Adam Johns

Husband, Father, Teacher

[Bob Starkey @CoachBobStarkey]

Teaching…Coaching…Parenting:

“Our job is to prepare the child for the path, not the path for the child.”
-Tim Elmore

[Greg Berge @GregBerge]

“Too many kids today are afraid of failure.” - Doug Collins

What happens when kids never learn to fail?

They quit when it gets hard.

Because no one let them practice getting back up.

[Reads with Ravi @readswithravi]

Marcus Aurelius wrote this over 1800 years ago:

“When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love.”

[Greg Berge @GregBerge]

8 Realities of a High School Coach

1. It will consume you
2. There will be critics
3. You are not in it for the $
4. There is no overnight success
5. You need a supportive spouse
6. You will not make everyone happy
7. You can’t want it more than the kids
8. It is still worth it!

[Coach AJ 🎯 Mental Fitness @coachajkings]

Mike Leach shares a must-listen postgame message on resilience, adversity, and failure.

"Nothing is really, really, really fun unless it's hard. Nothing is really fun unless it's hard."

"We've got to embrace that things are gonna be hard. We've got to embrace to be excited when things are hard."

Successful people don't fear obstacles - they embrace them.

"You gotta embrace to be excited about it being hard and playing extremely hard."

"Even if you get way up on somebody, you want to be as hard as you possibly can because you're pushing yourself. And all of a sudden you're making great plays, you're doing things that you've never done before."

Growth requires discomfort. You have to be willing to look bad before you get better.

Then he ended with one line:
"Embrace the fact that it's hard. Never hope that it's easy."

If you only chase what's easy, you'll never become great.

Embrace the hard because that is where growth, success, and character are built.
(🎥 Washington State)

[Michael Stroup 🏴‍☠️🌊 @CoachStroup]

Everybody wants discipline… until discipline gets loud.
Everybody wants toughness… until toughness gets uncomfortable.

Hard coaching isn’t abuse.
Hard coaching is correction.
Hard coaching is standards.
Hard coaching is loving a kid enough not to let him stay average.

If a coach is demanding effort, detail, toughness, and accountability bothers you… that probably says more about today’s culture than it does the coach.

[Dan Zaksheske @RealDanZak]

I asked Dan Hurley the same question I asked Tom Izzo: why does the media have a problem with coaches coaching players hard?

Hurley: "Society has gotten soft in a lot of ways... The real world is tough and cruel... I'm preparing my players for life."

[Clay Travis @ClayTravis]

Tom Izzo is asked by @outkick’s @RealDanZak about media ripping him for being too tough on players and Charles Barkley’s defense of him, gives phenomenal answer on accountability. Watch this:

[WOSN Sports @WOSNScores]

BBK: Crestview at Celina on Saturday will now be a 4:45pm JV tip due to the weather.

[Richard Westerlund @coachrwest]

Class is filled with some OKGs and EDDs. Excited to add these five to our group, and can’t wait to get to work with this group of Pressers. Excited to chase relentless consistency with these guys.

GDTBAR x RTB x RunningRacers

[NW Ohio Bball @nwohiobball]

2027’s start the weekend off strong with a 74-29 win
@WillSens12 @gavin_wicker0 both go for 22 points

[Blue Collar Grit @bc_grit]

✍️Read this week’s blog >> https://t.co/Vj52ckSKmt

➡️Competing just to compete is being lost. We’re so worried about what we’re going to get or who we’re competing against that we we’re starting to lose the entire purpose of competition: to get better!

[NW Ohio Bball @nwohiobball]

Kaiden Werntz leads all scorers tonight- he’s a tough guard that makes his teammates better.

@KaidenWerntz5

[Caleb Gabes @CalebGabes5]

After conversations with my family I am deciding to transfer and find a new home if possible !! Thanks to all of defiance coaches!
3 years of eligibility
freshman year
Started 10 games
Position- Safety
53 tackles
7 tfl
4 interceptions

[Capital Athletics @cap_athletics]

ICYMI: Last night, @Capital_MBB head coach Damon Goodwin secured his 450th career win with a 73-58 victory on the road at Kenyon. Goodwin will lead the Comets against his alma mater Dayton on Saturday at 7:00 PM.

#CapFam | #CapMBB | #POTP

[Celina Bulldog Football @CelinaBulldog]

Join us at LA Carreta IV (formerly C-Town) this Thursday, August 15th, for Celina Football Day! A portion of each bill will support the football program and be donated forward to the Coldwater family of Cale Wenning.

[Kaiden Werntz @KaidenWerntz5]

I’m excited and proud to announce that I have received my 2nd offer to play at the next level of basketball from the Bluffton Beavers! @johns_4 @sclark21_

[ESPN @espn]

A speech that will touch people’s hearts for years to come ❤️

Steve Gleason delivered a memorable moment while accepting the Arthur Ashe Award for Courage at the 2024 ESPYS.

[Hoop Herald @TheHoopHerald]

These type of defensive drills are good enough for the best players in the world playing on Team USA

You will still have high school and middle school kids going through the motions like they are a waste of time