You don't set out to build a wall. You don't say 'I'm going to build the biggest, baddest, greatest wall that's ever been built.' You don't start there.
You say, 'I'm going to lay this brick as perfectly as a brick can be laid. Do that every single day and soon you have a wall.
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- You will always be too much of something for someone: too big, too loud, too soft, too edgy. If you round out your edges, you lose your edge. Apologize for mistakes. Apologize if you unintentionally hurt someone. But don't apologize for being who you are.
- Just how much money is Name, Image, and Likeness worth to student-athletes? AthleticDirectorU and @Navigate_Res have teamed up to bring the most in-depth analysis ever on how much revenue student-athletes might be able to generate from their NIL: athleticdirectoru.com/articles/how-m…
- You cannot control the weather, you cannot control the referees, you can not control the way the ball bounces, but what you can control is your performance and your attitude. Control the Controllables. athleticdirectoru.com/video/successf…
- Your potential, the absolute best you’re capable of—that’s the metric to measure yourself against. Winning is not enough. People can get lucky and win. People can win with the worst intentions. Anyone can win. But not everyone can be the best possible version of themselves.
- Integrity is not a conditional word. It doesn't blow in the wind or change with the weather. It is your inner image of yourself, and if you look in there and see someone who won't cheat, then you know you never will. athleticdirectoru.com
- The true price of leadership is the willingness to place the needs of others above your own. Great leaders truly care about those they lead and understand that the leadership privilege comes at the expense of self-interest. It's about them, not you. athleticdirectoru.com/video/does-gen…
- No matter how busy you are, or how busy you think you are, the work will always be there tomorrow, but your friends and family might not be. athleticdirectoru.com/articles/boise…
- Successful people have fear, successful people have doubts, and successful people have worries. They just don't let these feelings stop them. athleticdirectoru.com
- Nothing we do is more important than hiring and developing the right people. At the end of the day, you bet on people, not game plans or strategies. athleticdirectoru.com
- If you hire people just because they can do a job, they’ll work for your money. But if you hire people who believe what you believe, they’ll work for you with blood and sweat and tears. athleticdirectoru.com/video/your-peo…
- There's something incredible happening in Clarksville, Tennessee. The Austin Peay Governors are proving that championship cultures aren't built on speed, or strength, or skill. They're built on love. athleticdirectoru.com/articles/a-cha…
- If you hire people just because they can do a job, they’ll work for your money. But if you hire people who believe what you believe, they’ll work for you with blood and sweat and tears. athleticdirectoru.com/articles/a-cha…















