Don’t Limit Opportunity

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Good morning, ladies and gentlemen! This morning, I spent time looking at a math problem that someone posted on Facebook. It was a “new” method of solving what was a very simple equation for probably most people above 3rd grade. As I looked at this method, I couldn’t help but think, “OK, I’ve seen some […]

Just A Flesh Wound

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GREAT Monday morning, ladies and gentlemen! One of my favorite characters of all time is the Black Knight in Monty Python and the Holy Grail. “Why” you ask? Because he’s unbelievably confident and unrelenting. In an effort to deny King Arthur access to the bridge he needs to cross, the knight ends up in a sword fight in which he […]

Having Something Special

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Good morning, ladies and gentlemen! Happy Friday! If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that’s a full day. That’s a heck of a day. You do that seven days a week, you’re going to have something special.” – Jim Valvano There are a lot of days that exhaust us. But how often do we seek […]

Keep Running

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Good morning, ladies and gentlemen! I overslept. And there was nobody on the planet that could have been as angry at the moment as I was. I had nobody to blame but myself. It wasn’t the first time I’d overslept. But it was the morning we were flying from Providence to DC, to scrimmage Georgetown and Johns […]

Future Dictated By Faith

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Good morning, ladies and gentlemen! …To one day walk upright enough as a man, to not let my past dictate my future; and let my future be dictated by faith.” – Ray Lewis Today may be defined by yesterday. But tomorrow does not have to be. Tomorrow will be defined by today. Last month does not have to define […]

The Second Best Time Is Now

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Good morning, ladies and gentlemen! As we near the end of the month, make sure to take a minute to reflect. Much the same as we might do at the end of the day, there’s value in looking back at the things that we wanted or expected to accomplish, the habits that we worked to […]

Nothing Wrong With Sorry

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Good morning, ladies and gentlemen! Happy Friday! Maybe it’s just me. I’m very conscious of distinguishing between the use of “I’m sorry” and “I apologize.” But there’s a difference. I am sorry is an affirmation of self. It’s a declaration of how you feel at a particular time. We hurt somebody’s feelings. Or we get into an argument. […]

The Land of What If

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Good morning, ladies and gentlemen! Just for today, I will try to live through this day only, and not tackle my whole life problem at once. I can do something for twelve hours that would appall me if I felt that I had to keep it up for a lifetime.” I’m reading Toughness, by Jay […]

With Words and With Silence

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Good morning, ladies and gentlemen! Speak now or forever hold your peace. We’ve all heard that expression. Sometimes it’s difficult to actually know if it’s best to speak now or whether simply holding our peace is a better option. Two things are certain, however. One, if we remain quiet, we’ve got to be willing to […]

With The Same Respect

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Good morning, ladies and gentlemen! Happy Friday, and happy Valentine’s Day! People used to ask my dad what it was like to coach or teach his own kids. His response was always simple. I treat all of players [or students] like my sons, so I don’t have to treat my sons any differently.” Not everyone we […]

Staying Consistently Grateful

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Good morning ladies and gentlemen! “With all this talk about the right attitude and how it can be different depending on the situation, you’re probably wondering “How do I know what the right attitude is for my situation?” The fist step is to adopt the “universal” right attitudes that you feel can apply to almost […]

Leave It Behind You

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Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen! 1 Corinthians 13:11, “When I was a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put the ways of childhood behind me.” By nature, we are constantly changing and evolving. And as we mature into adulthood, the world asks us to leave […]