Coach Hodges

[USA Baseball WNT @USABaseballWNT]

Amira Hondras 🤝 Ashanthy Marcano 🤝 Valerie Perez: two stolen bases each today ⚡️

[Coach Hodges @icoachheart]

@SandyCreekHoops 😂

[Jamy Bechler @CoachBechler]

"Practicing hard is a choice. Watching extra film is a choice. Lifting weights, being coachable, and going to class are a choice. Your choices here are going to force me to either play you, or sit you on the bench. You’ll get exactly what you want." (Pat Summitt)

[James P. Arnold @PresArnoldICC]

Oh wow

“We don’t get to determine the length of our adversity”

Powerful

[Coach Hodges @icoachheart]

@ogcookie_ Thank you

[James Moore @moorewithjames]

Jack Britt, knocked off the No. 1 and No. 2 seed to win the girls United 8 tournament championship.

Shoutout to 1st year coach, Janie Hodges at Jack Britt

[910Preps @910Preps]

🏆 for Jack Britt girls basketball #run910

[Steve Harvey @IAmSteveHarvey]

Let me tell you something: your enemies thought they had the power to knock you down this season. They ran their mouths, tried to dim your light, but here’s the truth—they can’t stop what God has already blessed. Keep shining, keep winning, because favor ain’t fair, and you’re living proof!

[Coach Hodges @icoachheart]

Just A Kid From SC ❤️ Love to see it @SandyCreekHoops

[Jaylyn Sherrod @JaylynSherrod]

delayed not denied 🖤

[Wendi A. Irlbeck MS, RDN, LD, CISSN @Wendi_Irlbeck]

🌶️Hot take...

If your son or daughter "hates you" for making them put their phone down in the kitchen to charge while they get 7-9 hours of uninterrupted quality sleep then so be it.

If your son or daughter is upset at you for "making them" prepare their breakfast, snacks, lunches, and sports bag so for the next day instead of playing video games GOOD.

Your kids need structure, discipline, and they need you to care enough to have tough conversations so they can become tough future adults.

Life is not easy and if you don't set your kids up for success within a safe place like your home imagine how uneasy they will feel when they get to college or graduate high school and the world won't coddle them like some.

You can be upset at me but the reality is some kids are being handled with kid gloves and it isn't going to help them in the real world. Life isn't fair and life is a battle ground..teach them how to survive and you'll be glad you did.

[Coach Hodges @icoachheart]

Yep

[Hoop Herald @TheHoopHerald]

“Don’t give me the power to affect your self esteem and who you are as a person.”

[Coach Hodges @icoachheart]

Yesss!!!

[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

Whoopi Goldberg brought back the “Sister Act 2” choir to perform “Oh Happy Day” for the film’s 30th anniversary on “The View”

[Coach Hodges @icoachheart]

4 out 1 in offense and no Grace Berger on the floor it crazy for the Fever!!!! What is going on that sideline… put the girl in the game Coach

[Coach Hodges @icoachheart]

Why is Grace Berger not playing???? Serious question 🤔🤔🧐🧐

[Coach Hodges @icoachheart]

Facts… it’s a game.. competition.. win or lose… how did that get lost in translation🤷🏽‍♀️

[Natalie Esquire @natfluential]

“I’m tired of it being people who are not in this circle or space at all who suddenly have all these opinions about how these women need to treat Caitlin Clark.”

“They want to beat her ‘cause she’s not on their team.”

Period.

[Coach AJ 🎯 Mental Fitness @coachajkings]

Dawn Staley was asked, "What's the one event that changed everything for you?"

She immediately named ONE time.

She said, "It was a huge life lesson for me because I had never 'failed' that bad."

She chose the hard route and the results were "plentiful".

In 1992, Dawn Staley tried out for the US Olympic Team.

It was her one dream. Growing up, the Olympics was the only time she saw women's basketball on tv and she wanted to compete there.

She thought she was an automatic bid.

She was a 2x Naismith College Player of the Year and had just led her team to a National Championship game.

After the tryouts, they called her in and told her that she didn't make the team.

Her immediate reaction was that it was "BS" and "it was political". That was her self-talk.

The committee told her that she didn't make the team for two reasons:
(1) She was too short.
(2) She didn't have enough international experience. She was frustrated, but knew that she now had a choice for herself.

She could either boycott and never play for the Olympic team or she could work her butt off and get that international experience.

Looking back, Dawn said, "I couldn't do anything about my height, but I surely can arm myself with an international experience."

She then went and played abroad for 3 years. After 3 years of international experience, she tried out for the 1996 Olympic Team.

Dawn said, "I chose to go the hardest route and not the easiest route. I got to the other side and its been plentiful."

If she doesn't make that decision, she never becomes a 3x Gold Medal Champion as a player and a Gold Medal Champion as a coach.

Takeaway 1: Embrace "failure" and persistence - Growth is a habit and a choice. You might see "failures" or setbacks, but it's your choice whether to grow from it or deny it. Dawn chose to use this rejection as an opportunity rather than a deterrent. She embraced the feedback and work hard to get better and dedicate herself to her craft. She chose to go the hardest route.

Takeaway 2: Focus on what you can control - Your focus drives your energy, attitude, and mindset.
• It means eliminate distractions.
• It means focus on what matters.
• It means focus on what you can control.
Staley recognized that while she couldn't change her height, she could focus on improving and getting better. This adaptability underscores the importance of focusing on actionable changes instead of perceived slights.

“Dare to do what you don’t want, to get what you do want.” - Dawn Staley (@dawnstaley)
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[Sports Psychology @SportPsychTips]

As an athlete, you need to accept your role on the team. Whether your role is to be the leading scorer or the glue guy, you must be willing and eager to do it for the sake of the team.