Tom Herman - Blueprint to Winning

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To succeed you must compete. For us, every second of every day is a competition. There are three main components that you must compete against. The first one is the easiest to get motivated to do. That is personal competition against another player. The other two are really hard. The second one is to compete against your own best self. We talk about that all the time. They must compete against themselves every day. When I lay my head on the pillow each night, I will have accomplished three things during that day. I will be a better husband, better father, and better head football coach. If I am not better during those 16 hours I was up because of some decision I made, or some action I took during the day, than why did I bother getting up.

The last component is that demon inside of you; your conscience. That little voice inside of you that tells you it is alright to hit snooze on the alarm or turn your paper in late. It is the voice that tells you it is okay to do nine reps on the bench press instead of ten. We are fallen creatures. That is human nature. It is easier to take the easy way or the convenient way. It is human nature to do what is painless and self-serving. We have to turn that around and teach our players to do what is painful, hard, and not self-serving.

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