Sublime

It was simple advice: work hard, very hard, at those things I can control and don't lose sleep over the rest of it.

“When you improve a little each day, eventually big things occur. When you improve conditioning a little each day, eventually you have a big improvement in conditioning. Not tomorrow, not the next day, but eventually a big gain is made. Don’t look for the big, quick improvement. Seek the small improvement one day at a time. That’s the only way it h

If—as I did once in my coaching life—you have one of those years when you do see that you have the makings of an outstanding team, don’t say, “Our goal is to go unbeaten.” Better to say: “The only thing that will satisfy this team to its full extent is to be undefeated. We have to do what we can do within the limitations of our abilities, and we ha

The point Wooden was making was that creating effective habits, down to the smallest detail, is what makes the difference between winning and losing games.

Even simple consideration can be contagious—and that’s mentoring, too.

Excellence “Do you not know that those who run in a race all run, but only one receives the prize? Run in such a way that you may win” (1 Corinthians 9:24).

You go nowhere without character. Character is essential to individuals, and their cumulative character is the backbone of your winning team.

While mentoring is usually about building someone up, it can occasionally be about taking someone down a notch or two, too—provided the dressing down is done with that person’s best interest at heart and that it stems from love.

’Tis a common proof, That lowliness is young ambition’s ladder. —SHAKESPEARE