W Column
We added another W last night. Weird game. We couldn't buy a shot the first three quarters! We only made four shots in three quarters. Then we hit four shots in a row right at the beginning of the fourth quarter!
Basketball is such a microcosm on life. I feel like there are life lessons within every game. The kids were frustrated that our shots weren't falling. But I told them to keep hustling and keep taking shots and eventually good things will start happening. Sure enough!
I get asked alot of questions about our early years at NCC. There was nothing spectacular about our growth. It was good old-fashioned hard work. But I honestly feel like my basketball lessons paid off--keep hustling and keep taking shots. I knew that if we kept doing the right things eventually things would go our way.
To put it in spiritual terms: work like it depends on you and pray like it depends on God. Keep planting and watering and eventually God will give the increase!
Basketball is such a microcosm on life. I feel like there are life lessons within every game. The kids were frustrated that our shots weren't falling. But I told them to keep hustling and keep taking shots and eventually good things will start happening. Sure enough!
I get asked alot of questions about our early years at NCC. There was nothing spectacular about our growth. It was good old-fashioned hard work. But I honestly feel like my basketball lessons paid off--keep hustling and keep taking shots. I knew that if we kept doing the right things eventually things would go our way.
To put it in spiritual terms: work like it depends on you and pray like it depends on God. Keep planting and watering and eventually God will give the increase!
3 Comments:
Great word, Mark. I was driving home today, thinking about how many times over the past 10 years since we started I have "quit" on Monday...then Thursday...Sunday night...:) I would have never seen what we are seeing now. Hard work, perseverance....and hunger to keep learning.
Thanks again...bob lepinay
Same thing happened in our game this weekend! The kids actually started getting nervous about missing shots and started passing too much. I told the kids, "You can't make a shot you don't take! We can't score if you don't shoot! So keep shooting!!!"
It was kind of a Mike Krzyzewski moment for me. Granted, I coach a team of 9 year old boys, but who knows ... :)
By the way, I think Krzyzewski could be almost as hard as spelling hors de oeuvres! ALMOST!
Absolutely, Mark. It is the way it happens in life, and a lot of kids don't get to see the lessons in their everyday activities. We need more adults willing to teach their kids this way. It WILL stick with them.
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