I don't know if you know anything about sports or basketball. Now, here's the cool thing about sports. It has nothing to do with you; it has everything to with your mentor. Ok, it does have some to do with you, it all depends on whether you're coachable! Well, I was pretty much frustrated that I wasn't making the 3 point baskets by myself that I realized that if I did not listen to my mentor, what was I going to do? Miss out on a scholarship opportunity is what would happen if I did not listen.
Fortunately, I was offered, and I took a basketball scholarship in the University of Cincinnati out of high school, a Division I basketball scholarship. There I am with my Davy Crockett haircut together with tight Speedos (felt like it!) playing in a game. I now was living the dream playing against a bunch of schools that wanted to recruit me Duke, DePaul, Virginia, Notre Dame, all because Mr. Mason taught me one thing, work right.
Does everyone catch this concept? Some of you are this close to your prize, but you're not working right. You could keep working as hard as you desire, but you're trying to run through the wall. You think you're working smart, and you've got a hammer, and you're trying to punch a hole in a wall. If you work the right way, and that's what we are going to talk about in this whole 4 days and you go out the doors, I bet you get out -- oh, by the way, I would like you to try this idea.
Next time you break and you go to the bathroom, do not use any of the doors. Go through the walls and see if it takes you longer to do it. Work as hard as you can to go through the wall, okay. No, do not do that because if you tear the wall down you got to pay for it, but you catch my drift on this concept. Does everybody catch this foundation here? Before we move on to any of this, you got to go in with the mindset of how do I do this the right way from the very beginning? Some of you are not doing it the right way right now, and we're going to have to adjust your sails, if you will, or you will keep sailing in the wrong direction. Got it?
By the way, my favorite one, Princeton University, Ivy League, wanted me. I will never forget when the coach of Princeton visited my high school because he wanted me to play there. He spoke with my coach, "Coach Marino, we would love James to go to Princeton. Do you think he could get 1200 on his SATs?" While I am standing right there, Coach Marino goes, "Sure, if he gets someone to take the test for him." "Thanks, coach. I am right here. I appreciate that coach. What a way to boost my self-esteem there," I said to myself!
Fortunately, I was offered, and I took a basketball scholarship in the University of Cincinnati out of high school, a Division I basketball scholarship. There I am with my Davy Crockett haircut together with tight Speedos (felt like it!) playing in a game. I now was living the dream playing against a bunch of schools that wanted to recruit me Duke, DePaul, Virginia, Notre Dame, all because Mr. Mason taught me one thing, work right.
Does everyone catch this concept? Some of you are this close to your prize, but you're not working right. You could keep working as hard as you desire, but you're trying to run through the wall. You think you're working smart, and you've got a hammer, and you're trying to punch a hole in a wall. If you work the right way, and that's what we are going to talk about in this whole 4 days and you go out the doors, I bet you get out -- oh, by the way, I would like you to try this idea.
Next time you break and you go to the bathroom, do not use any of the doors. Go through the walls and see if it takes you longer to do it. Work as hard as you can to go through the wall, okay. No, do not do that because if you tear the wall down you got to pay for it, but you catch my drift on this concept. Does everybody catch this foundation here? Before we move on to any of this, you got to go in with the mindset of how do I do this the right way from the very beginning? Some of you are not doing it the right way right now, and we're going to have to adjust your sails, if you will, or you will keep sailing in the wrong direction. Got it?
By the way, my favorite one, Princeton University, Ivy League, wanted me. I will never forget when the coach of Princeton visited my high school because he wanted me to play there. He spoke with my coach, "Coach Marino, we would love James to go to Princeton. Do you think he could get 1200 on his SATs?" While I am standing right there, Coach Marino goes, "Sure, if he gets someone to take the test for him." "Thanks, coach. I am right here. I appreciate that coach. What a way to boost my self-esteem there," I said to myself!
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