𝗕𝗮𝗱 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘀 ... NOBODY reminds anyone of the standards 𝗔𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘀 ... COACHES remind team of the standards 𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘀 ... CAPTAINS remind team of the standards 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘀 ... EVERYONE reminds each other of the standards

"Other people go to the office. I get to coach. I know I've been blessed" - Jim Valvano

Incredible lightning storm ongoing between Kannapolis and Cornelius. Photo taken at the intersection of Rt. 73 and Poplar Tent Rd. Brad Panovich NWS GSP The Weather Channel

You don’t become mentally tough by simply reading books or watching inspirational videos. You have to apply what you learn and push yourself through difficult situations in order to truly build mental toughness. -- via Sports Psychology

To know what you know and what you do not know, that is true knowledge. —Confucius

Dear Players, When opportunity comes, it's too late to prepare. Signed, ~ Coach

Leadership is the great process of winning each moment, each possession, each practice, each film session. Champions understand that you win games by improving your practice. ~ via @TylerCoston

The best gift you can ever give your kids is your time.

A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame and a little less than his share of the credit.

There's no excuse for not being a good shooter. Shooting is about getting up repetitions in the gym.

Great teams have great practices. They’re high intensity, the coach is prepared, and the players show up to work!

"On every team, there's a core group that sets the tone for everyone else. If the tone is positive, you've won half the battle. If it's negative, you're beaten before you ever walk on the field." -- Chuck Noll

The real problem doesn’t lie in finding coaches who understand the game. The real problem lies in finding coaches/managers who understand PEOPLE — how to get the best out of them and how to manage them. Leadership is a different skill to coaching.

Your best performances will come when you are working in a way that is a full expression of you. The work becomes a natural display of your personality. This is when you not only get better results, but also love the activity — because in doing the craft, you feel alive.

My son left for College yesterday. I’m on my way out there now. I am not ok. This is the hardest thing that I have ever done. There’s a million emotions running through my mind just hoping I did enough as a dad to prepare him. I think that’s just human. I already miss the

"If we magnified blessings as much as we magnify disappointments, we would all be much happier" ― John Wooden

"Footwork is one of the primary prerequisites to becoming a great player" - Coach Krzyzewski

You are not your grand plans. You are your daily patterns.

A coach who holds you accountable sees more in you than you currently see in yourself. That is not mean. That is a gift.

"Players have to believe in YOU before they will believe in your plays, drills, workouts, or strategies." -- Jamy Bechler