Tyler Sudbrink

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@SimslearnAi Claude

[Zach Carey @Zach_Carey_]

Kyle Guy says on @TheFieldOf68 that he’s met with Ryan Odom once and called him a few times since Odom’s hiring.

“He’s been nothing but great since he got the job … I think it was a good hire.”

Guy also revealed that Odom sent him a hand-written note after the UMBC upset.

[Billfish Report @BillfishReport]

Ocean City, MD - BoboJo weighed a Blue Marlin (789) in the White Marlin Open.

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@EmbracePaceUVA I’m so glad we played this game, another chance for the guys to get film on how to improve before conference play and before March. Lots we can work on, wish this game came earlier and wish we had more of these types of non conference games for growth

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@EmbracePaceUVA Even more surprised his jacket didn’t come off tonight

[Billy Oppenheimer @bpoppenheimer]

After his second year at Michigan, Tom Brady wanted to transfer.

He wasn't playing in games, and he was so low on the depth chart that he only got 2 reps in practice.

Brady met with his coach to express his frustration, “The other quarterbacks get all the reps.”

Coach replied,

“Brady, I want you to stop worrying about what all the other players on our team are doing. All you do is worry about what the starter is doing, what the second guy is doing, what everyone else is doing. You don't worry about what you're doing.”

Coach reminded him, “You came here to be the best. If you're going to be the best, you have to beat out the best.”

And then he recommended that Brady start meeting with Greg Harden, a sports psychologist who worked in Michigan's athletic department.

Brady went to Harden's office and whined, “I'm never going to get my chance. They're only giving me 2 reps.”

Harden simply replied, “Just go out there and focus on doing the best you can with those 2 reps. Make them as perfect as you possibly can.”

“So that's what I did,” Brady said. “They'd put me in for those 2 reps, man, I'd sprint out there like it was Super Bowl 39. 'Let's go boys! Here we go! What play we got?'”

“And I started to do really well with those 2 reps. Because I brought enthusiasm, I brought energy.”

Soon, it went from getting 2 reps to getting 4 reps. Then from 4 to 10, “and before you knew it,” Brady said, with this new mindset that Greg instilled in me—to focus on what you can control, to focus on what you're getting, not what anyone else is getting, to treat every rep like it's the Super Bowl—eventually, I became the starter.”

Takeaway 1:

Greg Harden telling Brady to just focus on being great during his 2 reps reminded me of a piece of advice from the entrepreneur Mark Cuban.

“People come to me all the time and tell me they're stuck,” Cuban explained. “They're stuck in a job they don't like. They're stuck working for a boss they don't like. They're stuck on a team they don't like.”

“I just tell them, 'Be great.'”

“The reality of life is that you can't just always quit your job. You can't just always go to your boss and say, 'Give me the promotion, or I'm out of here.'” You can't just always go to your coach and say, 'Give me more reps, or I'm transferring.'

“So when you're stuck, you've gotta find it within yourself to say, 'Ok, this is where I am. And if I'm going to be here, I'm going to be great.'

Because if you're great at your job, typically other people and companies find out, so it creates opportunities.”

Takeaway 2:

I've written before about “lead measures”—the actions and behaviors that predictably drive success.

The core characteristic of a lead measure, the authors of The 4 Disciplines of Execution (4DX) write, is that “a lead measure is influenceable; it can be directly influenced by you.”

To achieve your goals, they recommend (echoing what the Michigan Coach told Brady), apply a disproportionate energy to the things that are in your control.

Starting at Michigan and for the rest of his career, that’s what Brady did, that’s what drove his success.

In his first media call after he was selected by the New England Patriots with the 199th pick in the 2000 draft, Brady was asked: “Are you aware that [along with starting quarterback, Drew Bledsoe] there’s another quarterback here that they drafted last year?”

Brady said he was aware of that. “And I know he’s a heck of a player,” Brady said. “But I’ve always really concerned myself just with the things I can control. I don’t put a lot of thinking into the other guys because I know I’m not at my best when I’m not just thinking about playing as well as I possibly can.”

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“I never once in my life ever said I wanted to be the best of all time. Ever. I wanted to be the best I could be, period. I learned that in college. It didn’t matter what the other guys were doing. It mattered what I was doing.” — Tom Brady

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@cperruna Ask for Hog Wild or Anticipation

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@cperruna You need to go fishing out of Quepos, lots of sailfish and blue marlin around

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@EmbracePaceUVA Feels like this coming year is a pivotal year for the other Isaac and Leon Bond to secure a role going forward.

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@EmbracePaceUVA Small sample size, but away from home was higher in both scenarios for the upsetting team 🤷🏼‍♂️

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@SeattleHoo @ByDavidTeel This team overperformed all season and we feel shocked in March, but when you don’t know where to go for the next basket, it’s tough. Add Ty Jerome, Dre, Justin Anderson, or Malcom to this team and they compete for a championship. Tony needs bucket getters in March.

[Bennett Conlin @BennettConlin]

Virginia is going to be pesky, experienced, and athletic next year. Sounds terrifying.

[Preston Willett @PrestonWillett]

Tony Bennett says they saw a “tiny, little mechanical” issue with Armaan Franklin’s shot on film and he’s been working on it.

Franklin made five 3-pointers for the first time since the UVA win over Radford early in the season.

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@HoozGotNext Relation to Raymond Felton?

[Virginia Football @UVAFootball]

🛫 En route with @Coach_TElliott!

🔶⚔️🔷#GoHoos

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@VividSeats_Help Spent 3 hours of time with your customer support, missing time at the tailgate, you can ensure I will not be using your service again

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@VividSeats can I please have my tickets to the uva / VT game?

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@BillfishReport White marlins dude

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@BillfishReport That’s the all in, Jimmie had 2 on the Hog Wild