8.31 Ryan Day: Focus on What You Can Control

“You have to focus on what you can control. There are so many things that are out of your control, there are so many things that are going to come at you, and what you have to do is you have to focus on that, focus on the relationships in the building, and what matters.” - Ryan Day How do you handle success? Before their first game of the season after winning the national championship the year before, Ohio State coach Ryan Day was asked how to sustain success and stay at the top of the mountain. Coach Day said, “The thing you have to do is you have to focus on what you can control.” He said, “There are so many things that are out of your control, there are so many things that are going to come at you, and what you have to do is you have to focus on that, focus on the relationships in the building, and what matters.” The key to either sustaining success or stopping losing streaks is focusing on the right things—how you show up, your attitude, your energy, and how hard you work an...