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"The problem we really have is we think we're not supposed to have problems! Problems call us to higher levels - face and solve them now!” -Tony Robbins

#Ravens HC Jesse Minter on his players communicating pre-snap: “You can’t play this game quietly, and you can’t play this game with doubt, and you can’t play this game without knowing what you’re doing. And so, I know from a defensive standpoint, we should be the loudest, most crazy, obnoxious, communicative unit in the history of football.” (🎥 @Ravens)

"Get better. You never stay the same. You either get better, or you get worse." - Marty Schottenheimer

"There are hunters and there are victims. By your discipline, you will decide which you are." -General James Mattis

Scared teams find ways to lose. Dusty May said it best: “A lot of failure comes with simply being afraid of the results. We were never afraid of the results.” Teach them to compete. Let the scoreboard take care of itself. How do you build fearless competitors?

“Little things make the big things happen” -John Wooden

Getting our minds right with a new mic'd up featuring @CoachPowell99! #GoBlue | @UMCreditUnion

. @LSUfootball @Lane_Kiffin says two things in particular can poison a coaching staff - egos and agendas. These things then trickle down to players, who will have a hard time buying into a team concept preached by the coaches. "I was too much about credit to me." #LSU

➡️ACCOUNTABILITY...Loaf Reports...🤔 👉w/@CoachJonSumrall "The culture, the standards of your program...all it is, is the combination of what you promote/encourage added up with what you tolerate/allow." 🔥

“We are a group of fighters. We’re incredibly tough, we’ve got incredible will and we go into these games where we’re ready for battle,” Dan Hurley You don’t talk your identity into existence. You build it with relentless training habits.

“The job is to educate and mentor. If you put winning at all costs ahead of that, your not a real coach” - Shea Ralph

“The culture is always the people. It’s the feeling. It’s the people. I’m not a slogan guy. I just try to live and walk the walk every single day and pour into our guys,” Dusty May The reflection of culture is found in the character of your people.

Building every day

“Take Advantage Of My Opportunities” by @AaronDonald97 #MindsetInTheTrenches #TheDLCode

You cannot build a winning culture by accident. Culture is built by the decisions that nobody celebrates. The ones that come before the results. The ones that cost you something before they give anything back.

➡️'When we come out of spring ball we want to have an identity...' 👉w/@Buster_Faulkner #RunCounter / #RTDB

...Mastering Our Process...

"Old School Principles + New School Methods." - Mike Macdonald

“Show Me. Don’t Tell Me.” ▪️Thousands of visual examples. ▪️Right where you already teach. #PrepBetter #CoachSmarter

"Practicing hard is a choice. Watching extra film is a choice. Lifting weights, being coachable, and going to class are a choice. Your choices here are going to force me to either play you, or sit you on the bench. You’ll get exactly what you want." (Pat Summitt)