This is not a great moment in sport in the sense that TSN or ESPN will never rate this as a play of the week, but it’s one in which the two teams involved might never forget. It’s a YouTube video of a high school football game played about a year ago in which both [...]
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71. A Great Moment In Sport
Posted in The Big Picture, tagged perspective, Sportsmanship, Values on November 8, 2010 |
68. John Wooden’s Definition of Success
Posted in The Big Picture, tagged perspective, Values on October 19, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Thanks to Eric for finding this great video of famed UCLA basketball coach John Wooden talking about his coaching (and life) philosophies. I’ve referred to Wooden many times in this blog and on Twitter because he typifies the ‘make a better person, get a better athlete’ philosophy of coaching. There’s a great deal of wisdom [...]
67. Don’t Believe the Hype
Posted in The Big Picture, tagged perspective, The Challenge on October 14, 2010 |
There’s a part of Andre Agassi’s book Open that I read recently in which he talks about winning his first Major. Prior to that he had been in a number of finals without winning and had really taken a beating in the press for being too much about image and not having what it takes [...]
66. Don Meyer – Great Coaching
Posted in The Big Picture, tagged perspective, Sportsmanship, Values on October 7, 2010 |
Don Meyer may ultimately be remembered as the winningest coach in American college basketball history but I get the feeling this is only a trivial statistic for those who know him. The wins are merely a reflection of how dedicated he is to his profession, to the concept of team and to the young men he [...]
62. The Value of a Medal – Part 2
Posted in The Big Picture, tagged perspective, The Challenge on September 7, 2010 |
Sport is about the challenge. My all-time favorite quote in terms of creating a mindset for me in my athletic career was from iconic Olympic rower, Marnie McBean: “My impression of Olympic gold medalists plummeted when I won one myself.” The point is that Marnie, before she won her first gold, assumed that it was [...]
54. The Value of a Medal
Posted in The Big Picture, tagged perspective, The Challenge on July 19, 2010 | 1 Comment »
“You know, winning a world title is not that important in life.” Kelly Slater, 9 Time World Champion Surfer Lauryn Williams, an American sprinter, finished 2nd in the 100 meters at the Athens Olympics in 2004. She followed that up with a gold in the same event at the World Championships the following year and [...]
52. John Wooden
Posted in The Big Picture, tagged Excellence, perspective, Value of Sport on July 5, 2010 | 3 Comments »
When John Wooden passed away last month he was referred to as the greatest coach of any sport, of all time. Pretty high praise, but the man had a record that’s pretty hard to argue with and a philosophy that’s a little off the beaten path in that it focusses on making better people as [...]
51. With Glowing Hearts/Des Plus Brillants Exploits.
Posted in The Big Picture, tagged Excellence on June 28, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I recently received a copy of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games official commemorative book With Glowing Hearts / Des Plus Brillants Exploits. With 400 pages of photographs and commentary about the two host cities, the torch relay, the opening and closing ceremonies of both the Olympic and Paralympic Games as well as detailed [...]
50. Money for Amateur Athletes
Posted in The Big Picture, tagged perspective, Value of Sport on June 22, 2010 | 3 Comments »
A friend sent me a link to an article that was in the Globe and Mail recently about how much money some of Canada’s Olympic gold medalists from Vancouver could expect in terms of endorsements (http://tinyurl.com/299bdua). It was very clear in the article that the vast majority of athletes don’t stand to profit much at all and [...]
49. Team Hoyt
Posted in The Big Picture, tagged perspective, Teamwork on June 17, 2010 | 2 Comments »
If you’ve ever felt lazy or just plain sorry for yourself, as we all have at one point or another, try watching the Hawaii Ironman on television. As I’ve mentioned before on this blog, it’s an incredibly inspirational bit of television that just as often as not, has little to do with the winners or [...]
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