Jeremy van den Boer

"Bad habits have a cost. Good habits have a price. Either way you have to pay. The meaningful things- we pay for before. The foolish things- we pay for after." Winners pay upfront (sacrifice, effort, discipline). Everyone else pays later (regret). That’s the difference.

Confidence usually breaks down when athletes start blaming circumstances. The refs. The coach. The system. The matchup. Or they go the other way and blame themselves in an unproductive way, leading to frustration rather than growth. Neither builds confidence. Ownership is different. The three things you fully own, no matter what? Your preparation. Your effort. Your response.

Loving your team also means you challenge them to reach their full potential. If you love someone you don't let them settle for anything but their best. You speak life and truth to them to help them grow.

Adversity isn’t the enemy. It’s the ticket. 🎟️ "If you learn to use it right, it will buy you a ticket to a place you couldn't have gone any other way." - Tony Bennett What adversity is shaping you right now?

You need a taskmaster. Someone who is not going to accept less than your best. Someone who is going to tell you, "do it again" or "that's not your best." Someone who demands more than you think you are capable of.

Tara VanDerveer shares what it really takes to win championships. "When you win championships, that takes a lot of discipline." "I'm going to love you but you're going to hear things that sometimes you don't want to hear." That's the balance - love and accountability. You have to care and you have to be honest. Great leaders hold you accountable because they believe in you. They don't just tell you what you want to hear - they tell you what you need to hear. (🎥 Way of Champions)

Geno Gold 🥇 Preparation is the great separation. In the biggest games you don’t rise to the occasion, you fall to your preparation. Be great today.

"Every team wants to win - every player wants to win - every coach. But it's really the teams that honor what goes into winning and work at those things every single day that will be highly successful. In order to win large victories, you first have to win small victories."

Pressure doesn’t break you, it reveals you. Embrace it. It means you have earned the right to be in the moment.

Coach Scheyer: “One of our standards was do your best. And doing your best wasn’t about playing your best, making the most shots, it’s about giving your best effort, it’s about giving your best attitude, and having your best focus. We don’t play for a score, we play to do our best….It has to come from the players. As a coach you can say whatever you want but at the end of the day your players are the ones that has to own it.” (via @DukeATHLETICS)

Players If you’re playing winning Basketball , it’s not YOUR shot. It’s OUR shot.

Dan Campbell said, “Belief comes from the work that you put in.” Confidence is earned. Not talked about. Not wished for. It’s built in the reps no one sees. 🎥 The Winning Difference

Marcus Freeman shares why "leading by example" isn't enough. "We don't love leaders by example. Because leaders by example are guys that do what they're told to do, they do everything they're asked, right?" "But they don't say things when their teammates aren't reaching the standard. We can't have that." Real leadership isn't just performing at the standard. It's protecting the standard. "We need more leaders. Guys that are willing to hold their teammates accountable because it's gonna make your teammate better." Accountability isn't about being hard on people. It's about caring enough to not let them settle. "I wanna make everybody in our organization the best they possibly can be. So if I let you cut corners or I don't say something to you when you're falling under the standard, then I'm not helping push you to the best you can be." Leading by example is the baseline. Leading with accountability is the standard. (🎥notredamebusiness )

Every high school basketball game starts the same: 0-0. What happens next? - The more disciplined team wins. - The team that talks the most, rotates on defense, and values every possession wins.

Gregg Popovich said, “It’s your job to make me play you.” Playing time is earned. A victim mindset says…I didn’t play because coach doesn’t like me. A winning mindset says…I didn’t play because I haven’t earned it yet. Don’t be a victim.

If you can't get it done in practice you won't get it done on game day. If you're not confident in practice you won't be confident on game day. If you're not focused in practice you won't be focused on game day. The habits you cultivate in practice will show up on game day.

Athlete: Coach… I think I want to quit. Coach: Okay. Then let’s talk about why. Athlete: I’m tired. All the early mornings, the pain, the pressure. Sometimes I wake up and wonder what I’m even doing this for. Coach: That’s not quitting. That’s being human. Doubt shows up when you’re close to something that matters. Athlete: But I’m not even sure I’m good enough. I look around and see people stronger, faster… happier. Coach: Comparison is a liar. It shows you everyone’s surface but hides their struggle. You don’t need to be better than them. You need to be better than yesterday. Athlete: What if I never win? What if I give everything and still fall short? Coach: Then you’ll walk away with something most never touch—truth. The kind you only find when you’ve emptied yourself for something bigger than comfort. Athlete: So… you think I should keep going? Coach: I think you already know the answer. You wouldn’t be having this conversation if you truly wanted to stop. You just want someone to remind you that it’s worth it. Athlete: It hurts, Coach. Some days, it really hurts. Coach: Good. That means you care. And nothing worth having comes without pain. Now breathe. You’ve made it through every hard day so far. Most quit before the breakthrough! Don’t be like most!

SABAN PROCESS 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 How bad do you want it? 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 It's not about what you feel like doing. 𝐄𝐟𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭 You get out what you put in. 𝐓𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 You have to overcome hard. 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐞 Take pride in all you do. ~via @TheCoachJournal

Kobe Bryant on Practice 💯 “If you don’t struggle in practice, you never are going to get better.” “That’s the only way you get better, is pushing yourself passed exhaustion.”