Coach Roberts

Baseball Head JV Coach Great Bridge HS & Great Bridge MS/ ABCA member

[Josh Chambers @JoshChambers]

Pat Murphy says he still wasn’t a good coach even after winning at Notre Dame and going to the College World Series at Arizona State because he was still making it about him instead of the players

“You know, when you get to a spot in life when you’re a little bit older, you start to make it not about you. When I dropped my ego, which took a while, I wasn’t a good coach at Notre Dame. Even though we were winning games, I still wasn’t good. I didn’t know baseball, for one, and it was about me a little bit at the end.”

“I started the right way. I loved Notre Dame, and I didn’t want to embarrass the university. I was working for $7,000 a year. I just wanted to be good and not embarrass them. We had a lot of success, but then it became about me.”

“And then I got to ASU, and it became about me again. We won a lot and went to the World Series a lot, but I just wasn’t good. It took getting knocked on my ass a little bit. I had that NCAA thing, which was total bull, but it woke me up. My kids made a difference in my life, and you start to realize it ain’t about you. Honestly, it’s not about me.”

“And whenever I started focusing on that, we came into last year and everything wrong happens. We trade Corbin. Woody’s out for the year. Devin’s out. We cut the budget $30 million. We’re going to suck. And again, I just kept saying, ‘It’s not about me. Make it about that young energy.’ And we had these young guys go out and make me look good. Hungry players, you remember when you guys were hungry in your career? Hungry players make the manager look good.”

“And that’s exactly what happened. Now I got the credit for it. I’m still under construction. I’m not great. There are so many areas I suck in. But then you’re trying to find staff members to help you, trying to realize what you suck at.”

“But the most important thing is love the player. When you really find the good in that dude, that’s it. The guy that’s hardest to love needs love the most. I’m at a point in life where it’s about them. And if you keep it about them…”

[Kent Murphy @KentMurphy]

The art of catching a baseball. This is a must watch ⚾️💯

[Brian Cain @BrianCainPeak]

Mental toughness is often recovery speed. Mistakes become expensive when frustration stays longer than the mistake itself. Try this today: Recognize the disruption. Use your physical reset. Re-enter with one clear assignment. Use the cue: RETURN FASTER. Measure how quickly

[Mustard 〽️ @TeamMSTRD]

Misiorowski is a textbook example of letting the hips deliver the torso efficiently. This season, we’ve seen him stay more over his front side, helping create a balanced head and stacked shoulders at release. ⚾️

[Greg Berge @GregBerge]

Great coaches tell the truth. Great players learn to face it.

Failure gives you a choice:

Defend it.
Blame it.
Avoid it.

Or own it, learn from it, and get better. Great teams don’t run from the truth. They grow from it.

[Trent Mongero @CoachMongero]

Yes!! Listen to the best to ever do it! Drills are fine… BUT… you must take lots and lots of ground balls … and make throws to bases. I’ll add, if I may, and do all that on a stop watch.

Beat 4.1 or 4.0 seconds. Then add in a quality “catch play routine”and you are well ahead of 95% of those who want the same thing you do (your competition). Those after more playing time and/or advancing levels to the very top.

[Hoop Herald @TheHoopHerald]

This is so freaking good

Never heard it put like this

“My job is to be opposite the moment”

[Next Level Baseball @nextlevelbb]

Players
You are entitled to nothing.
You must earn everything.
Competitive athletics are not designed to be easy.
Competitive athletics are cruel, rude and nasty at times to allow the cream to rise to the top.
The company you keep will make or break you.
Your mama and daddy can't do it for you.
The easy way does not exist.
You make it by proving you are the most competitive and toughest and that requires doing things others are unwilling to do.

[Greg Berge @GregBerge]

Leadership has a cost.

Hard decisions. Criticism. Being misunderstood.

Kirby Smart explains the part of leadership nobody celebrates. 👇

[Brian Cain @BrianCainPeak]

Average performers ask "What does this say about me?" Best ever athletes ask "What does this teach me?" Then one more question separates the good from the legendary: "How can I use this to become more?" GSP didn't become great because he never lost. He became great because

[Kyle Wagner @GowagsKyle]

Two things…

He never looks for the 3b Coach even though the ball is behind him.

Commentary: “He’s a baseball player.”

Instincts aren’t born. They’re practiced.

[Brian Cain @BrianCainPeak]

The little things ARE the big things. Success comes from: • Daily discipline • Repeated habits • Small consistent actions Stack enough great days and your life changes.

[Prep Baseball Virginia/DC @PrepBaseballVA]

‘26 Brody Comparto
- @MasonBaseball | Great Bridge

After a bases loaded HBP to take the lead, Comparto sends this pitch up the middle for a two run single to extend the Wildcats lead to 7-4 in the top of the ninth.

#VHSLRegion5A

[Jordan Jones @JJonesPBVADC]

‘28 Brandon Han
- Great Bridge

One of my favorite bats and recent riser in the ‘28 VA/DC rankings. Continues to be an offensive producer going 2-4 on the night.

Comfortable in the box against quality arms with aggressive mentality.

@ksallday19 @PrepBaseballVA

#VAHS26

[BaseballHistoryNut @nut_history]

Some will call it OCD but Shohei Ohtani calls it Japanese attention to detail.

[The Winning Difference @thewinningdiff1]

“You get up every day, you’re entitled to nothing.
You could have talent but if you don’t have discipline and you don’t execute, you don’t focus.
What do you get?
Nothing.
Nothing is acceptable but your best,”
-Nick Saban

Winners assume nothing and give everything.

[Greg Berge @GregBerge]

Great teams don’t make excuses.
They make adjustments.

No…

“Yeah, but the refs…”
“Yeah, but they’re more talented…”
“Yeah, but we were tired…”

Accountability starts when the excuses stop.