“Some of the most important people in my life would be shocked to learn that they were role models. They weren’t celebrities, or even particularly accomplished. But they had some quality that I admired, that made me want to be like them.” ~ Don Moomaw
Over the weekend I had the chance to watch a women’s lacrosse game [...]
“In absence of clearly defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily acts of trivia.” — Unknown
Talk about March Madness. And February Madness. And January Madness.
Paul Ridley landed on the Caribbean island of Antigua yesterday, completing three months spent crossing the Atlantic Ocean.
He rowed it.
Alone.
Ridley undertook the voyage as a memorial to his [...]
“Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes.” – Confucius
The difference between success and failure comes down to just a few moments in a person’s life.
Those moments are the ones that come immediately after a failure of some kind. The responses — called mistake responses — add up to your destiny.
In observing athletes [...]
“Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned.” – Peter Marshall
So many people say they can’t.
The truth is that they just won’t.
The following is a true story.
Ed Agresta is a motivational speaker in New Jersey, and one day he was invited to speak to a sports psychology class at Montclair State University. During his talk, [...]