Motivation for Athletes all around the World!

Motivation is the foundation all athletic effort and accomplishment. Without your desire and determination to improve your sports performances, all of the other mental factors, confidence, intensity, focus, and emotions, are meaningless.

#14 - "Next Play, Next Play"

A lot of different athletes find it hard to move on to the next play after they make a critical mistake in a ball game, especially basketball players. Once an player air balls in a basketball game the taunt begins "air ball, air ball". But if the fellow athlete has the "next play" motto it reminds the player to leave there mistake in the past and focus on the next play and the upcoming moment. When players make mistakes coaches even yells out "next play" because he or she doesn't want them to linger on the bad for so long.

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#13 - Keep your eyes on the Prize

Athletes around the world gets distracted by a lot of things when there up coming season is right around the corner, rather it's a significant other or family issues. With all that going on you should always keep your eyes on the prize. But, with that being said all athletes have different goals to achieve. A worthwhile goal is freely chosen, meaningful to you, and so desirable that you can enjoy the process of getting there as much as the result. For example, Tyrann Mathieu came out of the University of LSU has one of the highest projected safety's in 2013 but then got into some legal issues with the law and his draft stocked dropped. But, with him keeping his eyes on the prize he still got drafted and is one of the best safeties in the National Football League now. Life is all about goals, once you achieve the goals you have been working on all your life it can be a huge accomplishment.

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#12 - Minor Setback for a Major Comeback

We don't always understand God's will, but we accept God's will. I haven't said much to anyone about my son's promising season ending week 3 against Lindenwood University. After tearing his "other" ACL. It's been really hard for him and the family, but we keep pressing. After all the whys and why me, we accept God's will, and fight. We don't complain. That's how we're built. He's a fighter, and been counted out many times before. So this isn't uncharted territory for him. If you KNOW Dwane, you know he will fight like no other.

#11 - Use setbacks as motivation

Sometimes athletes have a bad day on the field or court. A lot of different athletes are really tough on there self when they make one bad play; sometimes that one play could effect your play for the remainder of the game. One another note some athletes don't have the season there were suppose to have but with that being said you can use your failures as a springboard to your success. If athletes sit down and do there research they would find out that every athlete or team uses significant losses to motivate themselves to improve them in the upcoming season or year.

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#10 - Do it for the love of the game

Every day when you wake up in the morning you have to remind yourself that your not putting in the hard work and dedication for nobody else but yourself. Everyone who puts in hard work is because the love for the game is unreal. A lot of different coaches around the world gives great pregame speeches about the game and how "its bigger than the sport". Many professional athletes always get there heads wrapped around the money and always forgets about the bigger picture. Reminding yourself that you love your sport, or your team can be a powerful motivator.

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#9 - Pratice Your Craft

The Art of Film:

                Athleticism alone can’t take you where you want to go, so you have to put in extra work to make it to the next level in life. You can be the best player on the team and not be coachable. Meaning that you have to be able to be coached to reach your maximum peak; you have to be willing to know everything about your opponent next move. The art of film allows the brain to intake repetitive repetition to know what your opposition every move is; if you plan on making six figures, one of the requirements is to effectively research things.  As an athlete your learning how to research and orally tell coaches everything about your opponent. If you watch film two to three hours a day it allows you to be able to take on jobs that require you to stay up late and do extra research. Think outside the box do things with great effort and work ethic, so that when your name is called you will be that shining star!

#8 - Pain is only Temporary

There are some people in life that never walked down the road of struggle and pain, and there are some who lived through it there whole life. The difference is that those who have lived in pain and struggle are motivated through not having the things they dreamed for; and those who have not, lack the understanding of fighting for things they always had. Reality is that everyone goes through pain and if you can’t prepare to deal with stress and hard times then you will not rise, so we must be able to get comfortable with being uncomfortable. Sometimes we have to challenge ourselves to be in situations that we know pain and hardship will occur, but hard experiences make us stronger and wiser.