A Coach's Diary

"Just keep stacking days. As long as you keep stacking days, I promise you will see the change.” - Chris Paul Do you want to know how to get better or find success? Stack days. Consistency is either the thing that pushes athletes past walls, obstacles, or barriers, or the thing that keeps them stuck. Despite not being very tall at all, Chris Paul is one of the best point guards to ever play basketball. He once said, “Just keep stacking days. As long as you keep stacking days, I promise you will see the change.” I see too many athletes — too many people — quit too soon because things don’t go their way immediately. I’ve also seen athletes who were the worst on the team become the best because they consistently worked on their games. Like Paul said, they kept stacking days and change came. He also said one of his coaches told him, “Everything you want is on the other side of hard,” and, “Reps remove doubt.” Getting better and having confidence is simple: Find somethi...

On The No Chill podcast with Gilbert Arenas, Chris Paul said that when he first arrived to play with the Houston Rockets, one of the coaches told him,  "One of the things that you are going to have to work on is being able to deal with somebody that doesn't care as much as you care." Chris Paul says that he loves the game and studies the game, so it is hard for him to play with people who don't care about winning and who won't put in the work that it takes to be a winner. Gilbert Arenas said, "Everybody wants to be a winner, but they don't want to deal with what it takes to be a winner. Everybody talks about Mamba Mentality, but they don't like it when it's in your face. Mamba Mentality is ruthless." If you want to have Mamba Mentality, you have to come early, stay late, watch film, and compete. Gilbert also said that a lot of people don't like playing with winners because winners hold you accountable. They will tell you what they like an...