Megan Belo

Bobby Witt Jr. says after every game, win or lose, he writes down 3 things he’s grateful for and 3 positives from the day “That conversation happened kind of last year, so it took me a while to get to that conversation. I was always kind of nervous or scared to tell that to my parents, but it was just one of those things where it’s like, ‘All right, I understand all the negatives that happen in baseball. We’re losing a lot of games. I may not be playing well, and then I’m getting this from my parent or from my dad.’” “So it was like, ‘How can we figure these things out?’ That was a tough conversation with me and my dad because we’re so close. I know he’s trying to help me. He wants the best for me, and I want the best for myself, but there are ways where I just need that positivity because that drives you so much.” “You know, in this game, once you’re done playing, it’s over. You’ve got to make the most of each and every day. You’ve got to really make those positives keep adding up as much as you can. That’s something I do after every game. I write down my three gratitudes and three wins each and every day, whether we have a game or not.” “Hopefully the sun rises tomorrow and you have a new day, but you had a great day today, so just enjoy it. It was always something I wanted to get better at, the mental side of the game, mental performance. That’s huge in baseball because it’s a grind.” “I learned about keeping a daily performance journal. I do it before the game, before I put my uniform on, to start the day. Then right after the game, I finish up the journal and write down everything I need to write down.” “You’re always going to have bad days, but how can you take those three positives? Maybe the gratitude is that your family is good and healthy, the sun came out, or whatever it is, just the little things.”

Jon Gruden says he wakes up at 3:17am everyday to set the standard for everyone else, and believes if you have passion for something you will get up early and stay late to do it “I think you have to chase it. I think you have to learn how to get on a routine. Number one, you’ve got to have a plan every week. You’ve got to get on a comfortable routine. But to your point, if you have passion for doing something, you’re going to get up early. You’re going to go in early, you’re going to stay late, because you love to do it.” “And it’s crazy, but I also wanted to set a tempo. I wanted people to see that I was in there working. I didn’t want them to see the head coach or the offensive coordinator rolling in at 9:00.” “I think you have to set a tempo, a standard of hard work. Hard work and loyalty. Those are the only two things I think I can offer you, and I’ve got to show that I can do those two things at a high level.”

Dan Campbell says Sean Payton never let losing turn into doom and gloom because great teams diagnose the substance of a failure instead of reacting to the emotion surrounding it “Here’s the first thing I would say about Sean. Sean never got down. He never went gray or dark. He was always like, ‘Hey man, next day we’re ready to roll.’” “Everything was always positive and upbeat. It was simply, ‘Guys, this is why we didn’t do well. This is why we lost. This is why this play wasn’t successful.’” “It was never like doom and gloom and, ‘Oh my God, what are we going to do? Guys, we’re in trouble.’ It was always, ‘Hey man, let’s just look at it and face it for what it is. Let’s look at the substance in it.’” “That’s what I always call it. I tell our players, look at the substance in it. Let’s not go off the emotion of, ‘Oh no, now the fans or the media are saying what’s wrong.’ Block all that out. That doesn’t matter.” “You know what matters? Take away this penalty. Keep your hands inside when it’s third-and-six. We missed a sack. You got your hands on him. Wrap him up. Pull him down. You’re trying to do too much.” “If you just clean up about two or three plays, you win those games in the NFL. Keep the main thing the main thing and don’t let all this other stuff come into it.”