As an athlete, you need to take practices equally as serious as games. If you don’t, you’ll be outperformed by the athletes who do.

Every time you step onto the field, you represent your team, your school, your city, and your family. Play hard to honor the people and places you care about most!

As an athlete, it’s great to have individual goals, but make sure they are compatible with your team’s goals. If your individual goals are in conflict with your team’s goals, you need to get over yourself and put the team first!

Never forget that one of the main purposes of playing sports is to have fun. If you’re not having fun anymore, take a step back and think about how you can change your attitude, behavior, and environment to regain your love for sports.

Leadership is about doing whatever it takes to help your team succeed. Average leaders make excuses and let things happen. Great leaders take ownership and get things done.

Take pride in your mental toughness. Show others how mentally strong you are by staying positive and giving your best effort no matter what adversity you’re faced with!

Comfort is the enemy of greatness. To succeed, you must get out of your comfort zone and embrace the grind!

Culture is the glue that holds a team together. With a strong culture, a team can overcome adversity and reach their full potential.

Mental toughness, once developed, doesn’t just stay with you. You have to continue to work hard to maintain it. If you get lazy, you can become mentally weak again.

Lack of discipline in school or at home often leads to lack of discipline in sports. How you do anything is how you do everything!

Train your mind to stay calm under pressure. Keep putting yourself in pressure situations until you get comfortable being uncomfortable.

The brain is like a muscle. The more you train it, the stronger it becomes.

Mentally tough athletes are good at hitting the “reset button.” After making mistakes, they quickly move on and focus on the next play.

Mental toughness requires motivation. The more motivated you are, the more pain, fatigue, and pressure you can tolerate.

As an athlete, your effort and resilience define you more than your wins and losses do.

The five mental challenges of sports: 1. Pushing through discomfort. 2. Blocking out distractions. 3. Staying poised under pressure. 4. Thinking critically to solve problems. 5. Managing your ego and working with others. Work hard to improve in all of these areas!

Don’t just be confident in your skills. Be confident in your mental toughness as well. Believe in your ability to focus, manage anxiety, and persevere through adversity.

He died doing what he loved to do. Sharing his love for Jesus!