"Reach for the Summit" Notes Part III

 

• Make Winning an Attitude.
• Combine practice with belief.
• Attitude is a choice. Maintain a positive outlook.
• No one ever got anywhere by being negative.
• Confidence is what happens when you've done the hard work that entitles you to succeed.
• Competition isn't social. It separates achievers from the average.
• You can't always be the most talented person in the room. But you can be the most competitive.
  There is nothing wrong with having competitive instincts. They are survival instincts.
• It's what you learn after you know it all that counts the most.
• Change equals self improvement. Push yourself to places you haven't been before.
• Handle Success Like You Handle Failure. You can't always control what happens, but you can control how you handle it.
• Sometimes you learn more from losing than winning. Losing forces you to reexamine.
• It's harder to stay on top than it is to make the climb, Continue to seek new goals.

"Reach for the Summit" Notes Part II

• Self discipline helps you believe in yourself.
• Group discipline produces a unified effort toward a common goal.
• Discipline helps you finish a job, and finishing is what separates excellent work from average work.
• Do the things that aren't fun first, and do them well.
• See yourself as self employed.
• Put the Team Before Yourself.
• When you understand yourself and those around you, you are better able to minimize weaknesses and maximize strengths. Personality profiles help.
• Success is about having the right person, in the right place, at the right time.
• Know your strengths, weaknesses, and needs.
• Be flexible.
• Teamwork doesn't come naturally. It must be taught.
• Teamwork allows common people to obtain uncommon results.
• Not everyone is born to lead. Role players are critical to group success.
• In group success there is individual success.

Quote of the Day:

"The best part of basketball, for those people on the inside, is the bus going to the airport after you've won a game on an opponent's floor. It's been a very tough battle. And preferably, in the playoffs. And that feeling that you have, together as a group, having gone to an opponent's floor and won a very good victory, is as about as high as you can get." -Phil Jackson

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"Reach for the Summit" Notes Part I

• There is no such thing as self respect without respect for others.
• Individual success is a myth. No one succeeds all by herself.
• People who do not respect those around them will not make good team members and probably lack self esteem themselves.
• Being responsible sometimes means making tough, unpopular decisions.
• Admit to and make yourself accountable for mistakes. How can you improve if you're never wrong?
• Loyalty is not unilateral. You have to give it to receive it.
• Surround yourself with people who are better than you are. Seek out quality people, acknowledge their talents, and let them do their jobs. You win with people.
• Value those colleagues who tell you the truth, not just what you want to hear.
• Communication eliminates mistakes.
• We communicate all the time, even when we don't realize it. Be aware of body language.
• To make sure that they are getting her message, Coach Summitt has asked her players to respond to a correction in practice by saying "rebound," and to being praised by saying "Two points."
• Make good eye contact.
• Silence is a form of communication, too. Sometimes less is more.
• Discipline yourself, so no one else has to.

Quote of the Day:

"Teamwork: Simply stated, it is less me and more we." -Unknown

Quote of the Day:

“There's 22 practice days between today and our first game. You would like to lay the foundation, like you would with a house, and the success of your team depends on what you build those 22 practice days." -Geno Auriemma