"Boring"

Anthony Edwards said it perfectly:

“Greatness is boring.”

It’s doing the same things over and over.

The reps.
The work.
The discipline.
The standard.

Especially on the days you don’t feel like doing it.

That’s where greatness is built.pic.twitter.com/XuGUeEtG3x

— Greg Berge (@GregBerge) August 17, 2026

Self-motivation is a skill. 

Summer reading...have you completed it? Probably some of you have...and certainly not all of you.

Few people have the will or 'constitution' to be dialed in every day. 

Years ago the University of Minnesota (top 10 US team) traveled to Japan to face 'undersized' competition. They got smoked, annihilated. The Japanese coach explained his team practiced six hours a day, 363 days a year. They had a national holiday off. What about the other day? "I sick of them," he explained. 

He encouraged Minnesota to play the top high school teams in the area. The coach was a bit offended, but took him up on the offer. They went 9-4 in sets. How you practice matters. It was different in Japan. 

When you practice, have a plan. Don't serve to get it over the net...work on seams, short, sideline (maybe), or targeting the weak defender. Don't just "defend." Read the plays. Work to be 'earlier'. 

Before you play, think about your attack footwork, your block footwork, your platform. Make boring better. 

Make it exciting and worthwhile.