The PGC Blog

You know that moment in pickup when it’s 2-1 & no one cares about defense? Then, it’s tied up at game point & everyone turns into a floor-slapping defensive ninja warrior constantly yelling, “1 STOP.” Yeah, be that defender with game-point mentality — not just some of the time, — but ALL the time.

It was the championship game we had just lost. But, only one thing hurt more than losing. It was knowing I’d have to suffer through the car ride home — listening to the one person I didn’t want to hear from.

“The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly.”

Do you ever think you suck? I had one of those moments this week. Any time you put yourself down, see if you can catch yourself in the moment…

After watching Buddy Hield do his shooting routine in their training facility and his pre-game routine in the arena – here are my thoughts.

The road to success is not a straight line traveled by great thinkers who are careful not to make any mistakes. Instead, it is a jagged maze of wrong paths taken by persistent doers. 

Each year, hundreds of players and parents ask our team about the recruiting process, because they too, don’t know what approach to take. Well look no further.

I want to be real with something that happened recently. My reaction was less than ideal, as I blamed someone else for something that took place. Fortunately, I applied this principle and saved a potential disaster…