Outcomes and More Pictures

From H.A. Dorfman, Coaching the Mental Game: "Statistics are the results that fans, media, and some administrators scrutinize. (Coaches should know better.) An athlete is a performer. If he accepts what happens - outcome, instead of his approach and execution, he'd better learn a thing or two that goes beyond his inappropriate interpretation. 

He should reconcile himself to the fact that he has no control over results that take place once he has executed his task. If he executes well but gets a bad result, he must respond by understanding that he did what he wanted to do (and what he could control) and that he should do it again. And again. Regardless of the result, which he knows he cannot control."

Dorfman's message is to control what you can control. When you are aggressive, communicate with your teammates, play hard, play smart, and play together, you have a winning process. Let the results take care of themselves. Focus on the process.

Photos courtesy of Don Norris. Click to see full frame.

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