I did an unscientific survey this weekend among a handful of young athletes 12 and under. I asked them two fairly straight forward questions. Surprisingly, almost every kid I talked with said they had a coach they didn’t like at one time or another. In addition, they all had the same reason for not liking […]
There are three types of losers. Those people who accept losing. The people who learn from losing. Then of course you have your sore losers. When you win all the time, it’s easy to fall victim to the sore loser mentality. If you lose all the time, it’s easy to let being a loser become […]
One of the biggest reasons I struggled at West Point was my ability to run. It didn’t matter if it was running sprints at football practice or distance running for routine morning physical fitness training. When the going got tough I broke. I’m ashamed to admit this, as this is something I’ve mostly kept to […]