Responsibility: knowing what must be done and doing it without excuse or blame. Ownership of what has been given to you to nurture, grow,...

Watching the USA men’s basketball team play over the summer has brought about many thoughts. Thoughts like how do the best players in the...

Being coached is a skill. The greatest players in the world love to be coached and in environments where elite standards and expectations...

Goals are an essential component of a player’s development and success. Goals are the object of a person's ambition or effort, an aim or...

I love that routines and habits belong to you. No one is accountable for you doing them or not doing them. However, they both will show...

Habits are the repetition of the same thought or physical action develops into a habit which, repeated frequently enough, becomes an...

What’s a routine, and why do we need them? Routines are regular series of movements or similar things used in performance. They help us...

You have make your game your own. Your mindset , your approach to the game, how you take the skills you’re developing and apply them to...

Sometimes, the results we get are from the choices we make or don’t make. Throughout the game, coaches and players have to make hundreds...

Do you add value to your team or others around you? Value is the importance or usefulness of something, such as a quality, attitude, or...

Use the summer to grow your game. I have seen many players grow their game and return to school as better players who impact their teams....

If you believe you are on the right track, KEEP GOING! So many times, we start to work at something and stop before completion. We...

Being tired of being sick and tired is about the decision to take ownership of your life or situation. In the game of basketball, you...

Winners are in the pushing business. When you are in the company of someone who is determined to win, they are going to push themselves...

You can always tell a winner by their behavior. Some will say that Winning is not the most crucial thing in the world. I won’t disagree;...

Basketball is not all about making shots or playing defense. A lot of times, it comes down to having to fire you. Fire, to me, is a mix...

Sometimes, you will be told that you need more than what you have. As basketball players, this can be destructive commentary because they...

What is an excuse? An excuse is a vice used to cover up shortcomings, lead us to get things done, and take away from taking...

Is it more challenging to live up to our expectations or the expectations of others? Expectations can be tricky. If you can do...

How does pressure help us? Our previous blogs on character discussed how pressure helps build character. It can be hard to feel the...