Never Lose the Bruises From Your Greatest Loss
Use your bruises. I know it doesn’t feel like it, but ultimately, they are there to guide you. And most importantly, they come with a gift.
If You Lost This Past Weekend To a Quality Opponent, Be Thankful
Prior to this weekend you felt your season was near perfect and you were ready to submit it for a final grade.
There Is No Guarantee Of Success
There is a possibility, heck, maybe even a probability, that you will give everything you have and not get the reward you sought after. But that doesn’t mean you stop doing the right thing.
Be the First One Back to the Circle
Your mindset will always take you further than your body wants to go.
Earned Not Given
Wrestlers are known for their work ethic and their ability to earn their way.
You Win or You Learn
Expect, then inspect, then apply.
Do Your Everyday’s Every Day
Your life is a sculpture. Chip away, Every day. J.R. Rim Greatness begins when practice ends. It is not what you do during a scheduled practice which makes you great. It is what you do after one that does. Early in his career, an elite wrestler will realize […]
Goals Are Made in the Sunshine and Carried Out in the Rain
When you plow through adverse conditions – it is a differentiator.
Your Nights Must Be Friends With Your Days
It is much easier to stay disciplined than it is to get discipline back into your life again.
Walt Whitman Speech 2019
In 2018 the Walt Whitman High School wrestling team lost their coach Vin Altebrando to a rare auto-immune disease. He was 51. Here is a speech I gave at Walt Whitman HS this spring communicating that Wrestling is More Than a Sport It is a Lifestyle. A Lifestyle […]
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