In my last season of baseball, I spent a great deal of summer days down at USC learning from a famous pitching coaching named Tom House.
What made Tom House definitely wasn't his baseball career as a MLB pitcher, but rather the fact that he was the pitching coach of the most famous pitcher of all time. Nolan Ryan.
On a very hot day while throwing a bullpen together, Tom imparted some brilliant advice onto me.
"Evan. 10% of the time you are going to be amazing, 10% of the time you are going to suck worse than imaginable, and 80% of the time you are going to be just average. Champions are made in that 80%."
Isn't that amazing? Isn't it amazing that about 80% of your days you are going to feel completely average. Nothing special about the day. No incredible feeling in your body. Just the feeling of being average.
For most people, that's pretty discouraging. However, when you really think about it, there's a whole lot more to it.
If you wake up feeling average 80% of the days you go into this life, you get to make the decision to become something great or to fall down and be average or even worse.
You can become something great or choose to hide in the shadows. The choice is completely yours and no one else can make it for you.
Even though those decisions don't have an audience, they are the foundations to your integrity as a human being. They may seem like small choices, but eventually they add up and make a huge impact on your life.
Most of the time your greatest decisions will be made in the dark. No one will be watching you. No one will be there to keep an eye on you. It's just you and your own internal voice deciding your fate.
And that's the game of life.
You are the one who knows how much effort you are giving.
You know how much you put into something and what it really takes to get to where you want to go. If you know that, and you are willing to dedicate the time and make sacrifices, you can do anything with those 80% days and take advantage of what this life has to offer.
So if you want to make it to the end of your life knowing that you gave it your all, then you have to truly go for it.
If you don't, you will live in regret.
So decide that you are going to make the most of those 80% days and become a champion. Have the best year of your life.
What made Tom House definitely wasn't his baseball career as a MLB pitcher, but rather the fact that he was the pitching coach of the most famous pitcher of all time. Nolan Ryan.
On a very hot day while throwing a bullpen together, Tom imparted some brilliant advice onto me.
"Evan. 10% of the time you are going to be amazing, 10% of the time you are going to suck worse than imaginable, and 80% of the time you are going to be just average. Champions are made in that 80%."
Isn't that amazing? Isn't it amazing that about 80% of your days you are going to feel completely average. Nothing special about the day. No incredible feeling in your body. Just the feeling of being average.
For most people, that's pretty discouraging. However, when you really think about it, there's a whole lot more to it.
If you wake up feeling average 80% of the days you go into this life, you get to make the decision to become something great or to fall down and be average or even worse.
You can become something great or choose to hide in the shadows. The choice is completely yours and no one else can make it for you.
Even though those decisions don't have an audience, they are the foundations to your integrity as a human being. They may seem like small choices, but eventually they add up and make a huge impact on your life.
Most of the time your greatest decisions will be made in the dark. No one will be watching you. No one will be there to keep an eye on you. It's just you and your own internal voice deciding your fate.
And that's the game of life.
You are the one who knows how much effort you are giving.
You know how much you put into something and what it really takes to get to where you want to go. If you know that, and you are willing to dedicate the time and make sacrifices, you can do anything with those 80% days and take advantage of what this life has to offer.
So if you want to make it to the end of your life knowing that you gave it your all, then you have to truly go for it.
If you don't, you will live in regret.
So decide that you are going to make the most of those 80% days and become a champion. Have the best year of your life.
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