Brady said, “with this new mindset that Greg had 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 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:

In the field of strategic management, there is a distinction made between “lead measures” and “lag measures.”

Lag measures are the results you’re trying to achieve: getting a promotion, winning a championship, being the starting quarterback. Lead measures are the actions that predictably drive those results. 

The core characteristic of a lead measure, the authors of “The 4 Disciplines of Execution” write, is that “a lead measure can be directly influenced by you.” To achieve your goals, they write (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.

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. But I’ve always 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 didn’t. It mattered what I was doing.” — Tom Brady

[Mckenzie Mcannally @MckenzieMca3]

After an official visit with Faulkner University I am extremely blessed to receive an official offer to continue my basketball and running career. Thank you to the amazing coaches for believing in me. @FaulknerWBB @CoachSutt @CoachSwopes @CoachRo12 @coachheem24 @GdaleAthletics @rocketbball1

[Lady Panthers Basketball @Lady_PantherBB]

What a senior class! 2 years together:

48-14 Record.
Back2Back undefeated Class 5A Area 12 Champs.
Etowah County Champs (2nd time in school history)
Back2Back Elite 8. (First time in school history)
School record points scored.
School record points given up.
19-1 home record.

[Lady Panthers Basketball @Lady_PantherBB]

Congrats to our own, @graceanne_rose, for being name FIRST TEAM ALL-STATE!! Grace Anne was cut from her middle school team and worked relentlessly to end up being one of the best players in the state by her senior year. What a great example of hard work. #LTW

[Faulkner Women’s Basketball @FaulknerWBB]

Congrats to our future Eagles that were chosen for All-State! @KeykeyScottland @graceanne_rose @averee_rogers @ChloeHelms4_13

[Lady Panthers Basketball @Lady_PantherBB]

Congrats to our girls who made the Gadsden Times All-Area Team for this season!! They were up against some very big basketball names from around this part of the state. #LTW

[graceanne_rose @graceanne_rose]

She’s so good

[Ava Ramsey @AvaRamsey17]

#4 this season 💣
#ClawsOut #Southside

[Reed Sutton @CoachSutt]

Had post season player meetings today. Everyone is returning locked and loaded for 2024-25. Can’t wait to add our 2024 class to our awesome crew of returners! @syd__3_ @averee_rogers @graceanne_rose @KeykeyScottland @AliHenson6 @FaulknerWBB

[Maxwell Donaldson @_Max_Donaldson]

Our first all-area team went out this morning, congrats to all honored including our players of the year @AceAustin11 and @graceanne_rose

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[Average Joe’s Sports Talk, LLC @AverageJoesSpo1]

Congratulations @graceanne_rose and @CoachJBowen

[Lady Panthers Basketball @Lady_PantherBB]

Congrats to our own, Grace Anne Rose on reaching a milestone of 1,000 career points. She also grabbed over 200 rebounds this season alone!! #LTW

[Lady Panthers Basketball @Lady_PantherBB]

That girl Grace Anne Rose has had a HUGE season. Along with signing with Faulkner University she has put up some great numbers on the floor.

Fun fact: GA is less than 50 points away from the 1,000 point club. #LTW @graceanne_rose

[Lady Panthers Basketball @Lady_PantherBB]

Congrats to our girl @graceanne_rose for signing with Faulkner tonight! This girl has worked hard to earn everything she has gotten. #LTW

[graceanne_rose @graceanne_rose]

Help Southside lady panthers raise money for our season in 13 days !!! Greatly appreciated https://t.co/RHXxdSrztj

[Lady Panthers Basketball @Lady_PantherBB]

2024 Southside Lady Panther, Grace Anne Rose, will be returning this season after a HUGE Junior year. Rose has worked relentless this off season and is ready for another big year! #LTW

[Justin Bowen @CoachJBowen]

We do💪🏻💪🏻 @graceanne_rose

[Lady Panthers Basketball @Lady_PantherBB]

1,542 points were scored by our girls in 2022-2023 on a historic run to the elite 8 At Jacksonville State before we were knocked off by eventual State Runner-Up Arab 48-44. All top scorers and the girls that accounted for 1,387 of those points scored return this season! #LTW

[Ava Ramsey @AvaRamsey17]

Excited to announce my
commitment to Gadsden State to further my athletic & academic career. First, I would like to thank God for how far I've come as an athlete & in general. I would also like to thank my family, coaches, & teammates for constantly pushing me to be better, couldn't have done it without them. Thank you to the coaches @GSCCATHLETICS. for giving me this opportunity & can't wait to see what the future holds! Go Cardinals!