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IF YOU’RE AN ATHLETE, REMEMBER: THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS LUCK.
Posted by: mindoversports on: May 26, 2012
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“Depend on the rabbit’s foot if you will but remember, it didn’t work for the rabbit.” R. E. Shay There is no such thing as luck. Good or bad. Yet how often we’ve heard others comment about another person’s good fortune saying “Wow, he (or she) is really lucky.” But the fact of the matter [...]
WHY ISN’T ALBERT PUJOLS PERFORMING AS HE SHOULD BE? THE PROBLEM COULD BE THE ANGELS’ FRONT OFFICE.
Posted by: mindoversports on: May 6, 2012
The thing about professional athletes is…they are human being just like the rest of us mortal beings. They have feelings. They have emotions. They get upset just like we do. And as I’ve often said: What takes place away from the baseball field affects what takes place on the baseball field. And if I were [...]
HOW SELF-ESTEEM AFFECTS PERFORMANCE.
Posted by: mindoversports on: May 6, 2012
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Someone recently asked me what I did for a living and I told them I was a writer. When they asked what I wrote about I said: “Self-esteem and how it affects performance in both positive and negative ways.” They wanted to know more so I explained to them, for example, that if you were [...]
THE CHICAGO CUBS, THE “BILLY GOAT CURSE” AND OTHER BASEBALL SUPERSTITIONS.
Posted by: mindoversports on: May 5, 2012
The “Billy Goat Curse” is the granddaddy of all Major League Baseball superstitions. For those of you who may not be familiar with the curse, here’s what happened based on information gathered from the Internet: On Oct, 6th 1945 a Greek tavern owner by the name of William “BILLY GOAT” Sianis (that was his nickname [...]
WHY DO SO MANY PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES DECLARE BANKRUPTCY SHORTLY AFTER RETIRING?
Posted by: mindoversports on: May 2, 2012
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This is a question often raised and the answer is pretty simple. They don’t have a Bobby Brett to handle their finances, as he did for his brother George. When George was playing for the Kansas City Royals, I lived in Kansas City and owned an advertising agency and on occasion hired George to do [...]
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