How have I made it to age 45 without ever watching this video?

Published: Fri, 11/16/18

How did I never watch this talk by Jim Valvano before?

I've heard tons of the quotes from it before, but watching the whole thing through is powerful.

It's the best 45 minutes I have spent in months. I laughed, I cried, I took notes, and I am pumped having listened to it.

Please watch it. If you feel you must skip to 'the meat', it starts at about minute 35, but I strongly encourage you to listen to the whole thing.

Here were a few quotes/highlights from it:

'The Lord must have loved ordinary people because He made so many of us. Every single day, in every walk of life, ordinary people do extraordinary things.'

'My father gave me the most powerful gift in the world, he believed in me.'

You + Motivation = Success

'How do you motivate 18 year-old kids? I don't motivate anybody, except one person, that's me.'

3 keys to be successful:

1 – Enthusiasm

2 – Dream

3 - Hard work

Watch the video

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‘I have been coaching for years in hockey and fastball, I have had good results but not great. I also had decent relationships with my athletes but again not great. Last winter I found your podcast and after listening to a lot of episodes especially those around creating a winning culture I made some changes to the way I coach. In the past I was never overly negative but I didn’t focus on being positive. I spent time talking to my athletes but I didn’t make it a point to really know them.
After making these changes last season not only did I see a huge change in the passion these young athletes have for the game, we were also closer as a team, I developed great relationships with my athletes, and in the end we won our provincial championship and then went on to win a National Championship.'

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Craig Haworth is the founder of Winning Youth Coaching, a site dedicated to helping coaches and parents make youth sports an awesome experience for the youth and the parents. He interviews coaches from around the world and posts them on his podcast, which currently has over 150 interviews and has been downloaded over 300,000 times. He writes a weekly note to coaches and parents. He is married to his high-school sweetheart and they share the blessing of 3 children and live in Franklin, TN. You can sign-up for his weekly note here, find him on twitter at @craighaworth1, or visit his website winningyouthcoaching.com.

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