Hannah Nussbaum

The biggest game of the first round is on Friday, when Long Island battles Arizona for iced tea supremacy

This sport is tough. As a previous college athlete ( don’t judge that on my Appearance now or the hurt I feel getting up and down Matside 9 hours in…), but…. I wish I had known or someone Had told me these things a few more times….. So for all of you athletes…( my bigs/lils and others) if you need to hear it- Read these…… 1- If 40% is all you can give and you give me that 40- you’re giving 100% of what you are capable of giving. 2-Don’t forget how far you’ve come- The time and sacrifices it takes to even get to this level is truly inspiring and never a waste of time or passion. 3-Failure doesn’t hold a candle to What regret feels like. 4-I’m proud of you. Not because of your win/loss record or the accolades you have received, but simply having the courage to walk out on that mat knowing that today your best may not be enough to win- and yet you do it anyways. 5-Don’t be so quick to hurry through it. Through the joy and through the pain. Let them both sink in a little. Don’t linger too long, but enough time to recall what confidence feels like and enough time to grow from the pain you felt. 6- Anything can be used For motivation. I used to think I had to be motivated by something or someone. We can create motivation ourselves. 7- Trust. You will only go so far on your own. No one reaches the highest of levels without help. Trust the ones put in positions to help you. 8- Take knowledge from anywhere you find it. Sometimes someone can explain something by a different phrase or motion that just clicks. You are limiting yourself by working with/asking questions to only one person. 9- I love you. Why do we hold back saying this so much? Love isn’t meant to be conditional or earned. * told Doug one day I’m gonna just say it to all our kids because I do love them and if it’s weird it’s weird, but if I sent my kid off to college I want him to be loved and cared for just as much as he is Pushed and taught. 10- Lastly, mental health isn’t something you have to wait until you’re struggling to work on. I can look back now and identify anxiety and perfectionism all throughout my college sports experience. Heck we are trained to be performance driven and usually rewarded for good performance. What happens if we don’t make an effort to work on this? Well as we get older we start to associate good performance =valued, Lovable, worthy and a bad performance=not good enough, unlovable, unworthy. * *COACHES ( and parents) THE WORDS YOU SPEAK IN THE MOMENTS AFTER A practice, meet, or tournament have an exponential effect on how some will view their Worth and if it will be based On Their Performances. If you read any of these and you wish someone had told you it growing up a little more or maybe even now go ahead and🩷 this and send to someone you know who needs to read it too. I wrote this in 2024 and felt the need to share it again and read it again for myself.

“Heaven isn’t full of good people. Heaven is full of people who understand they’re not good enough.” —@WesleyLHuff to @StevenBartlett Bold. Clear. Kind.

Getting to be in my role & in the lives of these young men is an incredible blessing! 💜

“Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land until the ninth hour.” (Matthew 27:45) “And when the sixth hour had come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.” (Mark 15:33) “It was now about the sixth hour, and there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour, while the sun’s light failed; and the curtain of the temple was torn in two.” (Luke 23:44-45) “And on that day,” says the Lord GOD, “I will make the sun go down at noon, and darken the earth in broad daylight.” (Amos 8:9)

It got hard. You kept going. Obedience isn’t always bold or dramatic. Sometimes it’s just showing up day after day, even when you don’t feel like it.

My heart breaks for Rondale Moore and his family. I hate suicide because I know it’s more than a mental battle. It’s a spiritual battle and there is an evil in this world that seeks to steal the future of men and women of all ages. Rondale would not choose to have those negative thoughts in his head. They showed up and sadly he believed the lies they spoke to him. Remember you are not the thoughts you think. You are the thoughts you believe. I say this to anyone struggling with depression, discouragement and doubt. Don’t believe these lies. You’re not broken. There’s nothing wrong with you. You don’t need to be fixed. You are just in battle between good and evil and your mind is the battleground. You need to learn the truth to win the battle. Every hero in every epic movie must battle a villain and so will you in this life. Your future is filled with hope. You are loved. Faith gives you strength. -

DOWN BUT NEVER OUT TEAM USA WINS GOLD AND CRUSHES CANADA’S SOUL IN THE PROCESS

We will forever love you 89💜 #EverLoyal | #1UNI | #UNIFootball

There are no words 💔 Please pray for the Sutherland family & our UNI family

@ADMeganFranklin @UNIAthletics The best staff who most definitely deserve a vacation to somewhere tropical! 🌴 Thank you for ALL you do, Senior Staff!!! 💜💜💜

So fun to celebrate #PanthersinParadise with this amazing @UNIAthletics Senior Staff! #LegacyEra

Wait a minute… We know these guys!

Great night of fellowship with our guys! Excited to see them put in some work this offseason. 💜 #EverLoyal @coachcjnuss

Sacking Hunger in Iowa 🏈🌽 With 18 UNI Football sacks this season, thank you to @E4CropIntel for donating $1,800 (4,500 meals) to the @NEIFB. #EverLoyal | #1UNI

First D Line dinner of the semester coming up tomorrow! Can’t wait to have the guys here. It’s been too quiet 😂 Huge thank you to the Ostroski family @JaymeOstroski @Ostroski_BigO for their generosity in helping make it happen! 💜 We’re gonna miss our guy @owenostroski_ though.

“Hold everything earthly with a loose hand; but grasp eternal things with a deathlike grip.” — Charles Spurgeon

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