Zack Conley

Treat people the way you want to be treated...Co-Founder of Monroe & Conley Financial Group

[Zack Conley @Zcon5]

Best thing I’ve ever done is stop listening to what society says I should do at my age

[Zack Conley @Zcon5]

This actually makes so much sense and can be applied in so many aspects of life

[The Vigilant Fox 🦊 @VigilantFox]

Tom Brady reveals the overlooked reason practice squad players never succeed in the NFL

It’s not a lack of talent.

Brady watched it happen for 20 years. The pattern was undeniable.

As soon as a practice squad player got promoted and had to perform under real pressure, they crumbled. It took years for Brady to understand why.

“There’s 53 guys on the active roster and there’s now 15 guys on the practice squad. So there’s 68 players. But those practice squad players are important because if anybody on the active roster gets hurt, they can get elevated to the squad.”

“These scout team receivers would come in and practice with the scout team and they do really well. And I’d be watching. I’m like, ‘Man, we got to get that guy. Let’s get him up on offense. He’s making a lot of plays.’”

“Then all of a sudden, we’re like, ‘Hey man, you’re doing really well. You got to come over here and deal with the pressure of succeeding now that you have expectation.’”

“And these guys are like, they weren’t prepared for it. So whatever we saw in practice against where there was not a lot of pressure, now when they’re put in a situation where there’s an expectation for performance, they’ve never had to personally deal with that and then they fail.”

“And then what I realized was a lot of guys on those practice squads, they don’t want to be elevated to the roster.”

“They’re very happy living this life where they could tell their family and friends, which I have no problem with that. But the reality is a lot of guys don’t want the pressure of dealing with top.”

Twenty years in the league and seven Super Bowl rings later, Brady learned that talent wasn’t the hardest thing to find.

It was people who actually wanted the pressure that comes with being great.

[The Vigilant Fox 🦊 @VigilantFox]

Tom Brady reveals the overlooked reason practice squad players never succeed in the NFL

It’s not a lack of talent.

Brady watched it happen for 20 years. The pattern was undeniable.

As soon as a practice squad player got promoted and had to perform under real pressure, they crumbled. It took years for Brady to understand why.

“There’s 53 guys on the active roster and there’s now 15 guys on the practice squad. So there’s 68 players. But those practice squad players are important because if anybody on the active roster gets hurt, they can get elevated to the squad.”

“These scout team receivers would come in and practice with the scout team and they do really well. And I’d be watching. I’m like, ‘Man, we got to get that guy. Let’s get him up on offense. He’s making a lot of plays.’”

“Then all of a sudden, we’re like, ‘Hey man, you’re doing really well. You got to come over here and deal with the pressure of succeeding now that you have expectation.’”

“And these guys are like, they weren’t prepared for it. So whatever we saw in practice against where there was not a lot of pressure, now when they’re put in a situation where there’s an expectation for performance, they’ve never had to personally deal with that and then they fail.”

“And then what I realized was a lot of guys on those practice squads, they don’t want to be elevated to the roster.”

“They’re very happy living this life where they could tell their family and friends, which I have no problem with that. But the reality is a lot of guys don’t want the pressure of dealing with top.”

Twenty years in the league and seven Super Bowl rings later, Brady learned that talent wasn’t the hardest thing to find.

It was people who actually wanted the pressure that comes with being great.

[TV News Now @TVNewsNow]

🚨 Spencer Pratt FIRES BACK at ABC7 News reporter after he asks: “You've been open about some of your struggles financially in the past.”

Spencer Pratt: “I've never had struggles. I had choices.”

ABC7 News: “But managing money.”

Spencer Pratt: “Let's be clear, my money, not taxpayer money.”

ABC7 News: “But a $15B budget that you will have to manage as elected mayor. I just want to know, for the citizens of Los Angeles, how can they trust you with that $15B?”

Spencer Pratt: “Right now, we have Mayor Bass. She just spent $400M to house 1,400 people. I could hire 10 better accountants that I probably have on my phone that can make sure we take $400M and we don't waste it on 1,400 people.”

“We live under their FAILED experience of managing the budget.”

[TV News Now @TVNewsNow]

🚨 REPORTER: “Are you a big MAGA person?”

Spencer Pratt: “I’m a big NOBODY person. I’m a big Spencer Pratt Angelino person… I’m NOT part of any political party. I’m running a nonpartisan race. I’m supposed to represent ALL of Los Angeles… and that’s the problem. Everyone has lost the plot. The mayor is supposed to be a nonpartisan race. That’s why there’s no letter next to anyone’s name.”

“It’s supposed to make the police, water and power, fire, streets without potholes, the lights on, no drug addicts in front of the park, no drug addicts n*ked in front of kid’s school. That is my party, ANGRY Angelinos.”

“My message is COMMON SENSE.”

