Timothy Rulo

During one of the worst losing streaks of my career, our team president walked into my office. Keli McGregor. One of the best men I've ever known. He could have come to vent. To question my decisions. To ask hard questions. Instead, he said: "Cut to the chase, Clint. What's next?" I looked him in the eye and gave him two words: "Shower well." The Colorado Rockies were struggling badly that year. Pregame preparation was solid. Scout meetings, early work, attention to detail. All of it was there. But at game time, the tires were flat. I told Keli: the game did everything it could to us today. We just couldn't meet its demands. Now it was time to reset. "Shower well" means exactly this: • Watch the frustration circle down the drain • Shampoo, rinse, repeat and get the grime of today completely off your mind • Walk out clean, go home, and actually rest Leave it at the ballpark. The game is over. There's nothing left to solve tonight. Keli nodded. Asked if he could share it with the whole organization. I said sure. And then it hit me. This isn't just for baseball. Bad day at the office. Grumpy boss. Missed deadline. Traffic on the way home. You can carry all of that through your front door. Or you can shower well. I've never seen a single problem get better because someone dragged it home with them. The reset is a discipline. Same as preparation. Same as showing up. Either we win. Or we learn. The only real loss? When you don't take a single thing out of a hard day. So tonight, whatever kind of day it was, shower well. Tomorrow is a new at-bat. What does your reset look like? I'd love to hear it.

Excited to be attending a prospect camp at SBU on May 30th @sbubearcats_fb @CoachKThomason @GDFMFB @CentralState8 @RHSIndians_FB @CoachFerri43

Excited to be attending a Junior Day at Monmouth College on April 12th! @Tomaschke52 @RollScotsFB @RHSIndians_FB @GDFMFB @CoachFerri43 @MidMOHSFB @CentralState8

Thankfull for the opportunity t9 attend a Junior Day at Westminster on April 4th! @Ramey_Ian_ @Coach_Butts @WC2012Football @GDFMFB @CentralState8 @CoachFerri43 @RHSIndians_FB

When you fail, two voices show up. The first voice is reasonable. It says, "Let’s find an easier path. No need to endure this." It sounds like wisdom, like it's protecting you. "Let's find a safer path. You don't need to expose yourself to this." The second voice is miserable, but convincing. It says, “You don’t have what it takes. It’s over." It sounds like panic, full of doubt. "You’ll never recover. There’s nothing left to do.” Both voices lie. They're just versions of quitting. Justify it if you want. It’s quitting on your journey, on yourself. And why . . . because you failed? The quitting voice wears a mask of wisdom to hide the truth of its weakness. Who are you to deserve a journey without painful failure? If you quit because you leaped and fell short, you failed more than the leap. You failed the lesson. The fall is there to teach you something. Blaming refuses the education. Complaining refuses the education. Getting defensive refuses the education. Quitting refuses the education. I've watched this pattern for twenty years. Someone attempts something meaningful. They fall short. Instead of examining why, improving, and trying again, they shrink back. Instead of stepping on the gas, they pull the emergency brake. The same challenge arrives again in a new form. They fail again. For the same reasons. Because they never learned the lessons from the first failure. So they repeat it. The same gap keeps appearing on their path until they learn how make the leap and overcome it. There is no promise they do. They often don’t. But those who leap-learn-leap-learn-leap, until they make it, earn rewards of excellence and fulfillment that others don't. They understand themselves and the world in a way others don't. That's the wisdom that can only be gained by making courageous leaps and enduring painful falls and failures. Resist the urge to quit. Don't listen to the quitting voices offering you relief from the struggle. Stay in the lesson. The fall is teaching you, but only if you keep making the leap.

This might be the most mature answer I’ve ever heard about skills from a college athlete.

“I trained 4 years to run 9 seconds and people give up when they don’t see results in 2 months.” - Usain Bolt Progress takes time, routine & consistency.

Unexpected forms of generosity: -Being early can be a form of generosity. You wait, so they don't have to. -Leaving something unsaid can be a form of generosity. You don't always need the last word. -Delivering your work on time can be a form of generosity. You make life easier for everyone downstream. -Not taking things personally can be a form of generosity. You give people the space to say things imperfectly.

Japanese actor Hiroyuki Sanada spoke about the contradictions of human nature: “Some people dream of having a swimming pool at home, while those who have one hardly ever use it. Those who have lost a loved one feel a profound sense of loss, while others often complain about their living relatives. Those without a partner long for one, while those who have one often don't appreciate it. The hungry would give anything for a meal, while the satiated complain about the taste of their food. Those without a car dream of owning one, while those who have a car are always looking for a better one.” The key to happiness is gratitude: truly seeing and appreciating what we already have, and understanding that somewhere, someone would give anything for what we take for granted.

Powerful: Chris Pratt reveals that the Seahawks PRAYED together in the locker room immediately after winning the Super Bowl. "The first thing they did was get down on a knee and a huge prayer, and we joined hands and gave Glory to God." Every NFL team needs to take notes ❤️🙏

The biggest competitive advantage at the high school level right now is nutrition. Big time programs are investing through boosters or grants to feed their athletes throughout the day. I think people would be shocked how many kids don’t eat breakfast, and not always by choice

With the 38th pick of this year's Coaching Carousel Draft, Ste. Genevieve selects Coach Erik Kruppe to lead the Dragons into 2026. Coach Kruppe served as the Defensive Coordinator last season and formerly as Head Coach of Farmington.

Excited to go to a Junior Day at Ottawa University! Big thankyou to Ottawa for the invitation. @CoachSCDub @CoachJRupnow @CoachNickDavis @GDFMFB @CentralState8 @RHSIndians_FB

Excited to be attending a Spring practice in Fayette MO at CMU! Thankyou for the opportunity @GDFMFB @RHSIndians_FB @CentralState8 @CoachFerri43

Check out my Junior Year Highlights! 121 TOT 2Sacks 7TFL and 2FF. Finished with All Conference and All District Honors. @GDFMFB @CentralState8 @CoachSallayCSC @CoachJRupnow @CoachJGarc1a @CoachRachat @CoachJuscik @BirgeAndrew @CoachMcCannERT hudl.com/video/3/184165…

The Central State 8 owns Class 2 basketball in 2026! Congratulations to the Tipton Cardinals & Eugene Eagles on their state championships! #CS8 @R_VilleStudents @ColeRV1 @FayetteFalcons @ActivitiesNbhs @AthleticsSCHS @HarrisburgAth @Linn_Athletics @THSActivities1

I may not do a lot right in coaching, but I feel that I get this part right-incorporating Faith & spirituality into athletics, being mission driven, & working to be transformational in the lives of our athletes. Article written by one of our students. I hope you enjoy the read!

Legendary @WrestlingHelias coach Mike Jeffries is our cover story of the latest issue of Show-Me Sports Magazine! 112 pages packed with good local stories, from 18 area high schools, 5 colleges and 24 other special features. 16 contributing writers, 20+ photographers. #teamwork