All of life is choice.
Your decisions make your destiny.
That’s why a classroom demonstration left me speechless yesterday, barely able to process what I had just seen.
Dr. Rob Gilbert, professor at Montclair State University in Northern New Jersey, opened his sports psychology class with an offer.
He pulled a $20 bill from his wallet and said, “This [...]
Former LSU baseball coach Skip Bertman once did a video called “Winning the Big One.” In it, Bertman spoke of the daily, constant, relentless effort to improve.
I’m not sure if Yankees Manager Joe Girardi has seen the video, but his drive to improve has brought a motivational gem to the clubhouse.
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Sacha Baron Cohen did more than pull the prank of the night at last night’s Oscars.
By dumping the supposed ashes of North Korea’s Kim Jong Il all over Ryan Seacrest, Cohen gave us all a peek into where greatness comes from — outside the comfort zone.
“The skills and actions you need to be the (performer) [...]
Few thought he could do it. All he needed was a chance. When he finally got one, the whole world noticed.
Are we talking about Jeremy Lin? No, we’re referring to Al Pacino, whose portrayal of Michael Corleone helped make “The Godfather” a smash hit 40 years ago.
Pacino had to work hard to make believers of [...]
There’s no such thing as an overnight sensation. By the time a star has emerged before the public, he has put in thousands of hours of work behind the scenes.
It was true in the case of the Beatles, who worked years in a night club in Germany. They honed their craft and by the time [...]
Sometimes a rule is more than a rule.
The Boston Red Sox have banned beer in their clubhouse this year, and the edict reminds them that they have only one job: to win games.
That’s something they neglected to do at the end of last year, when the team went missed the playoffs in what will forever [...]
The best lawyer in the world can’t help in the court of public opinion. Now that Ryan Braun has won his appeal of a positive drug test, he gets to try his case with the fans.
He better win that case, because even though the arbitrator overturned his 50-game suspension, Braun looks like the loser here. [...]
An FDA panel has given its thumbs-up to diet drug Qnexa, clearing the way for a final decision on whether or not the drug should be approved.
Qnexa is designed to help those struggling with obesity. Tests have shown that it helps, but they’ve also shown side effects that include heart problems and birth defects.
I’m no [...]
Davey Johnson is at it again.
Johnson, who told the 1986 New York Mets to go out and dominate the National League, is trying to put a manager’s imprint on this year’s Washington Nationals.
He told Florida Today columnist John Torres he’s so impressed with his team that it has a chance to be better than those [...]
Fifty years later, we have learned how dangerous John Glenn’s space flight really was.
One expert says there was a one in six chance that Glenn, the first American to orbit the Earth, would die in the attempt. Glenn made it, but not before enduring a tense re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere.
“There were flaming chunks of the [...]