Winning

Stop being afraid of what you’ll become. You should be more afraid of not becoming that.

you can only function when things are done a certain way, at a certain time, that tells me you lack the ability to adapt to real-time variables.

If you can’t master the fundamentals, you can’t master anything else.

I’ve dealt with so many athletes with brilliant talent, whose careers were completely destroyed inside their mental bomb shelters. They believed every gratuitous compliment about their greatness, every grandiose tribute to their excellence. From the time they were kids, they were told how special they were, which may have been true enough at the hi

The more you win, the more others will try to inhibit your growth, tell you to slow down, stay in your lane. They’ll try to keep you in that one lane to control you. But Winning is about choosing any lane, changing lanes when you need to, and navigating each with equal skill, with an extra gear no one anticipated.

He practiced and played in a routine as well. Every time he warmed up in practice, he started with a chest pass. The greatest player in the world, working on a basic chest pass. Why? Routine. Basics. Fundamentals. The court was his battlefield, and he knew where all the mines were planted.

When you know what to think, you’re ready to compete. When you know how to think, you’re ready to win.

When you start apologizing for who you are, you stop growing and you stop winning. Permanently.

I’ve seen great competitors get to the top by refusing to negotiate their ambition to win. They made every right choice, committed the time and effort, and did the work better than anyone. But as soon as they won, they renegotiated everything. The celebration began, the pressure was off, the priorities changed, and the focus on Winning was suddenly