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Kara Lawson on living in reality, the importance of being honest with yourself, and how to great teams handle adversity: 🏔️ Don’t wait for it to get easier, decide to get better. 🗣️ If you see it, say it. 👉 Choose responsibility over excuse.

“Rules are for people that can’t follow instructions. I want to have standards. My number one standard is you have to be a good person. You’ve got to be a good human being. If your going to be committed to yourself, your own growth to maximizing your potential you’ve got to make choices that align with what a good human being would do,” Shea Ralph

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CRAZY GAME!!!

“Hear Me…” Mike Tomlin GOLD 🔥 “It’s not what you are capable of; it’s what you are willing to do. Plenty of people are capable. Fewer people are willing.” Potential is common. Commitment is rare.

Most coaches accidentally add complexity because they feel in control. Elite coaches obsess over simplicity.

After a great conversation with Coach Adams, I’m blessed to receive an offer from Cleveland Community College!

Calipari was elite at UMass. Calipari was elite at Memphis. Calipari was elite at Kentucky. Calipari just won an SEC Championship… AT ARKANSAS. This dude is absolutely ridiculous.

My favorite player calls me, Mom 💓👩‍👧

“EVERYTHING always works out for me!” 💛

Powerful message🐐👑

a reminder to everyone with a dream: “great things start in little rooms” —André 3000

JJ Redick shares the words from Coach K that changed the trajectory of his career. After a Final Four run, Coach K sat him down and told him the truth nobody else would: "We didn't win a national championship because you weren't worthy of being a champion." "That's one of the worst things and best things that's ever been said to me. I mean that cut me deep." Most players would've made excuses or ignored the feedback. But he took ownership and made it his mantra. "For the rest of my career, that was sort of my goal. I can't let a coach ever tell me that I'm not worthy to win. That I'm not worthy of being a champion." He brought a mindset of excellence to everything he did. "I didn't win a national championship. I didn't win an NBA championship. But I know what I put into it. I was worthy. It just didn't happen for me." The outcome didn't happen, but the worthiness did. You can't control results. You can only control whether you earn the right to expect them. Be worthy - every single day. (🎥 Knuckleheads Podcast)

Love this story about the Redeem Team Players coming home from the club at 4 AM to find Kobe Bryant in a full sweat in the weight room There are levels to this thing

130 schools said no. He led the losingest program in college football history to a national championship anyway. Fernando Mendoza was a 2-star recruit from Miami. He tried to walk on at his hometown school. They passed. So did FIU. So did FAU. So did everyone else. At 17, he was sitting in his bedroom, crying over a silent recruiting inbox—after driving to 18 camps with his dad and sending highlights to more than 100 programs. Not one FBS offer. His only option? Yale. No scholarship. No NFL path. Everyone told him to be “realistic.” “Know your place.” “Be grateful.” He didn’t listen. Because Mendoza understood something most people miss: The worst outcome isn’t failing. It’s never getting the chance to try. Two weeks before signing day in 2022, his phone rang. Cal needed a body. One offer. Out of 134 schools. He took it. He arrived as the third-string quarterback. Spent a year on the scout team. Lost his first four starts. Got sacked 41 times behind a broken offensive line. Still got up. Every time. Then Cal brought in a transfer instead of building around him. So Mendoza left the only school that had ever said yes. He transferred to Indiana—the losingest program in college football history. People laughed. “Career suicide.” “Graveyard program.” “Nobody wins there.” One coach told him something different: “I’m going to make you the best Fernando Mendoza possible.” That was enough. Mendoza wasn’t just playing for football. His mother has battled multiple sclerosis for 18 years. Before every snap, he thought of her. “My mother is my why.” Indiana went 16–0. Beat six Top-10 teams. Won their first Big Ten title since 1945. Mendoza threw 41 touchdowns. Won the Heisman—first in school history. First Cuban-American to ever do it. Then came the title game. Miami. Near his hometown. Fourth-and-4. Season on the line. Quarterback draw. The kid 134 schools rejected spun through defenders and dove into the end zone. Game over. Indiana—national champions. The losingest program became the best team in America. All because a 17-year-old refused to believe “no” was the end. Rankings don’t decide your ceiling. Gatekeepers don’t write your ending. Being overlooked isn’t a verdict—it’s a starting point. Sometimes all you need is one shot… and the courage to bet on yourself when nobody else will. Don’t quit. Credit: Barclay Mullins

I’m not even joking, this is exactly it. Just show up and do your best everyday. Your best can look different everyday but just show up!

The pain you feel today, can’t compare to the joy that is coming 🙏🏽

Kobe Bryant explains why self-negotiation is the enemy of greatness. "You just got to say: I'm not negotiating with myself. The deal was already made." "The deal was made when I set out at the beginning of the summer and said this is the training plan I'm doing. I signed that contract with myself. I'm doing it." Commitment is a choice. And the voice in your head will always try to give you an out. You have to be greater than your self-talk and your excuses. "Throughout that process you'll start talking to yourself like: man, I think I need to maybe... Nope. No. It's non-negotiable." Make the commitment. Honor the commitment. No exceptions. (🎥Jay Shetty Podcast)

Steph Curry knew his daughter loves volleyball, so he did this ❤️

I'm in love with this quote: 'If it doesn't happen the way you wanted, it will happen in a better way than you imagined.' That's the beauty of God's plan.