“Don’t ever trade your authenticity for approval!” - Rick Warren

Attention is the most valuable currency you have. Spend it wisely.

Damian Lillard is a real one 💯

The quickest way to divide your locker room is to have one set of standards for your best athletes and another set of standards for everyone else.

Former NHL player P.K. Subban didn't hold back on the differences between the NHL and the NBA 😳 "If you're really about sports ... It doesn't matter how much money you are making." 👀

This is by far the BEST breakdown of why the NBA product sucks today. He P.K. Subban says it in the most respectful way possible.

You were the best conditioned basketball player I've ever been around. Most durable and least fragile.

Recovery doesn’t happen because you took a day off. It happens because you built a system that allows adaptation.

Chase fulfillment, not just achievement. Create authentic connections and fulfillment is possible. It's not possible with transactional relationships.

No they're not

Is the data from the force plates during these jumps worth anything? Serious question to anyone in the NBA who gets the information.

Stop telling high school athletes that if they train like the pros they’ll be elite. Most won’t. Elite athletes have a genetic advantage that is enhanced through their training. Be honest so we can actually guide these kids through athlete development.

The 🏀 developmental model from youth to pros is broken. No true off-season. A bunch of junk volume (mileage) with no purpose. Bad trainers with no plan. "Mamba Mentality" with the genetics of Daffy Duck from Space Jam mixed with the nutrition of Goldberg from Mighty Ducks.

I understand this most likely isn't why he specifically got hurt. Im just on a tangent. Physically underdeveloped, overtrained, and undernourished is basketball development 90+% of the time. OK, im done.

Would love to know what those conversations are like with that panel and who's on it.

The amount of teams/coaches still making college athletes wake up at 6 am (or earlier) to train, lift, & practice is 🤯🤯🤯. The data are incredibly clear here. Bad idea.

Got to talk with Uncle Kurt Hester today. You want to hear this. Watch here: youtu.be/hRMSK3xoP_c

Couldn't agree more

"Death is undefeated, but I'll take it to three overtimes. That's strength." Houston strength coach Kurt Hester was diagnosed with Stage IV melanoma. Six months later, he may have lost his hair, but not his indomitable spirit. More from Jen Lada:

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