My Dad. A tribute to my father.
My dad passed away on June 20, 2023. The following is what I spoke about him at his funeral. He will be forever loved and missed until we...
A Confidence Journey
“We were all rooting for you, but none of us thought you were actually going to make it.” That’s a quote from my wife about how people...
Faith, Redemption, and The Florida Gators.
It’s not the critic that counts...Presenting to a powerhouse college football program had been a goal of mine for years. It was something...
A Life Worth Dying For.
A colleague once asked me, “how did you manage the fear of death?” The answer is fairly simple. Life has pain and ends with death. The...
A Relentless Standard.
I once saw a guy being interviewed asked the question: "What is it that makes you guys so good? Smiling, he replied, “It’s not that...
Why Our Top Performers Fail.
Of the 135 men that started, we had dwindled to just under 40. At the current moment, it was hard to tell exactly how many people were...
How Focusing on Each Other increases Individual Performance.
Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional. One of the first things I remember hearing during training. The circle plank teaches players...
The Night We Cheated Death with Mental Toughness and Great Teammates
An undisclosed distance out to sea, a thunderstorm is brewing with sheet lightening starting to streak through the clouds. Peering...
The Process of Failure Analyzation
Failure. Otherwise known as the hardest piece of adversity. Most of us have been told “it’s a part of the process.” Great!…but what...
Commitment
Commitment. We've heard the word since Little League. We put the word on the backs of t-shirts and locker room signs, but how much have...
