Derrick Malone Jr.

@OregonFootball Alum | Building inclusive teams @Netflix | I wrote a Children’s Book📚“Why Don’t Big Boys Cry” OUT NOW!! #LinkInBio #MentalHealthAwareness

[Derrick Malone Jr. @PoeticSoul__]

It’s OFFICIAL! After 3 years - I finally get to announce that my debut Mental Health Children’s Book is available for Pre-Order. ORDER NOW!! I’m so happy right now!!

https://t.co/384Xb64f55

[somto @isitsomto]

So you hate waffles?

[lynk @lynk0x]

This is what your soul needs, not Dubai.

[tt✮⋆ @Bluebirdeyessss]

Let your next birthday meet you in a better place mentally, physically, and emotionally. Amen

[That Rabbit Guy @Son_ImSleep]

This caption is smoking me lmfao

[Mistress Dividend @mistressdivy]

The 2000s were the opposite of brain rot. We were coding our MySpace profiles, jailbreaking iPhones, and pirating music on limewire for our mp3s.

[Jaynit @jaynitx]

Kobe Bryant: "Failure doesn't exist, it's a figment of your imagination"

An interviewer asks: "Are you someone who loves to win or hates to lose?"

Kobe responds:

"I'm neither. I play to figure things out. I play to learn something. Because if you play with a fear of failure or you play with the will to win that supersedes fear, I think it's a weakness either way. If you play with fear of failing, you'll capitulate to that fear. If you play with the sense of 'I want to win, I want to win,' then you have the fear of what happens if you don't. But if you find common ground in the center, you're unfazed by either. That enables you to stay in the moment and not feel anything other than what's in front of you."

The interviewer asks: "How did you become someone who doesn't seem afraid of failing?"

Kobe responds:

"What does failure mean? It doesn't exist. It's a figment of your imagination."

He explains with an analogy:

"Let's use happy endings. Everybody wants a happy ending, right? Snow White finds her prince and lives happily ever after. Well, I call BS on that because two months later, they had an argument and he's sleeping on the couch. The point is: the story continues. So if you fail on Monday, the only way it's a failure is if you decide to not progress from that. If I fail today, I'm going to learn something from that failure and try again on Tuesday. That's why failure doesn't exist."

The interviewer asks: "If you finished your career without a championship, would you have looked at that as a failure?"

Kobe:

"No. I would look at it as being extremely disappointed, because I had a dream and goals I wanted to accomplish. If I didn't accomplish those goals, I'd have to ask myself why. Poor leadership? Failure to communicate with my teammates? Lack of preparation? Those would be reasons why I didn't win. So I'd have to analyze that. And as I evolved post-basketball into business, those same weaknesses would reveal themselves there too. If I don't learn from that, I'm going to struggle again."

He concludes:

"I can take those situations and learn from them and have them make me a better person later in life. But if I don't take that stuff and apply it someplace else, that's failing. The worst possible thing you can ever do is to stop. It's to not learn."

[UWANA. @uwanaaanthony]

You & the people around you rn are supposed to be the future winners

[rachel @rachcorrine]

Stop being a loser. Wake up early. Hit the gym. Clean your room. Do the dishes. Put some cool clothes on. Listen to music. Do your makeup. Pay your bills. Pay off your CC. Work three jobs if you have to. Don’t stop till you have at least 20k in the bank. Figure out what you want to do. Spend your life trying to do it. More importantly, figure out who you want to be. Spend your life being them. Try hard. It’s cool to care. Be the one who cares the most. Don’t give up. But have the wherewithal to know when to pivot. If it were easy, everyone would do it. Hard does not equal bad. Have a back bone. Grow some balls. Go all the way. Smile at everyone. Life is electric and then it’s over. You can be happy or you can be miserable. Remember. You’re not the only one who’s had it bad. Someone else has been in your shoes. If they can do it, so can you. No one is special. Everyone is. Keep going. Don’t look back.

[🎰 @winurlay]

2 rules to live by :
Don’t hate on nobody
Don’t wait on nobody

[Silas P. Silas @KennySpenceNBA]

Masculinity is so funny because why did we all enjoy this type of shit when we were their age? Lmao

[The Sigma Mindset @thesigmamindset]

Neuroscience method to stop being pissed off ‼️‼️

[Jerry Weinstein @JWonCATCHING]

THIS!!!!!

[XZIBIT @xzibit]

WE DO NOT BEG to sit at tables we were not invited to. WE DO NOT CHASE people who exclude or ignore us. We do not seek healing from those who hurt us. We do not sell ourselves out to get into someone's circle. We do not set ourselves on fire to keep others warm. We create our own circle. We surround ourselves with only those who truly love, understand, and respect us.

[Kevin W. @Brink_Thinker]

A man who blows into a conch shell in Hawaii gets a response he’ll never forget…

[Oregon Updates @oregon__updates]

Marcus Mariota in his start today:

15/21, 207 Yards, 1 TD

6 carries, 40 Yards, 1 TD

41-24 W

#ProDucks

[Williemgc @williemgc]

No tengo prisa, solo quiero que todo me salga bien.

[ESPN College Football @ESPNCFB]

NIU head coach Thomas Hammock gave his thoughts on the transfer portal.

[Chi @__Poisonivyyy]

Knowing the difference between who to cut off and who to be patient with is so important