“Focus on improving the decision-making process instead of the results.”
Brian McCann ― Baseball catcher
We often decide whether we made a good decision or not based on the results. However, we could have made the best decision possible given the information available, but still end up with an unfortunate...
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“Leave it all out on the track.”
Coaches
High-school sports (and the coaches involved) helped me define my character. In many circumstances, I’m incredibly competitive. Regardless of the circumstance, however, I hate feeling like there’s more I could have done. It dwells on...
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“The next one.”
Tom Brady ― Football player
Obviously, I am not in the business of winning Super Bowl rings. But this has always stuck with me. It is important to always be looking forward and setting new goals when you accomplish things....
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“It’s about the Standard.”
Steve Mellor ― Swimming coach
This was about always doing your best to establish a culture of excellence. Steve used to say it all the time while we were building the NC State swim team to be in a better...
“You don’t win the race by turning around and looking at where the other guy is at.”
Highschool cross-country coach
During a race, many runners are tempted to turn their heads to see where their competition is behind them (i.e how close). From the very first day of practice my coach engrained in us that...
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“It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog.”
Football coach, quoting Mark Twain (1835-1910) ― Author
This was a sport’s reference my dad heard often from his football coach as he was an undersized running back. I was physically smaller than him and these are words I’ve taken with me not...
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