“Winning is a lifestyle for us. We really enjoy it, like it’s really good when you’re winning. Everybody’s happy, everybody wants to play, everybody is buying into the system. Winning is a lifestyle,” Nikola Jokic

Winners make winning a part of life.

Winners make a difference.

'The real MVPs'
Thank you to all the mothers for your endless love and immeasurable sacrifices.
You've devoted yourselves to molding our futures and supporting our aspirations.
You give so much of yourself, so we can become more.
Happy Mother's Day
📢Kevin Durant

“Mediocre people don’t like high achievers. High achievers don’t like mediocre people. If everybody doesn’t buy into the same principles and values at the same high standard, you’re never going to be successful. Get the right guys on the bus and get the wrong guys off,” Nick…

You can't want:
- more playing time
- a bigger role
- leadership responsibilities
- championships
- to play at the next level

If you don't want:
- to work hard
- to make sacrifices
- to discipline yourself
- to be coached
- to be held accountable

Wants come with requirements.

“It’s a process, it’s not supposed to be easy but that’s the fun part about it,” Jayson Tatum

You will never succeed more than you fail. Failure is part of the process. Learning to love the process is what builds winners.

Standards > Rules.

Standards, not rules, are what build winning teams.

Winning teams are built on raising the bar and surpassing expectations.

Embrace the challenge and strive for greatness.

'You're chipping away at what's in the way.
What's in the way for athletes:
1. Fear of failure, fear of not being perfect, fear of making a mistake
2. Inability to handle adversity
3. Lack of routines
4. Lack of self-discipline'  Brandon Guyer - Major League Mindset

The choices that you make influence the path that your team can take.

If you own your actions, you also get to own your results.

📸(Photo credit)Coach Ray Ostrowski

Great leaders are willing to accept the costs of leadership.

“1. You will have to make decisions that negatively affect people you care about.

2. You will be disliked despite your best attempt to do what’s best for the most.

3. You will be misunderstood and won’t always have…

Make winning your habit, not your goal.

Champions aren’t obsessed with the trophy, but with the habits that make winning inevitable.

Excellence is a practice, not a prize.

Perfect the small stuff. It's not just practice, it's preparation for victory. Every detail, every moment—be relentless.

'We just find ways.
For us, it just starts with our habits.
We talked about doing the 'little things' since day one.
The little things matter and you never…

Great players want to star in the role the team needs.
“Every guy has a role. At the beginning of the season, we made it a point to control what we control in our role, effort, energy and locking in on our role. We have a group of guys that embraces their role and tries to excel…

Don't let ego interfere with execution.

'These are the kinds of things a young team has to learn from...I am all for celebrating. It's important to this generation - but they have to be measured.
And, there is nothing wrong with celebrating while getting to the next task.'…

What does it take to be a coach?
Great coaches TEACH and LEAD.

'If you want to play at an excellent level - if you want to do something excellent, you have to be excellent all the time.

That's how you build habits.

When excellence becomes a habit, then that's just who you are.' -Kobe Bryant

'You have a choice to make when you're not playing. Either you're invested and a great teammate or you're not.'-Brad Stevens

You can bring your ego, or you can bring your energy. Either way it will impact the team and the game.

Choose to be a relentless teammate-choose energy

'PLAYERS: When your coach doesn't play you, they aren't disrespecting you or hating on you.
They are respecting your teammates and loving the team.
Good coaches play the players that make up the best team and that are the most trusted team members.' Jamy Bechler

'It's always been - you have to learn how to compete.
Then, you have to learn how to always compete.
Then, you have to learn to compete at the high levels.
When you do that, you are always going to give yourself a chance to win.'

Great teams find different ways to win.

And, guys buy into the system.  
When you buy into the system and you play as a team - not as individuals, great things can happen.

Don't just play on the team.
Play for the team.