I will always bury my irritation and impatience when they call 1.) lose their varsity spot to some "nobody" who put the time and work in to get there, 2.) pull a hamstring
or otherwise get injured, or 3.) don't get to play on the club team or the college at which they'd like to play.
You know who's busy? Navy SEALs are busy. Force Recon Marines are busy. Secret Service Agents are busy. And you know what?
They train. Hard. Every day.
And when the chips are down, they don't pull a hammy or lose their spot on the team to some rookie. Because they have seen their challenges and risen to them...
Athletes...when you realize that although you may not be able to have everything, you can have the things that matter most...IF you are willing to be and do what it takes to get them.
Before you blow this off, let me share a formula that works EVERY TIME IT'S TRIED...
Desire + hard, smart work + clarity of purpose = SUCCESS
For better or worse, you get what you earn.
If you are in the lineup, making an impact and having fun, you've earned that.
If you're riding the pines, sitting in the trainers' room or feeling the wrath of the coach, you've earned that as well.
I can help an athlete develop a plan for hard, smart work. No gimmicks, no "ooh shiny" high-tech gadgets, no magic bullets. Just the things that always work to improve the athletic skill-set.
I can help an athlete develop clarity of purpose.
To know the "why" that gets them out of a comfortable sleep at 5 AM to get to work building their athletic or academic resume`.
To understand the purpose for giving a little more when it feels like the next breath will be the last and the next rep will make them collapse.
To grasp the truth about why they must lift others around them UP, instead of holding them down, in order to be the leader that everyone NEEDS them to be.
But I cannot grow desire in their hearts and souls. That, my friends is organic.
And THAT is the difference between good, great and unstoppable...
You know who's busy? Navy SEALs are busy. Force Recon Marines are busy. Secret Service Agents are busy. And you know what?
They train. Hard. Every day.
And when the chips are down, they don't pull a hammy or lose their spot on the team to some rookie. Because they have seen their challenges and risen to them...
Athletes...when you realize that although you may not be able to have everything, you can have the things that matter most...IF you are willing to be and do what it takes to get them.
Before you blow this off, let me share a formula that works EVERY TIME IT'S TRIED...
Desire + hard, smart work + clarity of purpose = SUCCESS
For better or worse, you get what you earn.
If you are in the lineup, making an impact and having fun, you've earned that.
If you're riding the pines, sitting in the trainers' room or feeling the wrath of the coach, you've earned that as well.
I can help an athlete develop a plan for hard, smart work. No gimmicks, no "ooh shiny" high-tech gadgets, no magic bullets. Just the things that always work to improve the athletic skill-set.
I can help an athlete develop clarity of purpose.
To know the "why" that gets them out of a comfortable sleep at 5 AM to get to work building their athletic or academic resume`.
To understand the purpose for giving a little more when it feels like the next breath will be the last and the next rep will make them collapse.
To grasp the truth about why they must lift others around them UP, instead of holding them down, in order to be the leader that everyone NEEDS them to be.
But I cannot grow desire in their hearts and souls. That, my friends is organic.
And THAT is the difference between good, great and unstoppable...
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