If they’re kids with aspirations to play professionally, they can’t be satisfied with the practice standards of their hometowns, where a girl who hits balls for an hour every day is considered a hard worker. They have to be mindful that
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“I imagine that a successful atheist must have decided that his life is his complete responsibility. He’s probably decided that there’s no afterlife, so he’s got to make the most of the here and now. Those can be very useful concepts. But some of the best coaches I know of were spiritual men. Joe Gibbs was very single-minded about winning, but he takes a part of every week to discuss faith with a men’s group. Vince Lombardi went to Mass every day. John Calipari does the same.”
― How Champions Think: In Sports and in Life
― How Champions Think: In Sports and in Life
“But no good will ever come of whining about competition. If you’re going to be exceptional, you must embrace it.”
― How Champions Think: In Sports and in Life
― How Champions Think: In Sports and in Life
“Vince Lombardi used to tell his players that family, religion, and team had to be the three most important things in their lives—in that order. He told them that if they did not commit themselves to being the best players they could be, they were cheating themselves and wasting their talents.”
― How Champions Think: In Sports and in Life
― How Champions Think: In Sports and in Life
“Exceptional people really do come to believe that the journey is more important than the destination. It’s another way of saying that the effort is more important than the outcome.”
― How Champions Think: In Sports and in Life
― How Champions Think: In Sports and in Life
“The blocks of the pyramid—things like honesty, patience, integrity, cooperation, and self-control—are not very much different from the virtues I remember being taught during religious instruction.”
― How Champions Think: In Sports and in Life
― How Champions Think: In Sports and in Life
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