Important People

This little journey of my writings started as a way for me to share things I am thinking, see, talk about, and just want to get off my chest. I spend a large amount of my time speaking with my athletes about their future, their current issues, and occasionally about their past. It is a rewarding experience that I am honored to be a part of on a nearly daily basis. Working with a player through things they feel are important is one of the awesome parts of my job. Those are the times I get to recall things that I have been through that allow me to relate or empathize with them.

All of this has made me think about many personal memories and people who have helped shape the thoughts and ideas that I now share. The whole point of this is that over the next chapters of the Beyond the Curve blog I will be talking about those people. I have kept so much inside that, at times, it may come off as very personal. Please make no mistake, it is very personal. I wear my emotions on my sleeve but I also internalize a lot of what I feel. I have always expressed my feelings better on paper than verbally. I will do my best not to bore anybody but I will also not apologize for what I am going to write. As I said at the first post, this is for me and my stream of consciousness. My mind is filling up with so much new information I need to get these thoughts and emotions off my chest and I don’t know of any other way. There will be some mundane things but there will also be some interesting and maybe even some comedy thrown in for good measure. The one thing that I will guarantee is that you will know what these people mean to me and have a good understanding of how they have assisted in shaping who I am today.

I am sure I will miss some people, but as time passes they may float back out and eventually reach my fingertips that type this stuff out. The funny thing is that I may have some squirrel moments and throw in a random talk topic then get back to the people the next time. As disciplined as I am about certain things my mind is an enigma wrapped in a riddle. I stole that from somewhere but it fits.

Some random wrap up stuff for tonight is as follows: If you like podcasts do yourself a favor and listen to the Lance Armstrong Forward podcast. The episode with Mack Brown is awesome. Yes, Lance Armstrong has a podcast and it is very good. Second, if you are a coach definitely add They Call Me Coach by John Wooden. This is my third book of the year with the other two being Rich Dad Poor Dad and How to Win Friends and Influence People. Good night and I look forward to share the outstanding people who have meant so much to me.