10 Questions Recruits Should Ask College Coaches
“Sometimes daring to ask the question changes the whole story.” – Mad Hatter, Alice in Wonderland One of the biggest mistakes recruits make during the recruiting process is believing their job is…
Organize Your Week
Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe. -Abraham Lincoln There’s a reason we hear so many leaders talk…
Stay in the Fight
"Patience is not passive, on the contrary, it is concentrated strength" -Bruce Lee Not that long ago—five years at most—the recruiting roadmap I shared with families looked very different. The…
Growth Isn’t Solo
"The delicate balance of mentoring someone is not creating them in your own image, but giving them the opportunity to create themselves." -Steven Spielberg It’s been a full month on…
Don’t Let Sports Become Their Entire Identity
The ego is only an illusion, but a very influential one. Letting the ego-illusion become your identity can prevent you from knowing your true self. Ego, the false idea of…
Why Your Character Matters
Character is one of the most misunderstood parts of the recruiting process. If I asked 100 recruits to define what “good character” means to a college coach, I would probably…
Just Be There
What we are teaches the child far more than what we say, so we must be what we want our children to become. --Joseph Chilton Pearce I imagine I’m like…
The Madness of March
“Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self-control to be understanding and forgiving.”– Dale Carnegie My wife and kids are not real basketball fans. I…
Turning Your Intentions Into Reality
“We do what we have to do in order to do what we want to do.” ― James Farmer Jr [Denzel Washington] from The Great Debaters Give me one thing that…
