Table of Contents
Contents
SECTION 1 PHILOSOPHY
Chapter 1 The Wall of Fame
Chapter 2 Little Bitty Details Determine Your Entire Career
Chapter 3 Be a Copy Cat
Chapter 4 A One Percent Improvement Every Day Adds Up
Chapter 5 Pain: A Reason for Writing this Book
Chapter 6 Life is a Competition
Chapter 7 Biscuits, Fleas, and Pump Handles
Chapter 8 Do What You Say You're Going To Do
Chapter 9 No Regrets
Chapter 10 Just Win the Damn Ballgame!
Chapter 11 Red Shirt Your Freshman Year
Chapter 12 On Your Worst Day You Must Still Be Very Good
Chapter 13 Keep Things In the Proper Perspective
Chapter 14 Setting Goals My Way
SECTION 2 ORGANIZATION AND PREPARATION
Chapter 15 Write it Down
Chapter 16 Getting Organized
Chapter 17 Your Mission Statement
Chapter 18 Be On Time
Chapter 19 If You're Late, Walk in Like You Own the Place
Chapter 20 You Need a Fitness Diary
Chapter 21 Eating Right
Chapter 22 Getting Enough Sleep and Spending the Night with a Friend
Chapter 23 Twenty Minutes in the Morning
Chapter 24 You Must Watch The Game To Become A Student Of The Game
Chapter 25 Start Weight Training In The Eighth Grade
Chapter 26 No Deposit, No Return
Chapter 27 First In and Last Out
Chapter 28 Outwork Them
SECTION 3 PRACTICE
Chapter 29 When Practicing, Always Visualize the Defender In Front of You
Chapter 30 Be a Complete Player, Not a One Dimensional Player
Chapter 31 Going To Practice Is Not Enough
Chapter 32 Play the Best (Players) In Practice
Chapter 33 One on One…It's where the Game is Played
Chapter 34 Get Started
Chapter 35 Don't Make the Same Mistake Twice
Chapter 36 Be a Blue-Collar Worker
Chapter 37 The45-Minute Warm Up Should be an Extra Practice
Chapter 38 Be the Fittest
Chapter 39 Who Was the Best Player Today
SECTION 4 ATTITUDE
Chapter 40 Sweat the Small Stuff
Chapter 41 Sweat the Big Stuff
Chapter 42 Moderation in All Things Makes You Mediocre
Chapter 43 The Crying Game
Chapter 44 No Discipline, No Success
Chapter 45 Passion
Chapter 46 Obsessive Discipline
Chapter 47 John Havlicek, Boston Celtics
Chapter 48 Second Chances
Chapter 49 Swing for the Fences
Chapter 50 Focus
Chapter 51 Corner Cutters
Chapter 52 Don't Be Afraid to Fail
SECTION 5 MOTIVATIONAL POEMS AND STORIES
SECTION 6 NEGATIVE WIZARDS
Chapter 53 Negative Wizards
Chapter 54 The Champion Killers
Chapter 55 Don't Hang Around Naysayers – Warriors Need Warriors
Chapter 56 May God Bless You with Foolishness So You Can Make a Difference
Chapter 57 We Won Without Them
SECTION 7 PRE-GAME
Chapter 58 Pre-Game Preparation
Chapter 59 Visualization
Chapter 60 Take Enough Practice Before the Game That on Your First Shot or Swing You're Ready to Play
Chapter 61 Quiet Time Before Games
SECTION 8 GAME TIME
Chapter 62 Playing Against the Weak Opponent
Chapter 63 Are You More Concerned about Somebody's Feelings than about Winning the Game?
Chapter 64 Playing Hard
Chapter 65 Play the Best; You'll Rise to the Competition Level
Chapter 66 Shaking Hands
Chapter 67 Puke or Place
Chapter 68 Five Situations that Will Determine Whether You Win or Lose In the Close Game
Chapter 69 Are You Hungry ?
Chapter 70 Time, Score, Momentum
Chapter 71 Anyone, Anyplace, Anytime
Chapter 72 Feeling Loose - In the Zone
Chapter 73 Finish Your Masterpiece
Chapter 74 Know the Playbook
SECTION 9 LEADERSHIP - PARENTING
Chapter 75 Be a Leader on the Court
Chapter 76 Making Others around You Better
Chapter 77 Help Your Team Win Any Way You Can
Chapter 78 Why We Wear #3 and #1
Chapter 79 As the Kids Get Older Solicit Someone Other Than a Parent to Help
Chapter 80 Get In a Good Program
Chapter 81 Your Parents Know You Best
Chapter 82 Listen to the Wise Old Man
SECTION 10 COACHING AND MENTORING
Chapter 83 People Will Say, “Let Them Learn From Their Own Mistakes”
Chapter 84 A Father's Job
Chapter 85 You Are Your Most Important Coach
Chapter 86 Know Yourself; Trust Yourself
Chapter 87 Four Years
Chapter 88 Stay Out of Trouble
Chapter 89 A Prophet is Not Known in his Own Town
Chapter 90 Jealousy Has Killed More Championships than any Other Disease
Chapter 91 Familiarity Breeds Contempt
Chapter 92 Reward Excellence or Excellence is Lost
Chapter 93 Becoming Great – Overcoming the “Wait Your Turn” Attitude
SECTION 11 DEALING WITH YOUR COACH AND TEAMMATES
Chapter 94 The Coach is the Most Valuable Player
Chapter 95 You Are Interviewing For Your Next Job Every Day
Chapter 96 You're On the Bench…How to Get Off of It
Chapter 97 Leave No Doubt in the Coach's Mind
Chapter 98 Poor Coaches Want the Credit, Good Coaches Want to Win and Get Everybody Involved
Chapter 99 It's Time to Meet with Your Coach or Boss
Chapter 100 Be Appreciative and Say “Thank You”
Chapter 101 Show Your Coaches Confidence When You Fail
Chapter 102 Leaders Develop Relationships Before they Reprimand
Chapter 103 Don't Talk About Your Teammates or Your Coach Behind Their Backs
Chapter 104 Starting Seniors and Senior Phase Out
Chapter 105 Rarely Can a Parent Change a Coach's Mind, But a Player Can
Chapter 106 Ladder 49
Chapter 107 Be a Great Teammate
Chapter 108 Don't Let Your Parents Call the Coach
SECTION 12 BE A WARRIOR
Chapter 109 What is a Warrior and Why I Love Them
Chapter 110 My First Warrior
Chapter 111 The Cantigator
Chapter 112 Life is an Hourglass
Chapter 113 There Are Two Kinds of People
Chapter 114 Competitive Warfare
EPILOGUE
