Mental Training for Positive Performance:

Read the following statements twice a day for the next 14 days.  After 2 weeks, read them once daily.   Get an “accountability partner” who will check to make sure you have followed your positive thinking training.

1.) I know weight lifting and running is making me a Bigger, Stronger and Faster athlete.

2.) I am conditioning my mind and body to give 100% effort in the weight room, in the classroom and on the field or court.

3.) I fully recover from each workout, practice and game by eating correctly and getting enough sleep.

4.) I am on time to all my classes, team meetings and practices.

5.) I compete with intensity, courage and honor in practice and games to earn the right to win.

6.) I avoid alcohol and drugs because they hinder my success.

7.) I give my best effort to prevent failure in all that I do.

8.) I am patient and focused on achieving my goals. I am better today than I was yesterday.

9.) I enjoy working hard to master my skills, assignments and emotions as a player and improving every day.

10.) I will place team before self and sacrifice to help “us” succeed.

11.) I will not quit.  I will persevere and prevail in the end.

12.) I am fully prepared for each class, practice and game.
 

Date:   a.m. p.m.      Date: a.m. p.m.      Date: a.m. p.m.
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Always remember that Success is a Choice and a Process, which never stops.   You alone control this process by your daily decisions.  You must deserve and earn success with your hard work, self-discipline, positive attitude and mental toughness.  Below is an illustration of this process.

                                                          “The River of Success”

                                                               You are Here
<_______________________________________*____________________________________ >
Failure / Disappointment                                                                                Success/ Goals
 

The River’s “current” is always moving you backwards (toward failure) which is why you have to work so hard to get ahead.  Once you stop working, you also move backwards toward failure.  This is why so few people reach true success.  Success requires constant effort, self-discipline and sacrifice everyday.
 
Two questions we must always ask ourselves are:

1.) Which direction did I go today?
(Did I swim up or down-stream)
 

2.) Which direction will I go tomorrow?
 

“Success is the result of our daily victories added
  together over a period of time.”