Tag: ESPN

Unfairness: The Missing Ingredient In The Debate On Toughness

So, I tried something new the other day. I began soliciting feedback on Facebook. I asked the question: What’s your definition of “TOUGHNESS”..? (Felt like I was opening up a Pandora’s Box. Ha!) Go ahead… chime in. There’s no expiration date on this debate. Vote: You see, toughness is one of those catch-all buzzwords that gets …

Geno Auriemma On Chasing The Unattainable… Perfection

ESPN.com wrote up a great feature on Geno Auriemma (University of Connecticut women’s head basketball coach) about chasing excellence: “Monday we start the whole process over again; Monday, we start the chase – I call it the chase,” Auriemma said. “Somebody sent me … a pretty good Lombardi quote recently. It said… ‘Perfection is unattainable, …

Obama: Be Careful What You Post

I’m not endeavouring to get into the post-Obama-speech hoopla (pardon the pun!). I will say that I don’t quite understand the rationale for parents not allowing their kids to watch or listen to The President’s message to America’s students. (Save the politicized comments please. I’m a de facto neutral entity by nationality as a Canadian. It’s …

Tests And Trying To Right A Wrong

I just read a wonderful quote by Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Prize winner, and Holocaust survivor: Whosoever survives a test, Whatever it may be, Must tell the story. That is his duty. This thought resonates with me on a number of levels, but it also connects, I think, to the this video that was on …

Being An Elite Athlete: “It Looks Like Peace, But It’s War”

ESPN’s True Hoop posted a very interesting article called: Being an Elite Athlete: “It Looks Like Peace, But It’s War”. Author Henry Abbott makes a very interesting comparison between drafting an athlete in the NBA and the qualities that comprise successful Ethiopian marathon runner, Haile Gebrselassie. Some of this article speaks to motivation, but it …