Came across a great post from the uncompromising Paulo Sousa this morning. I heard this story about Tony Dungy from Warren Sapp in some radio show. When Tony Dungy was coaching the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, they went to play an away game and they lost… by a lot. On the plane trip back, the players …
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Aug
20
Don’t Look Back
I don’t have many words to express how I’m feeling going into Nationals tomorrow so I’m just going to use Jordan Rapp‘s words in response to a post by Paulo Sousa about training: Training, to me, echoed the story of Orpheus descending into the underworld to retrieve his love, Eurydice. The journey to get her …
Aug
04
Might As Well
It is three days now until my first crack at an elite triathlon in Sooke and, unsurprisingly, I am coming across words and wisdom that seem to speak to me. From Girard Vroomen‘s series on the traits of champions: Trait 5 of champions “Not afraid to fail: To a degree, we are all afraid to …
Mar
02
Let Your Red Heart Show
Couldn’t say it any better… Cynisism is easy. So is retreating into historic grudges. So is looking at a world in which what were once borders are now dotted lines at best and believing it doesn’t really matter what you call yourself or where you live. It does matter. Or at least it can. It …
Feb
15
Olympic Break – Day 4
Training 3.6 km swim 79 km ride with 1.5 hours in Zone 2 Olympic Highlight Watching Alexandre Bilodeau get his gold medal with Brian at LiveCity Downtown.
Jan
23
What Teachers Make
‘nuf said.
Jan
18
Why We Do It
Some great comments by former hockey player Jim Peplinski (Joel Otto’s accomplice in the kick in goal that cost the Canucks the ’89 series against the Flames…not that I hold grudges) about the real benefits of sport courtesy of Sport At Its Best: What is the purpose of sport? Sport can make people great athletes… …
Jan
13
The Way I See It
“Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark, in the hopeless swamps of the approximate, the not-quite, the not-yet, the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish, in lonely frustration for the life you deserved, but have never been able to reach. Check your road and the nature of …
Dec
30
Best Music of 2009
Out for drinks with an old friend the other night I was asked what music I have been listening to lately (a common theme when we get together). I was able to come up with a couple of examples but it got me to thinking what has really caught my ear this year. So since …
Dec
21
What Matters Now
I can’t remember how I came across this last week but I found this great free ebook full of wisdom by Seth Godin called What Matters Now. Each page is a small piece about things like adventure, meaning, and tough-mindedness by various authors from around this maze of interconnecting tubes we call the Internet. The …