WIN THE NEXT PLAY

A PATH TO BETTER BASKETBALL AND A BETTER LIFE

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Basketball

Coach Thorsted

Play can pay.

I would rather lose with winners than win with losers.

Surround yourself with the right people, in basketball and in life. Having good people around you is more important than winning basketball games or meeting someone else’s definition of success. I would rather lose with winners than win with losers. What more is there to say? Win the next play!

Choose to be centered.

When I was 15 years old, my dad taught me how to get centered. He explained what centering was and showed me some basic centering exercises. Then, he gave me a book on centering to “borrow” (my dad rarely gives you things to keep, he gives you lots of things to borrow, even when you …

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Win the next play!

“Win the next play!” is my motto. It was born in basketball, but it now lives in every aspect of my life. My basketball teams break every huddle and end every practice or game with an exclamation of “Win!”. My players know that when we say win, we are not talking about winning on the …

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  • Awareness
  • Basketball
  • Being Present
  • Centering
  • Culture
  • Death
  • Haikus
  • History
  • Humor
  • Identity
  • Learning
  • Life
  • Love
  • Moon Musings
  • Nature
  • Parenting
  • Purpose
  • Self-Care
  • Spirituality
  • Stories
  • Travel
  • Walking
  • Winning
  • Work