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[michele @SeASheLLs143]

@Friartown311816 Friar

[Erica Mulholland, MS CSCS 👸🏼 @fitsoccerqueen]

What you perceive as a conditioning problem, might be a fatigue and weakness problem.

[Jim Mora @CoachJimMoraFB]

Elite Competitors don’t make excuses, they accept responsibility. @paigebueckers1 is the ultimate competitor. No complaining, no excuses, straight talk, high standard for herself and her team. While the rest of the country debates a call, she keeps it real. What an amazing example she is, in so many ways, of the mindset great competitors and winners possess.

[Colorado Avalanche @Avalanche]

For our cancer warriors 💜

#GoAvsGo | #HockeyFightsCancer

[michele @SeASheLLs143]

With you all the way @alyse_ruff 🫶🏼🫶🏼

[Colorado Avalanche @Avalanche]

“I’m going to be out there representing everybody fighting.”

Season Ticket Holder Hilary McNeish is proud to be a part of Hockey Fights Cancer Night.

[Jason Helmes @anymanfitness]

Last year, my daughter got cut from her 7th grade volleyball team.

She made the first cut, and thought she had a good chance. But on the second and final cut, they called her name, and she put her head down and walked out to the car where her mom and I were waiting.

She opened the car door, sat down, and started bawling. It was so hard to watch. She wanted to be on that team more than anything. I thought she was good enough, but the coach didn't.

My heart went out to her. But we didn't sugarcoat things for her. We told her we understood how much it stings. I've been cut before. Her mom had been cut from sports before, too. It's an ego shot and a gut punch.

We told her to go ask the coach what she could work on for next year. The coach gave her good feedback. And told her she was the "first girl cut". Which sounded promising, but only added to the sting. She said to me, "If only I had been a little bit better and made a few more serves..."

We told her she had a few choices. She could let this be the end. Or she could use this as fuel and fire. And to use it as motivation to work hard to make the team next year.

For a solid year, she practiced 4-5 times per week minimum. She went to every camp, every practice session she could find, found a travel team she could play on, and spent her entire summer at camps, practices, or in our backyard smashing the volleyball against our house (and denting our siding lol).

She had her tryouts this week. In the first tryout, she unleashed her new jump serve and hit 20 straight volleyballs over the net. The coaches were stunned. She said all the coaches came up to her immediately in the first 5 minutes with their clipboards and said, "What's your name?"

They started using her as a demonstrator, saying "Hey, Brooklyn, can you show everyone how to do this?" Even over the returning starters.

I asked her how she did when she got back. "Hey, you've been around a lot of volleyball in the last year. How did you do? Were you in the upper half of the players?"

She's a humble girl. And she proudly said, "I was the best player on the court."

She made the team, obviously. I'm beaming as a father this week.

I told her how proud I was of her. But not just because she made the team, or she's a great player now. But because she didn't give up. She didn't cry about it (after that first day). She didn't ask mom and dad to go lobby for her to be on the team.

She got after it and worked hard for a full year, taking no breaks. Her other volleyball friends were for sure taking it easier. Chilling out and vibing during the summer. She was attending camps and practicing and getting better while they were relaxing.

Sometimes as a parent, you hope you're teaching your kids how to do things.

But this was a case where she taught me how to do things. 100%.

[michele @SeASheLLs143]

@CoachTavares @DurfeeAthletics @Chezsports Congrats! Well deserved🎉

[michele @SeASheLLs143]

@JillKarwoski Yayyyy! Congrats! Two lucky little ones!🫶🏼

[Chris Henderson @chris_awk]

Today's results mean that Providence is the last NCAA DI WoSo team that has still not conceded a goal.

[michele @SeASheLLs143]

This♥️

[michele @SeASheLLs143]

@komalle5 Congratulations!! Good Luck in the new journey💜

[Jo @JoJoFromJerz]

You can’t go to work, to the MALL, to the grocery store, to your church, to the movies or the bank.
You can’t attend a concert, go to a dance class or go to see your doctor. You can’t ring a doorbell, use a leaf blower, hop in a car, pull down a driveway, bounce a ball, or ask the neighbor to keep it down.
You can’t check out a farmer’s market or mail something at the post office or go to a parade, and you certainly can’t send your kids to school without worrying that someone will get shot.
That someone you LOVE will get shot.
Or that YOU will get shot.
This is where we are now.
This is not normal.
And this is not fucking ok.
It’s NOT fucking ok.

[Teddy Mitrosilis @TMitrosilis]

Derek Jeter’s first contract was worth $0.

It was a contract with his parents.

He signed it every year as a kid.

Before each school year, his parents would outline their expectations.

They’d put them in a contract with clauses such as:

• No drugs
• No alcohol
• No arguing
• Respect girls
• Meet curfew

And Derek would have to sign it.

If he violated the contract, there’d be no baseball.

Jeter would go on to become a New York Yankees legend and a MLB Hall of Famer.

These contracts are how it started.

***

Lesson: Success isn’t an accident

As a kid, Jeter didn’t understand the contracts.

They were a hokey thing his parents did.

But over time, he saw the intention behind them.

“It built the framework for success,” he said.

He learned that successful people aren’t that way on accident.

***

Lesson: Accountability is nurtured

Everyone would agree accountability is essential.

But you’re not just born with it.

It’s a character trait that’s taught and nurtured.

This was the primary purpose of the contracts, Jeter said.

Accountable people become successful people.

***

Lesson: Stay grounded

Jeter quickly blossomed in baseball.

By 18 years old, he was one of the best prospects in the country.

The Yankees drafted him No. 6 overall in the 1992 draft.

But his parents didn’t let that get to him.

Even as a high school senior, he had to obey the contract or he wouldn’t play.

“It taught us to stay grounded,” Jeter said.

***

3 timeless lessons:

• Build a framework for success
• Hold yourself accountable to it
• And stay grounded

They apply to everything.

***
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(Quotes: ESPN | Photo: The Players' Tribune)

[BIG EAST MBB @BIGEASTMBB]

This is what @BluejayMBB is about.
It’s who @cucoachmac is.

Congratulations to Creighton on an amazing season and run to the Elite Eight. Courtesy of @gocreighton, check this out:

[michele @SeASheLLs143]

Love everything about this! Congrats Mo!!

[Holy Cross Women's Basketball @HCrossWBB]

Father and daughter — both @PatriotLeague Champion head coaches. 🏆🐐

@CoachMagarityHC | @MarchMadnessWBB | #GoCrossGo

[michele @SeASheLLs143]

@CoachTavares @DurfeeAthletics @frps_durfee @FRPSsupt @Chezsports Congrats!!💪🏼💪🏼

[michele @SeASheLLs143]

@CoachNasti Good Luck!!

[michele @SeASheLLs143]

More than just a game. Prayers for Damar🙏🏼

[Austin Gayle @austingayle_]

Ryan Clark’s coverage of the Damar Hamlin injury is phenomenal.

[U.S. Women's National Soccer Team @USWNT]

The Captain is speaking. 🎤

[michele @SeASheLLs143]

Way to go, @meredithspeck25!