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An Accountable Team Wins to Their Potential 

Football isn’t like all of the other sports. It requires relentless orchestrated physical contact. Players must be smart, strong, fast, quick, relentless, powerful, quick thinking, cooperative, responsible, disciplined, tough, etc. Those traits have to be constantly developed, and developed to … Continue reading

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Character & Mental Toughness- USMC Leadership Principles Adapted for Athletics

Leadership Principles This document is based on Marine Corps leadership principles from The Website for Young Marines. It has been adapted for use by our players. One hopes that others are wise enough to realize that these principles do not … Continue reading

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Character & Mental Toughness – Calling ’em Out

The following is from a piece in today’s Boston Globe by Julian Benbow. This past season we tied for the worst record I’ve had as a head coach. But that’s not why I share this. I put this up because … Continue reading

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Character & Mental Toughness-The Finish Line

(Note: Gerry Callahan’s Thanksgiving column first ran in the Boston Herald in 1992.) The alarm will go off even earlier than usual tomorrow, but somehow it won’t be so tough to get up and out of bed. You couldn’t sleep … Continue reading

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Character & Mental Toughness -Where Happiness Lies

I don’t know where the words or perspectives pop into my mind from; tonight it was this one: The goal is not perfection, but to perfect the pursuit of perfection. I hope you find in that the depth of meaning … Continue reading

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