“Earning and deserving the confidence that you play with because of the work that you put in and then not being afraid of failure,” Steph Curry
Confidence isn’t something you feel, it’s something you earn with relentless will and practice.
"Tyler Herro lived in the gym..
I walked in one morning and he was sleeping in the locker room on a chair because he didn't wanna walk across the street to the lodge..
If you don't live in the gym you're never gonna make it" ~ @CoachCalArk#PMSLive
The idea of “administrations win championships, coaches win games" is EXACTLY right in today's NCAA basketball ecosystem. Think Calipari absolutely nailed this.
After watching a week of college basketball the main thing I’ve noticed:
Combo moves in a training session are a waste of time.
3pt/ reads / straight line drives / finishing with either hand should be the recipe for success.
Jon Scheyer's daughter with the hard-hitting postgame presser question 😂
"How do you win every game?"
"I win every game because I have the best daughter in the world, that's how. I love you" 🥹
Steve Nash shares the truth about the journey to greatness.
"You don't have to be the chosen one."
"The secret is to build the resolve and spirit to enjoy the plateaus - the times when it doesn't feel like you're improving and you question why you're doing this."
Most people quit during the plateau. Learn to embrace it.
"If you're patient, the plateaus will become springboards."
Progress isn't linear. The flat moments aren't wasted - they're building.
"Never stop striving, reaching for your goals until you get there."
"But the truth is, even when you get there - even when you get here, standing on this stage - it's the striving, fighting, pushing yourself to the limit every day that you'll miss and you'll long for."
"You'll never be more alive than when you give something everything you have."
The destination isn't the reward - the journey is.
Enjoy the process and fall in love with the climb because that's where life happens.
Wise words from Joe Mazzulla about how winning isn’t everything:
“At the end of the day, if you have a bunch of wins, but you don't have the relationship with the guys, it's pretty empty.”
“You're in it to go after stuff, together with people, and to be a part of someone else's story and someone to be a part of yours.”
“I get along great with every player that works hard”
-Rick Pitino
99% of the time being a “coach’s favorite” rarely has to do with political bias or liking someone more - it comes down to a mutual trust between player and coach.
Trust that the other will show up & bring it.
This is GOLD
“You aren’t always going to be liked as a head coach but if you are always honest, and tell the truth, you will always have their respect”
Billy Donovan shares a lesson that changed how his players thought about winning.
At Florida, he had a manager track how long the ball was in each player's hands during a game.
He asked one of his starters: "How many minutes do you think you had the ball in your hands for the game?"
The player said 15 minutes when he had played 30.
The real numbers?
"A backcourt player, for the most part, is probably 92% of the game gonna be played without the ball in their hands. A frontcourt player - 95% of their minutes is gonna be played without the ball in their hands."
Think about that. You're playing without the ball almost the entire game.
"It's amazing to me how many players focus on points, points, points. That's what goes on ESPN. That's what gets the highlights."
"But if you're gonna strictly talk about winning and you're really driven and motivated by winning and competing and being a good teammate, you have to look at the fact is -- what am I doing with my 92, 93, 94, 95%?"
"Am I screening? Am I running the floor? Am I on the floor for loose basketballs? Am I rebounding? Am I taking a charge?"
"There's so many ways to impact the game with the amount of time you're on the floor when the ball's not in your hands."
This is what separates good players from winning players.
You control how you show up.
You control your attitude.
You control your effort.
Great teammates master what they do when no one's watching - and when the ball isn't in their hands.
Winning isn't about the glamour. It's about the 95%.
(🎥@Coaching_U )
(🎥@brendansuhr)
The emotional Highs & Lows of Coaching are something you can only understand if you experience it
• Preseason Top 10
• Blew out #1 Purdue in Scrimmage
• Underachieved and Job Called for in year two at your alma mater
And the THIS shot happens
Dan Hurley is, very likely, the best X and O coach on Planet Earth
Nobody, at any level, gets their players more open looks throughout a 40 minute game than Hurley and his staff
This is another awesome example highlighted by @bball_brainiac1 🎥)
“It’s a process. It’s a way you go about doing things. It’s a high standard, high expectation, it’s accountability. It’s discipline, commitment, toughness, work ethic, pride. It’s wanting to be great vs. wanting to be normal,” Curt Cignetti
The difference is within you.