Tag: When Everyone is Watching

What Greatness is NOT: Maryland at Mid-field

Written on November 7, 2014.

Over the last five years, I have written over one-hundred and fifty blogs and newsletters about Greatness—the imperceptible things that make the best athletes and leaders dramatically different from their peers. This past weekend, I saw what it wasn’t. One of the most “sacred” events in collegiate and professional football is the exchange of handshakes of team captains after the coin toss. It is tradition to show a...

Derek Jeter: A Legacy of Greatness

Written on September 25, 2014.

As New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter completes his last home game this week, the void that he’ll leave behind will be impossible to fill. Jeter has embodied Greatness in his poise, leadership and hard work throughout twenty seasons in Major League Baseball, and after his final game, professional sports will have lost an icon. Jeter’s sendoff is bittersweet. With the sporting world currently saturated with one...

How to Breathe Life into Your Team—My Story Used from the Wall Street Journal

Written on September 12, 2014.

Editor’s Note: I thought I’d share with you a story that ran in today’s Wall Street Journal that I had a chance to experience. How do you get some of the world’s wealthiest athletes to perform—in peak form—during their summer vacation? This is USA Basketball’s eternal quandary. It is a challenge that only got tougher last month, when Paul George gruesomely broke his right leg during a Team USA scrimmage.

The Value of Someone Watching You

Written on April 30, 2014.

Right now if a future employer were watching you, what would they see? Okay, okay… I know they’d see you reading this blog! But really—what would they see in you? Passion, energy, excitement, or slouching, low energy, and complaining? Recently, I had the Great opportunity to speak with McGriff Tire Company, Inc., one of the most successful commercial tire companies in the southeast.

Your Daily Dose of Greatness

Written on March 22, 2014.

“One isn’t necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can’t be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.” – Maya Angelou

Your Daily Dose of Greatness

Written on March 20, 2014.

“If you could only sense how important you are to the lives of those you meet; how important you can be to the people you may never even dream of. There is something of yourself that you leave at every meeting with another person.” – Fred Rogers

Your Daily Dose of Greatness

Written on March 13, 2014.

“Everybody can be great…because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.

Your Daily Dose of Greatness

Written on March 12, 2014.

“Don’t ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” – Howard Thurman

Your Daily Dose of Greatness

Written on March 11, 2014.

“A champion is someone who gets up when they can’t.” – Jack Dempsey