Wednesday, November 12, 2025

"The Best Never Get Tired of the Basics"

At home, in school, at work, or in sports...be fundamentally sound. "How you do anything is how you do everything."

For those of you who've read Jay Bilas's "Toughness," i remind you of the story of his sister's vanity. Jay's father asked him to change out the contact paper at the bottom. He did so, quickly and carelessly.

When his father came home late after work, he checked it, removed it, and did it right. There wasn't a lot of acrimony, just humiliation. Bilas said that his father was one of the toughest people he knew and Bilas pledged to himself to do better. 

Coach John Wooden said, "If you don't have time to do it right now, when will you have time to do it right?"   

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