A Fighting Chance

I have worked as a producer on a new film; called “A Fighting Chance”.

It will screen today at the Pentagon — via Rick Allen who also served as a producer on the film and is CEO of Snagfilms; and my daughter — Elle — who worked on the film as well as an associate producer.

We will then premiere “A  Fighting Chance” as part of Summerfest on Snagfilms this coming Friday. Continue reading

Don’t Believe the Hype

We were humbled last year in the playoffs.

We have to be focused — hungry and humble this coming season.

We can’t and won’t talk about aspirations; we will only focus on  playing one game at a time; nothing is promised to any team; there is no destiny- just hard work; and focus and some luck.

I hope we have learned a  collective lesson last season; we should be highly  motivated — we should be hungry — we haven’t accomplished anything; we should come into next season mad — humbled — and focused as a unit.

As they say around here — ” The future is now”; being humble and NOT believing any hype will be our mantra. Go Caps; read this one and then delete it!

“Show me your friends and I will tell you who you are”

This is a terrific article about peer groups; and the importance of choosing your friends wisely.

It shows the importance of community; and role modeling, and positive friendships.

And the  opposite is true — if you hang around negative people; with a loser’s mind set — that is what you shall become.

The choice is simple; choose your friends and your communities  of interest wisely…your life depends on it.

Read this article; do a gut check — are you hanging around and socializing with the right folks? Win or lose — the choice is yours.

Advice to Sports Personalities

If you are going to  blog or use Facebook;  Twitter;  Tumblr, or  hang out on message boards  –  or text and leave messages  –   or respond to emails;   –  you must  consider doing  the following:

Do it yourself;  you can’t outsource it;  someone else can’t write this stuff for you!

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Learn How to Use a Recorder

Read this one — I am encouraged.

It is what I believe too; different players excel in different  kinds of environments and  different types of cultures.

Yi will be comfortable here in DC; he is a big body — he can run the floor; and John Wall will make him a better player.

David Thorpe is a well known and highly regarded individual coach.

And the reporter needs to learn how to use his Iphone recorder:-). Click here.