Create the Right Habits and Compete in Practice | Deon Sanders

In the video below, NFL legend Deon Sanders talks about the importance of competing in practice and the importance of creating and living by the right habits.

To become the best that you can be, you have to compete everyday in practice.  You have to push yourself and your teammates.  You will win some battles, and you will lose some battles, but if you just keep competing, you will keep improving.

When you compete every practice, you are creating the right habits.  We are what we do, so our habits will dictate our success.  When you live by the right habits, you have a chance to be special.

It's about how you practice and your habits.  Don't cut any deals with your teammates - go at eachother.  This is how you make eachother better.  Every practice is a game.  It's the chance to compete.

Iron sharpens iron.

Whatever you do, just do it consistently.

Create habits.  Practice at a certain time to create habits.  Your coach asks and demands certain things so that you can build habits.  Do things in the weight room so that you can form habits so that when the time to perform comes, you will be ready.  Try to create habits in yourself and in the people who follow you.  When you get the right habits, then you have something special.

Don't need anybody to get you up and tell you to work out.  Be self-motivated, create the right habits, and stick to them.  Go hard everyday so that you have the right habits and so that you are ready for the game.  The game is an opportunity for everybody to see you practice.  If somebody comes by your practice, they should see you COMPETING.  They should never see you just slacking off, or taking it easy.  You might get beat by someone in practice, but they should see you battling to get them back.

Create the right habits and live by them.