EP 14- A Once in a Lifetime Flight-How to Deal with Losses

I’m going to be honest with you. Losing games freaking sucks. When I was younger, I would give everyone the silent treatment (except my dog),  shut my room and tell my parents to leave me alone, unless dinner was ready, of course. But as I’ve gotten older, I have lost more and more games, and I want to tell you something. Losing, actually, believe it or not….doesn’t get any better. It still SUCKS. In the heat of the moment, it feels like you’ve gotten your soul ripped out. When you fully invest your time and heart into something, and circumstances don’t turn out how you’d like, naturally it’s feels crappy.

But, a couple years ago, my team and I boarded a plane filled with World War II veterans and my my perspective of losing has changed.

Whenever I’m feeling down, from a sports loss or anything in life, I like to think back to that moment. All it takes to snap myself out of my funk to think of all of the people who have sacrificed their life for my teammates and myself to be able to live out our dreams.

There is always someone who has it worse than you. And there’s people in this world who no doubt would kill to be in your exact place now.  Even when we lose, we always have something to be grateful for. Full written article with video footage HERE. 

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Do Not Cross Damian Lillard

Damian Lillard went absolutely mental in the Blazer’s last game against the Oklahoma City Thunder. He scored  17 points in the final three minutes , leading  his team to a 115-110 come-from-behind victory. Lillard has come up clutch so many times that when the game is on the line,  Portland now points to their wrist and calls the closing minutes “Lillard time”  How does he consistently come up big? Through training with a  “yellow tape mentality.”  This is one of my favorite articles on the importance of always training with a relentless, confident game-like mentality.

Do Not Cross Damian Lillard

Whatever It Takes-Andrew Hawkins

August 12, 2015

Cleveland Browns wide receiver, Andrew Hawkins is the definition of relentless. Coming out of college as a “nobody”, he had a burning desire to make the NFl. Despite the odds, He made the decision to go after his dreams. He created a pseudo email account,  posed as an Toledo assistant coach, he attached clay to his heels and put weight in his pockets during Pro Day weigh-in,  he stocked Dallas Cowboy’s owner, GM, and President, Jerry Jones,  he entered a reality TV contest, he played in the CFL, he got cut from multiple teams. He did all of this and still had yet to make an NFL team.

Four years later, all of his efforts paid off and is now the leading wide receiver for the Cleveland Browns.

When you have a burning desire and the determination to do whatever it takes to reach your goals, anything can happen.

Andrew Hawkin’s two part story from The Players Tribune:

Part 1: Coming Up Short

Part 2: Whatever It Takes

Relentless - excerpt, from Michael Jordan's trainer

Tim Grover was the personal trainer of Michael Jordan, and currently boasts clients such as Kobe Bryant, Dwyane Wade, and other NBA greats. In his book, Relentless he outlines what made these players great. It wasn’t their talent, but an insane desire and willingness to do whatever it takes to be the best. There’s numerous excerpts that got me feeling giddy inside. Here’s two:

You cannot understand what it means to be relentless unless you have struggled to possess something that’s just out of your reach. Over and over, as soon as you touch it, it moves farther away. But something inside you-that killer instinct-makes you keep going,reaching, until you finally grab it and fight with all your might to keep holding on. Anyone can take what’s sitting right in front of him. Only when you’re truly relentless can you understand the determination to keep pursuing a target that never stops moving.

No question those who are gifted get to the top faster than anyone else. So what? Is that your excuse for not reaching as high? The challenge is staying there, and most people don’t have the balls to put in the work. If you want to be elite, you have to earn it. Every day, everything you do do. Earn it. Prove it. Sacrifice