When Things Go Wrong

"When things aren't going well, it's not what a leader says, it's how a leader looks that matters."
Coach Mike Krzyzewski - Duke Basketball

Daily Thought - Mike Tomlin

"The standard is the standard."  Mike Tomlin

Below are a few examples of adversity the Pittsburgh Steeler's have overcome to make an appearance in Super Bowl XLV:

Ben Roethlisberger 4 game suspension

Trade of WR Santonio Holmes

Injury losses to T Willie Colon, T Max Starks, DE Aaron Smith, P Daniel Sepulveda

Fines and frustration of James Harrison for helmet to helmet hits

Midseason change in kickers from Reed to Suisam

Despite all that, the standard never wavered.

The Hard Is What Makes It Great

In A League of Their Own, a movie about a women’s professional baseball team during World War II, the star catcher Dottie Henson told her manager Jimmy Dugan that she was quitting the team because, “It got too hard.”

The manager said, “It’s supposed to be hard. If it were so easy everyone would do it. The hard is what makes it great.”

"The hard is what makes it great."

Daily Thought - Brian Cain

"Many people ask me to name the single most important factor that determines success in any and all sports acitivity beyond natural athletic talent; and to them all I answer "mental toughness" - the ability to handle adversity in it's many forms including mishaps, errors of judgement, weakness, untimely coincidence, injury, pressure, unexpected strategies, cheating, physcological tactics, and hostility."  Brian Cain, Peak Performance Coach
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