Mental Toughness

"We wanted to make sure that we came and mentally we were four times stronger than we were physically. That was our message to our players."

Mark Dantonio, Michigan State University Football Coach

Mental toughness is a term I learned from sports, one of many good life lessons from sports.

Act for yourself.

Risk! Risk anything! Care no more for the opinion of others, for those voices. Do the hardest thing on earth for you. Act for yourself. Face the truth.  Journals

Katherine Mansfield
(1888-1932)
English writer, critic.

he just did it

 "I think that was one of the things that I developed just by being in the Beatles was being bold. And I think John had a lot to do with that, you know, because John Lennon, you know, if he felt something strongly, he just did it. And you know, I picked up a lot of that by being a friend of John's, just that attitude of "well, just go for it, just do it."  George Harrison

http://lifeofthebeatles.blogspot.co.il/2006/06/george-harrison-on-vh1-yin-yang-with.html

Instant Karma

Instant Karma's gonna get you
Gonna knock you right on the head

Why in the world are we here
Surely not to live in pain and fear

JOHN LENNON

"James"

James...we were always friends,
From our childhood days
And we made our plans,
And we had to go our seperate ways.
I went on the road
You pursued an education.

James...do you like your life,
Can you find release,
And will you ever change
Will you ever write your masterpiece.
Are you still in school
Living up to expectations...James...

You were so relied upon, everybody knows how hard you tried-
Hey...just look at what a job you've done,
Carrying the weight of family pride.
James...you've been well behaved,
You've been working so hard
But will you always stay
Someone else's dream of who you are.
Do what's good for you, or you're not good for anybody...James.

I went on the road
You pursued an education...James...
How you gonna know for sure-everything was so well organized.
Hey...now everything is so secure,
and everybody else is satisfied.

James...do you like your life,
Can you find release
And will you ever change,
When will you write your masterpiece.
Do what's good for you, or you're not good for anybody...James...

Billy Joel

blo·vi·ate

blo·vi·ate

ˈblōvēˌāt/

verb

USinformal

gerund or present participle: bloviating

1. talk at length, especially in an inflated or empty way.