Parents poisoning team culture through their kids. Your whispers in the car become their words in the locker room. Choose wisely.

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The Best Teammates Never... 1. Quit 2. Blame 3. Complain 4. Bring Drama 5. Point Fingers 6. Show Up Late 7. Make Excuses 8. Make Poor Choices 9. Run From a Challenge 10. Bring Negative Energy 11. Badmouth Teammates Be a Great Teammate.

Most teams want the trophy. But what does the trophy cost? Brent Venables nailed it. 🔥 Respect the jersey. Respect the routine. Respect the process. Nobody wins alone.

Parenting isn’t a negotiation. Neither is coaching. Love them. Push them. Hold the standard. Kids don’t need easy adults. They need honest ones.

Mike Tyson on discipline: "The best way to receive discipline is to do what you hate to do, but do it like you love it. You do that, that's discipline."

Cardinals vs Braves 2012 NL Wild Card Game. Umps call infield fly rule on Simmons' popup

Great assistant coaches make 3 things stronger: The head coach. The players. The culture. The best staffs move in the same direction.

What sport humbles you more than baseball? You go 3-for-3 on Monday… then 0-for-3 with 3 punchouts the next day. That’s the game. The real question is: How do you handle failure? Do you quit when it gets hard? Or do you work harder than ever? That’s what separates people.

1 unselfish AB can win a game 1 high baseball IQ play can win a game 1 hustle play can win a game 1 great base running read can win a game ….And it could be early in the game! If you REALLY want to win, dominating the “minor” details leads to “major” W’s! #BaseballTruth

A phrase coaches should repeat 1000x: "Don't mistake good results for permission to abandon the process."

The #1 skill missing from today’s athlete is mental toughness. Refusing to hold oneself accountable to individual and team goals. Blaming others for circumstances. Not fighting through adversity. Pouting and poor body language. Physical skill can only take you so far. Get tough! #DoingDirtWork

3rd base coach: “Let’s go! Get a good pitch to hit!” 1st base coach: “Let the ball travel!” Dad: “Remember to keep your weight back!” Grandpa: “Get that runner over!” Little bro: “Hit a bomb!” Dugout: “Don’t lunge!” “Stay thru the baseball!” “Stay short to the ball!” “Watch for the 1st pitch curveball!” “Sit fastball!” Hitter thoughts: You gotta block out the noise, have extreme focus, control the pressure and anxiety, have your plan and compete. Just writing this gave me anxiety, imagine what that young ballplayer is going through in the moment the next time you want to start barking out instructions on how to hit! 🤐 #BaseballTruth

Talent is a gift. Excellence is a choice. God gave you the gift. The excellence is on you. Every day you decide what to do with what you were given. The question isn't whether you're talented. The question is whether you're choosing excellence with what you've been given.

Words Tim Wakefield wrote in his phone before he passed away a few years ago. Posted shortly by his wife. Powerful words we should all live by.

HS Baseball Players ⚾️ I’ve been around this game a long time, and something’s changed... We’re losing respect for the game. • Chirping after every pitch. • Celebrating routine plays like it’s Game 7 • Trying to embarrass opponents instead of beating them. That’s not toughness. That’s insecurity. 💯 Somewhere along the way, being loud became more important than being good. And the worst part? It’s being allowed. When I came up… • You showed up early. • You handled your business. • You played hard. • You shut your mouth. • If you had something to say… you said it with performance. • And if lines were ever crossed, the players took care of it. The truth: 👇 • Baseball is hard. • You’re going to fail. • You’re going to struggle. • The game doesn’t need more noise… • It needs more respect. • Nobody remembers who chirped. • They remember who showed up. • Who competed. • Who handled adversity. • Who left the game better than they found it. Want to separate yourself? Stop talking. Start working. Respect the game. 💯⚾️

The Sound of a Losing Culture. I hear it in the dugout during games. A player strikes out looking on a borderline pitch. He walks back to the bench tosses his bat and starts the script: "Blue has a flight to catch," or "The sun was right in my eyes." The coach nods just to stop the noise. The teammates shrug because they do it too. But the standard of the program just dropped another inch. You think you’re just "venting." Everyone else sees a player who is too soft to own his failure. The 3 Lefts Mental Audit: • The Excuse Subsidy: Every time you blame the umpire, the sun, or the mound you are paying a tax on your own development. If it’s someone else’s fault you don't have to fix anything. And if you don't fix anything you stay exactly where you are Average. • The "Main Character" Delusion: The sun is hitting the pitcher’s eyes too. The umpire is missing calls for both sides. The game isn't out to get you it just doesn't care about you. Stop acting like the world is conspiring against your batting average. • The Respect Gap: You want your teammates to trust you in the 7th inning. Then stop acting like a victim in the 2nd. Real leaders don't look for someone to blame they look for a way to adjust. The game doesn't reward the player with the best reason It rewards the player who makes the most adjustments. If you want to be treated like an elite ballplayer, start acting like one when things go wrong. High-level players don't have bad luck they have short memories and a plan for the next pitch. Average players want the world to be fair. Ballplayers realize the dirt is dirty and they keep digging anyway. Stop auditioning for the victim role. Nobody is buying tickets to that show. #3LeftsBaseball #BaseballIQ

Best players spend their energy on these 5 controllables: 1. Attitude 2. Effort 3. Body Language 4. Self-Talk 5. Communication.

The majority of high school baseball coaches aren’t in it for the paycheck. The hours don’t match. The stress doesn’t match. The pay doesn’t match. They do it for the love of the game, most people don’t realize that.

Athletes: Take 1 minute to really listen. It can change everything for you! Change your “what if?” To “even if”