[Sean Strickland @SStricklandMMA]

Kentucky dropped the ball

[Zack Conley @Zcon5]

lol he voted with the republicans 91% of the time

[Jackie Chea ⚖️ @Fair_and_Biased]

.@JDVance explains that despite his personal affection for @RepThomasMassie & agreement with him on some issues, Massie’s burned too many bridges through obstinacy:

“I think the problem with Thomas (and I’ve told him this in private and now I guess I’ll say it in public) is that it’s one thing to disagree with the party on a particular issue….voting against the party on every single issue – you’re eventually going to make too many enemies…

Every time that we’ve needed Thomas for a vote, he’s been completely unwilling to provide it…

We can never count on him for some of the most difficult votes.

…Politics is politics, and when you always vote against the party, you can’t expect the party to actually back you.”

[Allen Ivermectin @FanSince09]

Boomers were “mean drunks” who’d come home hammered and beat their family

Gen Xers were “fun drunks” who maybe had some beers on the couch every day and it totally wasn’t alcoholism but it kinda was

Gen Z grew up with them as parents and grandparents so of course they don’t drink.

[Zack Conley @Zcon5]

lol yeah you can just start a business. You don’t need a degree to start a business you need hard work and determination

[Polymarket @Polymarket]

JUST IN: Business schools are slashing MBA tuition by as much as 50% due to falling demand.

[Zack Conley @Zcon5]

Lmao he’s not wrong 😂

[Evan @daviddunn177]

Iran better be careful.

If Iran doesn’t surrender in 24 hours, Donald Trump is going to give them two weeks to surrender.

[Nilson Marcelo | @TopGrafx @TopGrafx]

6 coisas que os filhos fazem só por um tempo... e depois desaparecem para sempre 😞

1. Um dia eles param de correr até você assim que acordam.
Aquele barulho de pezinhos no corredor, o abraço na cama... aos poucos dá lugar ao silêncio e à porta fechada do quarto.

2. Eles param de dizer: "Mamãe, papai, olha!"
Já não correm mais para te mostrar cada pedrinha ou cada desenho.
Pouco a pouco, o mundo deles fica mais silencioso... e mais deles.

3. Um dia eles param de segurar sua mão enquanto caminham.
E de repente você sente o vazio.
Não porque o amor acabou... mas porque eles estão crescendo.

4. Um dia eles param de dormir nos seus braços.
Aquele apoio no seu ombro, a respiração ficando calma...
são momentos que, sem aviso, acabam.

5. Em algum momento, eles deixam de acreditar que o seu beijo resolve tudo.
Antes bastava um curativo.
Depois, as feridas mais profundas começam a se esconder na música e no silêncio... não mais nos seus braços.

6. Eles param de te trazer seus "tesouros".
Folhas, papéis, pequenas descobertas.
Aquele amor puro e espontâneo... simplesmente diminui.

A infância não é um ensaio. Acontece agora e, enquanto ainda pedem colo e chamam você o dia inteiro, aproveite cada momento. ❤️

[Collin Rugg @CollinRugg]

NEW: U.S. Marine Combat Veteran, Mike Egan, races for 27 hours, traveling more than 110 miles in a wheelchair at the G1M Ultra.

Egan was seen getting out of his wheelchair at one point due to the mud.

The Go One More Ultra is a race in which contestants run a 4.2-mile loop every hour on the hour until only one person remains.

Egan placed in the top 28, outlasting 117 people.

Absolutely insane.

H/t: bpnsupps / ig.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

I would like to offer to pay the salaries of TSA personnel during this funding impasse that is negatively affecting the lives of so many Americans at airports throughout the country

[Scott Gustin @ScottGustin]

NEW: Disney Cruise Line debuted a new ad titled “Midnight Magic” during the Academy Awards on ABC, and it’s a tearjerker.

The spot follows a father and son sharing a quiet tradition aboard a Disney ship, a ritual that carries their relationship from childhood into adulthood.

[Oilfield Rando @Oilfield_Rando]

I dunno man seems like wars are super easy when the objective is to win and not launder a trillion dollars to your friends in the DC-VA-MD area for decades

[SportsCenter @SportsCenter]

🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸

[Zack Conley @Zcon5]

This would almost be comical if it wasn’t literally hard working Americans money

[Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson]

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani: “We are forced to raid the rainy day fund, retiree benefit fund, and to increase property taxes…”

[Zack Conley @Zcon5]

Annndddd there it is folks

[Breaking911 @Breaking911]

NYC Mayor Mamdani says that if Hochul does not approve allowing New York City to increase taxes on corporations and top earners, he will instead raise property taxes on city homeowners.

[Zack Conley @Zcon5]

@stoolpresidente Show this to Vrabel we know the guys love a good chip on their shoulder 😂

[Zack Conley @Zcon5]

Well that didn’t take long lol

[Polymarket @Polymarket]

BREAKING: NYC Mayor Mamdani says his city is now facing a “fiscal crisis on the scale of the Great Recession”

[Hogdale @Hogdale_]

Bill Belichick is not a first ballot Hall of Famer per a bunch of spineless useless dorks