We got off to a good start with our first practice on October 1st. We began practice with our Athletic Director speaking to our team and then praying for our team, staff, university and season. A truly unique way to start the season.
Practice concluded with a surprise visit from Coach Meyer. As always, Coach was honest and direct with them. Below are a few thoughts he shared with us:
TOUGHNESS
- Can take being yelled at. Some of you have never been yelled at. Means you are probably soft.
- Take hard coaching
- This will be a war
- Don't cash your chips in
- This pain is minimal...Wait till childbirth...
- Your job is to bring your skill level up.
- Be a good teammate..It's a special thing. Mickey Mantle tombstone--"He was a great teammate"
TRUSTWORTHY
- To be where you are supposed to be
- Keep your mouth shut
- Drugs and Alcohol alter your perceptions of reality
- Winners can deal with reality...Can't run and hide.
- Be a problem solver--look for solutions vs blame
- Collaboration--teamwork
- Critical thinker--extra stuff/ study/ this is what separates the great ones.
CANCERS
- Some are slow acting
- Coaches have to treat cancers by cutting it out
- Selfishness causes cancer
- We all want to play
- You can control selfishness
- Not so bad to be dealt a bad hand in spots. Because "life" will deal you some bad hands.
- Value of human life--decisions
- Don't make decisions because they are--Convenient, Easy or Popular. Make them because they are right.
MARK TWAIN:
- "Kindness is the language that the deaf can hear and the blind can see."
- Our example isn't the main thing. It's the only thing.
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