In my senior season of high school baseball, I spent a good amount of time down at University of Southern California learning from a very famous pitching coaching named Tom House.
While Tom had an average career as a baseball player, he became famous because he was the pitching coach for the most historic pitcher of all time, Nolan Ryan.
On a hot sunny day and after about 60-70 pitches in a bullpen, Tom looked at me and said words that I would never forget.
"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 are going to wake up feeling "average" most of the time, you truly get to decide whether you become a champion that day or stay with the rest of the pack.
You get the choice of either rising to the challenge or sinking back down into the depths. You get to make the decision to do the hard work and grind through it all or give up completely. But that decision is completely up to you and on you to make.
This decision to either become something or to hide away is usually done without an audience at all. It's just you and yourself sitting and waiting to decide to become something.
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.
While Tom had an average career as a baseball player, he became famous because he was the pitching coach for the most historic pitcher of all time, Nolan Ryan.
On a hot sunny day and after about 60-70 pitches in a bullpen, Tom looked at me and said words that I would never forget.
"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 are going to wake up feeling "average" most of the time, you truly get to decide whether you become a champion that day or stay with the rest of the pack.
You get the choice of either rising to the challenge or sinking back down into the depths. You get to make the decision to do the hard work and grind through it all or give up completely. But that decision is completely up to you and on you to make.
This decision to either become something or to hide away is usually done without an audience at all. It's just you and yourself sitting and waiting to decide to become something.
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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