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New Siena coach Nevada Smith’s opening remarks:

@EmmanuelAcho … why we can, and often should, expect more from our student-athletes in regard to getting mentally and physically prepared for practice. If our military can conduct training exercises in Garrison or the field/deployed with no outside music playing.

Stop comparing sports to the military 🗣️ Football is a game. A game based on combat, but still a game. Lives are lost in war. Games are lost in football.

@EmmanuelAcho As a football coach and a veteran I think I’m at least semi-qualified to comment on this… I didn’t see anything wrong with the statement. In no way was I under the impression he was trying to compare the two in an apples to apples scenario. What he did do was shine light on…

A father told his daughter, "Congrats on your graduation. I bought you a car a while back. I want you to have it now." Before I give it to you, take it to a car dealer in the city and sell it. See how much they offer.” The girl came back to her father & said: "They offered me $10,000 dollars because it looks very old" Father said: "Ok, now take it to the pawn shop". The girl returns to her father & said: "The pawn shop offered $1,000 dollars because it's a very old car & a lot of work done". The father told her to join a passionate car club with experts & show them the car. The girl drove to the passionate car club. She returned to her father after a few hours & told him, “Some people in the club offered me $100k because its a rare car that's in good condition.” Then the father said, "I wanted to let you know that you are not worth anything if you are not in the right place. If you are not appreciated, do not be angry, that means you are in the wrong place. Don't stay in a place where no one sees your value ." The moral of the story : Know your worth and know where you are valued. A diamond doesn't shine on the bottom of a cave.

CRAZY RIGHT ? 🤦‍♂️💔 Dr Dre’s ex wife was with him for 24 good years . Filed for divorce and received $100 million dollars cash and many luxury cars . Dr Dre cried but decided to use it as motivation. After giving her 50% of his wealth Dr Dre doubled his hustle and today he is OFFICIALLY A BILLIONAIRE. The wife is not even worth $40 million as we speak . The real strength of men lies in their ability to use every setback as a motivation. Congratulations DR DRE . Moral lesson : Always use every pain as a motivation to level up .

30 years ago I started a journey. Not one scholarship offer. The reason? I was deemed too slow. That day I DECIDED nothing would stop me. I found my trainer Jay Schroeder and started an unorthodox training program that tested me physically, emotionally, and psychologically to level I could have never imagined. I lived by the mantra that: Your will to PREPARE for success had to be far greater than your desire for success. I went all in, committed my heart and soul, and 5 years later - 25 years ago - I had my chance to show the NFL how far I’d come. Here the video from my pro day: 40 YD - 4.37 Short Shuttle - 3.83 3 Cone - 6.37 Long Shuttle - 10.77 Pedal Flip - 4.11 I also benched 225 lbs 31x , vertical jumped 39.5", broad jumped 10'10" I literally transformed myself from a nobody to one of the best in the world in 5 years. I post this not to brag but as a reminder. BELIEF is powerful. Don't ever allow or entertain anybody's judgment or narrative about you, even for a microsecond. DOUBLE DOWN on yourself and always put it all on your shoulders. Have immense GRATITUDE for what God has put in front of you. Looking back, I’m grateful I didn’t earn a scholarship, that I had to walk on, that I had to fight and sacrifice to a level I never thought possible... To BELIEVE in myself so deeply that nothing could ever stop me. I have immense pride in that journey... More than in any NFL accolade. It represents defying the impossible and forms the foundation for everything I do in life today. My only regret? Back then, I thought it was all me. It wasn't. Better late than never: all glory to God #AlBundy #GloryDays #Resilience #NeverQuit #NFLCombine

Love this. Has to be the aim of any leader.

" There will be two buses leaving the hotel for the ball park tomorrow. The four o'clock bus will be for those of you who need a little extra work. The empty bus will leave at five o'clock."  David Bristol #QuietTime

Former Kentucky Head Basketball🏀Coach talks about Michael, a coal miner that brought his son to a game right after work. No time for a shower because he didn't want his son to miss anything. Not all dads wear suits and ties.

@S_U_Network False all day

True or False: You’d rather cut grass in 102° than shovel snow in 9°.

New England Patriots HC Mike Vrabel - Valuing Every Conversation - "I got some great advice from a HC... He said just remember when that person comes in to talk to you, that is the most important conversation they're going to have with anybody all week. And I've tried to think about that every time someone asks if I have 5 minutes."

