Frank Fedak

Also a congratulations to Coach @FFedak3, for being named the Jim “Smiley” Harris NVL Assistant Coach of the Year! #ctbase

After his second year at Michigan, Tom Brady wanted to transfer. He wasn't playing in games, and he was so low on the depth chart that he only got 2 reps in practice. Brady met with his coach to express his frustration, “The other quarterbacks get all the reps.” Coach replied, “Brady, I want you to stop worrying about what all the other players on our team are doing. All you do is worry about what the starter is doing, what the second guy is doing, what everyone else is doing. You don't worry about what you're doing.” Coach reminded him, “You came here to be the best. If you're going to be the best, you have to beat out the best.” And then he recommended that Brady start meeting with Greg Harden, a sports psychologist who worked in Michigan's athletic department. Brady went to Harden's office and whined, “I'm never going to get my chance. They're only giving me 2 reps.” Harden simply replied, “Just go out there and focus on doing the best you can with those 2 reps. Make them as perfect as you possibly can.” “So that's what I did,” Brady said. “They'd put me in for those 2 reps, man, I'd sprint out there like it was Super Bowl 39. 'Let's go boys! Here we go! What play we got?'” “And I started to do really well with those 2 reps. Because I brought enthusiasm, I brought energy.” Soon, it went from getting 2 reps to getting 4 reps. Then from 4 to 10, “and before you knew it,” Brady said, with this new mindset that Greg instilled in me—to focus on what you can control, to focus on what you're getting, not what anyone else is getting, to treat every rep like it's the Super Bowl—eventually, I became the starter.” Takeaway 1: Greg Harden telling Brady to just focus on being great during his 2 reps reminded me of a piece of advice from the entrepreneur Mark Cuban. “People come to me all the time and tell me they're stuck,” Cuban explained. “They're stuck in a job they don't like. They're stuck working for a boss they don't like. They're stuck on a team they don't like.” “I just tell them, 'Be great.'” “The reality of life is that you can't just always quit your job. You can't just always go to your boss and say, 'Give me the promotion, or I'm out of here.'” You can't just always go to your coach and say, 'Give me more reps, or I'm transferring.' “So when you're stuck, you've gotta find it within yourself to say, 'Ok, this is where I am. And if I'm going to be here, I'm going to be great.' Because if you're great at your job, typically other people and companies find out, so it creates opportunities.” Takeaway 2: I've written before about “lead measures”—the actions and behaviors that predictably drive success. The core characteristic of a lead measure, the authors of The 4 Disciplines of Execution (4DX) write, is that “a lead measure is influenceable; it can be directly influenced by you.” To achieve your goals, they recommend (echoing what the Michigan Coach told Brady), apply a disproportionate energy to the things that are in your control. Starting at Michigan and for the rest of his career, that’s what Brady did, that’s what drove his success. In his first media call after he was selected by the New England Patriots with the 199th pick in the 2000 draft, Brady was asked: “Are you aware that [along with starting quarterback, Drew Bledsoe] there’s another quarterback here that they drafted last year?” Brady said he was aware of that. “And I know he’s a heck of a player,” Brady said. “But I’ve always really concerned myself just with the things I can control. I don’t put a lot of thinking into the other guys because I know I’m not at my best when I’m not just thinking about playing as well as I possibly can.” - - - “I never once in my life ever said I wanted to be the best of all time. Ever. I wanted to be the best I could be, period. I learned that in college. It didn’t matter what the other guys were doing. It mattered what I was doing.” — Tom Brady Follow @bpoppenheimer for more content like this!

Hurts to think in 32 years of having arguably 2 of the best QBs to ever play the Pack only have 2 SBs. Puts what NE did in perspective. But I’ll be a Packers fan now and forever 🧀

@outsider @OutsiderSports

What's the most iconic photo in sports history? We'll go first:

@davidja34279717 Your dedication to telling everyone that it’s fake is the best part of this thread.

@TimSull41625036 @nyporchsport The 30 games over team is asleep? Or did you get duped by a parody account?

BREAKING: Pirates deal Bryan Reynolds to Royals for Andrew Benintendi

@tbrandsports101 What was the answer?

I got 2. And the wrong catcher

#Yankeestrivia Melky, Johnny Damon, Cano and Jose Molina

@G_ESPNChatt Hurt. Crushed. Angry. Confused. Dumbfounded. Incredulous. To name a few.

I’m confused…

@BigMack_4 Help it make sense

Wow..

@CoachBainer Damn right

I imagine that @FFedak3 is going to be way too excited about this.

Back 2 Back Champs #NewProfilePic

@ktsharp Thank you!

@FFedak3 Fenway and Comerica

@ktsharp Gallo’s HR tonight was said to be a HR in all but 2 parks. What parks would it not have gone out of?

@BigMack_4 Great share to help #breakthestigma

I’m trying to be more vulnerable on here about some things I go through with my #mentalhealth It’s not easy to open up. I didn’t choose to suffer like this, yet I was always so ashamed, which is why I want to better utilize my platform in a way that sheds light on a dark subject

When it comes to my anxiety, overthinking is a part of my disorder. It’s hard to cope with, but what I’ve recently realized, whether it’s good or bad, is it always comes from a place of overcaring. You’ll never catch me overthinking over something I could give two shits about.

@WRHSHawkBase 21-2*

Hawks improve to 5-0 with a 20-2 victory over Ansonia. The Hawks combined for 18 hits led by Tyler Giambra (4-5 w/ 2 doubles, 3 RBIs). Croy Mastropietro and Ryan Montini both chipped in 2 hits and 3 RBIs. WP Matt Koliani (2-0). Woodland heads to Torrington Wednesday. #ctbase

The Hawks defeat St. Paul to move to 2-0 on the season. W: Matt Koliani (1-0) SV: Cameron Heeman (1). Matt Deegan with a 2-Run HR and Matt Koliani also chipped in with an RBI double. The Hawks head to Derby on Monday. #ctbase

@DimTillard @MiLB @Brewers @Rangers @wilsonballglove @D1Sports @gobarnstormers @MKEMilkmen @ICONbaseball @nashvillesounds Congratulations on retirement! Always hoped to see you in the bigs one last time. Thanks for being a bright spot in baseball!

ULTRABREAKING NEWS: After 18 seasons... I’m retiring from baseball.

@mshelck @lebsi_ Lol yes you did

@jwdaddy80 @KleinschmidtJD Thank you

Yeah they have uniforms and everything.

Please!!! @JJWatt