In my senior season of high school baseball, I spent a good amount of time down at University of Southern California learning from a very famous pitching coaching named Tom House.
While Tom had an average career as a baseball player, he became famous because he was the pitching coach for the most historic pitcher of all time, Nolan Ryan.
On a hot sunny day and after about 60-70 pitches in a bullpen, Tom looked at me and said words that I would never forget.
"Evan. 10% of the time you are going to be amazing, 10% of the time you are going to suck worse than imaginable, and 80% of the time you are going to be just average. Champions are made in that 80%."
Isn't that amazing? Isn't it amazing that about 80% of your days you are going to feel completely average. Nothing special about the day. No incredible feeling in your body. Just the feeling of being average.
For some, that may seem like an unfortunate realization to come by. But there's a secret to all of this.
If you are going to wake up feeling "average" most of the time, you truly get to decide whether you become a champion that day or stay with the rest of the pack.
You can either become something or stay with everyone else.
Even though those decisions don't have an audience, they are the foundations to your integrity as a human being. They may seem like small choices, but eventually they add up and make a huge impact on your life.
Most days no one will ever see you put the time and effort in to become a champion.
And that's the game of life.
You are the sum result of the decisions you have made in the past. Don't like how things are now? Make different choices.
You know how much you put into something and what it really takes to get to where you want to go. If you know that, and you are willing to dedicate the time and make sacrifices, you can do anything with those 80% days and take advantage of what this life has to offer.
So if you want to get to the end of your life knowing that you gave it your all and that you actually lived your own life, then you have to make the choices that are necessary to do that. You have to live into your dreams.
Because if you don't, you will live in endless regret.
Make the decision that you're going to be a champion of those 80% days.
While Tom had an average career as a baseball player, he became famous because he was the pitching coach for the most historic pitcher of all time, Nolan Ryan.
On a hot sunny day and after about 60-70 pitches in a bullpen, Tom looked at me and said words that I would never forget.
"Evan. 10% of the time you are going to be amazing, 10% of the time you are going to suck worse than imaginable, and 80% of the time you are going to be just average. Champions are made in that 80%."
Isn't that amazing? Isn't it amazing that about 80% of your days you are going to feel completely average. Nothing special about the day. No incredible feeling in your body. Just the feeling of being average.
For some, that may seem like an unfortunate realization to come by. But there's a secret to all of this.
If you are going to wake up feeling "average" most of the time, you truly get to decide whether you become a champion that day or stay with the rest of the pack.
You can either become something or stay with everyone else.
Even though those decisions don't have an audience, they are the foundations to your integrity as a human being. They may seem like small choices, but eventually they add up and make a huge impact on your life.
Most days no one will ever see you put the time and effort in to become a champion.
And that's the game of life.
You are the sum result of the decisions you have made in the past. Don't like how things are now? Make different choices.
You know how much you put into something and what it really takes to get to where you want to go. If you know that, and you are willing to dedicate the time and make sacrifices, you can do anything with those 80% days and take advantage of what this life has to offer.
So if you want to get to the end of your life knowing that you gave it your all and that you actually lived your own life, then you have to make the choices that are necessary to do that. You have to live into your dreams.
Because if you don't, you will live in endless regret.
Make the decision that you're going to be a champion of those 80% days.
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