A PATH TO BETTER BASKETBALL AND A BETTER LIFE
I ask myself this question often. I don’t ask it in a negative way. I do it to stay focused on what matters most in life. Death serves as a powerful reminder for me to live. I was going to use the winter break to get ahead at work. I was going to complete all …
Life is all about relationships. Not just relationships with people, but relationships with things. This morning, I chose to get into a very bad relationship. I chose to eat a greasy breakfast at one of those greasy spoon restaurants. The food tasted great as I was eating it, but I began feeling awful before the …
This morning, I woke up feeling a little grumpy. Whenever that happens, I think of this story… On an early morning in October of 2021, Gloria and I sat in a restaurant in Salem, Massachusetts. After making a cross-country flight, walking all over the city the night before, and waking up at 6 AM (it …
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!
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 …
Below is my “Check-in Checklist”. I routinely check in with myself by consciously going through this list in my mind. I do this whenever I am walking alone in nature, when I am waiting for someone or something, or as I am lying in bed at night. Mindfully moving through my list is one of …
“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 …