Team Building From Don Meyer

Team Building:

1.) Shared Ownership
          *It's the Answer
          *People Have to Invest
                  -They want to make withdrawls but no investment

2.) Shared Suffering
           *Suffering & Defeat Pull People Together
                   -Probably more than winning

3.) Individual Responsibility
4.) Collective Pride
            *We, Us, Our

Tom Brady's Greatest Honor

“You know what the greatest honor I’ve ever received as a player is? In my fourth year and my fifth year, I was named team captain. That is to this day the single greatest achievement of my career as a football player, because the men in this room chose me to lead them.”

-Tom Brady

Kevin Eastman Notes

*Culture is 7 days a week, 24 hrs a day

*It takes three things to be a 'special' player: talent, character, and competitive fire

*One statistic all teams should keep is being "first to the floor"; when the time calls for a loose ball to be picked up- who gets there 1st?

*"The Best" have to pay a new price every year because everyone is always trying to beat them; the best are the best because they pay this price!

*The best shooters in the NBA are consumed with the fundamentals of their shot; every day-every shot; the details are there

Kevin Garnett on Adversity

This is Kevin Garnett speaking of the Celtics struggles so far this season:

“We built something here,” Garnett said. “I’m not living in the past or nothing, but the reason why guys came back and made additions to this team is because of what we built here. We’ve been known to defend. For some reason we’ve gotten away from that, so we’ve got to go back to our origins and figure it out. I told y’all (Saturday) night, these are the times when you’re going to see who really wants it, who really is willing to work to change this.

“These are dog days. This is when you really see who’s with you right now. You know, ain’t nobody cheering. Ain’t no lights on us right now. And I love this right here, because this is when all the plastic people melt. So we’ve all got to look at ourselves in the mirror, including myself, and try to figure out what I can do better to help this team.”