Billy Donovan shares a lesson that changed how his players thought about winning. At Florida, he had a manager track how long the ball was in each player's hands during a game. He asked one of his starters: "How many minutes do you think you had the ball in your hands for the game?" The player said 15 minutes when he had played 30. The real numbers? "A backcourt player, for the most part, is probably 92% of the game gonna be played without the ball in their hands. A frontcourt player - 95% of their minutes is gonna be played without the ball in their hands." Think about that. You're playing without the ball almost the entire game. "It's amazing to me how many players focus on points, points, points. That's what goes on ESPN. That's what gets the highlights." "But if you're gonna strictly talk about winning and you're really driven and motivated by winning and competing and being a good teammate, you have to look at the fact is -- what am I doing with my 92, 93, 94, 95%?" "Am I screening? Am I running the floor? Am I on the floor for loose basketballs? Am I rebounding? Am I taking a charge?" "There's so many ways to impact the game with the amount of time you're on the floor when the ball's not in your hands." This is what separates good players from winning players. You control how you show up. You control your attitude. You control your effort. Great teammates master what they do when no one's watching - and when the ball isn't in their hands. Winning isn't about the glamour. It's about the 95%. (🎥@Coaching_U ) (🎥@brendansuhr)

Chris Berman did play-by-play over Laura Rutledge running from her sideline interviews to the halftime show at the Sugar Bowl. (🎥 via @espn)

In Japan, laziness isn't treated as a character flaw. It's treated as a disease that can be cured with 7 specific methods. Here's how the Japanese approach what we call “burnout”:

Role Model: Every single season Dak Prescott makes his teammates pool money together for Christmas bonuses to the team’s staff. “These people do a lot for us. We want to contribute & say thank you. Don't be cheap!” The definition of a class act ❤️👏

“Would you rather have $1,000 cash?”

Roger Federer broke the internet with one statistic that will change how you see every setback in your life. 1,526 singles matches. Won almost 80% of them. 20 Grand Slams. 103 titles. Now answer honestly: What percentage of total points do you think he won across his entire career? 70%? 65%? 60%? Try … 54%. He lost literally almost EVERY SECOND POINT he ever played for 24 years. And still became one of the greatest of all time. Watch him explain it himself (2:07 of pure life-changing wisdom): “In tennis, perfection is impossible… When you lose every second point on average, you teach yourself to say: ‘Okay, I double-faulted — it’s only one point.’ ‘Okay I got passed at the net — it’s only one point.’ Even a screaming overhead smash that ends up on SportsCenter Top 10… still just one point. So when you’re playing your point, it has to be the most important thing in the world. The moment it’s over — it’s behind you. That mindset frees you to attack the next point, and the next, and the next with absolute intensity and clarity.” Then he looked at the crowd and said the line that hit a billion people in the soul: “The real sign of a champion is not that they win every point. It’s that they lose again and again and again… and have learned how to deal with it. Negative energy is wasted energy. Cry it out if you have to. Then force a smile. Move on. Be relentless. Adapt. Grow. Work harder — and work smarter.” Save this post. The next time you lose a deal, bomb a presentation, get ghosted, miss a deadline, or just have “one of those days” — come back here and read it again. You’re not falling behind. You’re just in the 46%. And the 46% is exactly where every single legend has spent most of their career. Keep playing the next point. (full 2:07 clip — sound on)

No one ever said it better than THE Senator: ITS AL❌OST THAT ⏰!!! #GOBUCKS #HATEWEEK #THEGAME

@Filosofiser @CoachSamz @CoachCroyle Was the forklift at Maryville College? If I remember correctly that was their setup in 2013 when we played them. I didn’t recall that until you made mention 😂

@CoachSamz @CoachCroyle Coached one game from a fork lift. Another 2 from the stands that were about 10 rows high. D3 life

Need a thread from coaches of the worst press box setups you’ve sat in.

"Behind the podium, he's a fighter. But behind closed doors, he is daddy — he is the love of my life and I find it so incredible that our children get to watch him be the man that God has called him to be..." Emotional resurfaced footage shows Charlie Kirk’s wife, Erika, introducing him at a Turning Point USA event, praising him as an extraordinary husband and father.