A Coach's Diary

“Do your job; be the best at whatever your job description is.” - Randy Moss Do you know what your job or role is? Whenever I start a new job, the first thing I do is study my job description and make sure I understand what’s expected of me. I also ask my leaders how success will be measured. That clarity helps me focus on what matters most because I want to be known as someone who is excellent at what I do. As a basketball player, I wanted to know what my coaches felt like the team needed from me, then I worked on my game to make sure that I did what was needed to the best of my ability. The better I was at my role, the more playing time and recognition I received, whether I was the star or leading scorer, or not. You don’t have to be the star to make a big impact. What matters is understanding your role, taking pride in it, and giving your best effort consistently. Your role may change, but your responsibility will always be to bring value in the way your team needs it most. Randy Mo...

I was listening to Mike and Mike on the radio, when they talked about former Ohio State quarterback, Terrell Pryor, and his transformation into one of college football's best quarterbacks into one of the NFL's rising stars at the wide receiver position. What really stood out to me was when they mentioned that Randy Moss has been mentoring Pryor, and the advice that Moss gave to Pryor about having tunnel vision throughout the process.  The quote is below: “Tunnel vision,” Pryor said. “Stay in tune, block out anything outside and keep that tunnel vision and go forward, no matter what happens. Sometimes games are gonna be bad, sometimes things are gonna happen that you don’t want and he said, ‘Just keep on going forward because it’s a long season and there’s a lot of plays to be made.’ He said, ‘Just make sure when the ball comes to you make the play, period.’ That’s the type of stuff we talk about all the time.” For me as a coach, it was great timing to reinforce ...