Tag: Motivational

Language Can Be A Barrier, But Communication Is Universal

Good poetry makes me forget words, renders me speechless. I don’t hear language littered like trinkets. These aren’t roadside tchotchkes, they’re riverbed stones. Feelings don’t clink like pebbles on tin scraps. These landscapes are laid like boulders, grenade-shattered reveries, vast canyons we’ve ignored… but poetry lets us walk among their ruins. —Kerry Flory What a …

Get Back Up

“Sometimes the biggest mistake we make is in thinking that we should have no problems. We think problems are a curse, instead of knowing that our problems are a gift. The only way we usually grow is if we get a good enough problem to stimulate us to use our resourcefulness to find a part …

Wooden: Ideas Worth Sharing

I’ve been a big fan of TED for quite some time. Here’s a *great* one from the greastest one, Coach John Wooden, where he “shares the advice he gave his players at UCLA, quotes poetry and remembers his father’s wisdom.” A couple of quotes from Coach Wooden from the TEDtalk: “Success is peace of mind …

The Lost Generation

Just back in from a wonderful week of basketball in Winnipeg, Manitoba (Canada). I went there to spend time working with the athletes and coaches who participate in Canada Basketball’s Centre for Performance in that region. And, along the way, I was able to stop off in Toronto to catch up with some old friends …

How You Too Can Change The World

Quirky… poignant… insightful… creative… inspiring… funny. Coming from a family full of educators, and an impostor myself, I enjoyed this presentation. If you have 25-mins to carve out of your day, Dave Eggers will not disappoint. As Eggers says, “[making a difference] should be fun. It needn’t be bureaucratically untenable. You can use the skills …

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 …

Steve Nash: How Do You Train?

“If you want to be good, you’ve got to practice.” —Steve Nash   Sometimes the media machine can deliver messages far better than we can as coaches. Nike got it right with this Nash commercial. /sef.  

1-Degree Separates Good From Great

Simple – radical – truths worth sharing. This motivational video called 212° The Extra Degree, by Sam Parker and Mac Anderson hits the mark. A SIMPLE, YET POWERFUL CONCEPT “212° The Extra Degree captures a simple, yet powerful concept. At 211 degrees, water is hot. At 212 degrees, it boils. It’s that extra degree that …