Life teaches you all sorts of wonderful things but if you wait for personal experience, it takes too long. Learn from others. Don’t repeat their mistakes.

If you want to be the same athlete tomorrow that you were yesterday, just repeat your training over and over again. If you want progress, you have to add change.

The fastest runner always drags the others to be faster. Make the fastest runner faster. And let everyone benefit.

The attitude you bring to practice is most likely the attitude you will show up to the race with.

Take control of your workout so it doesn’t control you. If you manage the workout, in control, you’ll walk away satisfied. Do that over and over and you’ve got a Champion.

Letting your mind go whenever it wants to go, whenever it wants to go there, is hugely problematic. You do have control of your thoughts. Learn to control them.

Make a contract with yourself. To improve and get better. Then, sign it.

Championship season is just arriving. Couple of strides after an easy run on the program for today.

The warm up is a place where you prepare the mind and body for what is next. Use the same warm up every time. It helps reduce anxiety and lets your body know a physical demand is on the way.

If all you do is concentrate on what’s wrong and repair it, you never focus on what’s right to explore it. Moving away from a problem is great but actively moving to promote positive things in life is what makes life fun and purposeful.

As you head into the end of the season, best to think about the next few races as the ‘beginning’ of the racing season rather than the ‘end.’ The level of excitement is much stronger if you anticipate racing.

Pay close attention to your character rather than your reputation. Your character is who you really are - the person your friends know. Your reputation is what others say and think on the Internet. That means nothing.

If the gun goes off, and you have nothing planned, then, when nothing happens in the race, you’ve succeeded. Plan out success. Don’t wait for it to show up.

If you make a plan, and stick to it, maybe good things will happen. Try it:)

At the end of the State Championship race, the worst thought to have is…. I could have XXX… or YYY. But the reality is …. YOU made those in race decisions. Stop making bad decisions. Make a good plan and execute it. If it doesn’t work, change the plan for next time.

If the big race is this weekend, nothing new this week. Nothing super hard (until the race) so you’re ready. Why try a new ‘last hard workout’ day the week of NXR? Or State? Doesn’t make sense

I wish they taught kids how to manage money in school. It’s a skill that lasts a lifetime. The first lesson? Your money grows faster if you don’t show it off.

Once you think you’re a victim, you give away all the power to your success and happiness.

If it’s time to race, it’s time to focus on the task at hand; which doesn’t include talking over your anxiety. Think about your desired outcome. Think about relaxing. Think about racing.

Not all races go as expected but you’re the same person you were yesterday; hopefully with a bit more knowledge on how you can improve next time.