"Coaches who can outline plays on a black board are a dime a dozen. The ones who win get inside their player and motivate."
Do I coach football anymore? No. I'm all done with youth football. When it's not about the kids, I'm not about it. I will say that there was a moment that I wondered if I should be involved with ANY youth sports because politics make it into every single youth organization and it disgusts me. Most youth sports coaches and youth organizations disgust me due to their (my way is better than OUR way) attitudes. That's all I will say about that. I still coach youth basketball because there is very little time for politics to even make it in.
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| Coach Alex (L), Da'lin (Center), and Me (R) 2012 |
"The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand."
I started with BNY Mellon on 5December11. The job was amazing... at first. People that are miserable want to stay miserable. They also want to make everyone around them miserable. Most of the people I worked with were just making their way through their eight hours. I am an overall positive person, but when someone takes their position and uses it to their advantage to push people around and does not work to their position and because of that I have to work harder... I will not bend to their will. So, with that said I changed positions and got a promotion that involved MORE money, BETTER hours, and lastly NO micro-managing. People are actually happy to be at work and everyone holds their own weight. I am completely grateful for the time and patience my old manager gave to me to teach me the things I needed to know to get to this point in my life. Good things will come to those who wait. Eight years to get the hours and pay I had been waiting for.
"It's not whether you get knocked down, it's whether you get up."
I said a year ago in my blog... Tebow is a mediocre QB at best.
Truth is, he just had too many expectations to early. With great responsibility comes great expectations. Given the opportunity (under the tutelage of Belichick) he will learn to read a defense and possibly react. McDaniels is a non-factor. I said it... a NON-FACTOR!! He drafted Tebow with his #1 pick in 2010. He was promptly fired at the completion of that season. Belichick wouldn't take McDaniels' 'opinion' and make it his own. Belichick has respect for Tebow and must see something in him that 31 other teams passed on him. Give Tebow a few years under Tom and then judge his body of work. He will get better. I can see that. It's all in how he will bounce back from scrutiny and defeatists.
"The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor."
I've lost 18 - 23 pounds (depending on the day) since December. I've put in SO much work to get here. It is not easy to give up overeating. Getting in the time to do cardio, work out, or eat cleanly is difficult but eating in moderation is key. Believe it or not, I have lost more visually since this picture was taken. I am definitely feeling better and sharper since I've lost the weight. I started taking supplements (NOT STEROIDS) from Prosource in New Jersey. They are a GREAT company that gets the items to you in two business days. I am so excited to be in the shape that I am and I am getting better every day.
“After all the cheers have died down and the stadium is empty, after the headlines have been written, and after you are back in the quiet of your room and the championship ring has been placed on the dresser and after all the pomp and fanfare have faded, the enduring thing that is left is the dedication to doing with our lives the very best we can to make the world a better place in which to live.”
So I have started a Facebook page that is called SHINEon. Shine is an acronym for Style, Heart, Intelligence, Nerve, and Endurance. These are things that NO ONE should have the capability of taking these things from you. I post all my inspirational things from there. I'm hoping my page (just like my blog) gets a lot of followers. There's so much negativity on the web, I'm just trying to carve out some happiness and peace of mind for someone that might need it. I want to have someone say at my funeral that something I said or did changed their life and they became a better person. I want to leave a mark on this world. One day, someone will be changed by the words that I speak. Yes, I have played football, I have coached many kids, and might even win a ring... but once all that is gone I want to be remembered for the love I left for those around me.... and yes, I did say 'win a ring'.
“Mental toughness is many things and rather difficult to explain. Its qualities are sacrifice and self-denial. Also, most importantly, it is combined with a perfectly disciplined will that refuses to give in. It’s a state of mind – you could call it ‘character in action.’”
I am BACK!! I'm playing for the CENTRAL MASS Sabercats this year. I have been practicing with the team since February and I feel great. We are going off at practice and I'm still here. I've taken hits and given hits yet, I'm experiencing no pain or headaches other than the typical soreness. We will have one hell of a ride this year and I've come to know my teammates as brothers. I pray for their safety before and after every practice and I am excited to know each of them.
Kept it short, but effective. As always I welcome comments and share the blog.... I hope someone reads them....
