JOHN: YOURS?
TRINI: IT WAS "I WILL SURVIVE."
GLORIA GAYNOR.
BEST SONG EVER.
JOHN: IT IS HARD ENOUGH TO
TRINI: BY FORMER TENNIS COACH
RUSTY.
YOUNG ATHLETES ALONG WITH HIS
808"'S LOCAL
HEROES.
I WAS 24 YEARS OLD WHEN THE
ATHLETIC DIRECTOR AND TENNIS
ON THE VARSITY TEAM ANYWAY.
I FELT THAT IT WAS A HUGE
RESPONSIBILITY FOR ME BECAUSE I
IMPRESSIONABLE HIGHSCHOOLER'S
TENNIS IS SUCH AN INDIVIDUAL
SPORT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THEY
HAD A PRICELESS EXPERIENCE IN
TENNIS.
I LED THE TEAM
TO 22 CONSECUTIVE
STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS.
CHAMPIONSHIP STREAK IN THE
HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES IN
ALL SPORTS.
22 STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS, I
MY TOP
WAS
TO DEVELOP CHAMPION ATHLETES OF
CHARACTER FIRST AND GREAT TENNIS
PLAYERS SECOND AND THEN HAVE THE
RESULTS WE HAVE MAKES ME FEEL
PROUD OF THE BOYS I HAVE HAD ALL
THOSE YEARS.
BEFORE THE FIRST DAY OF
PRACTICE, I FELT THAT I NEEDED A
PLAN.
THAT IS WHAT I DEVELOPED
FOUR
PS.
PEOPLE, PURPOSE,
PROCESS
,
PERFORMANCE.
I RETIRED AS HEAD COACH IN 2015.
I FELT THAT IF I RETIRED
SMCOACHING, MAYBE THERE IS A WAY I
COULD DO SOMETHING BIGGER AND
GREATER TO HELP ALL SCHOOLS OR
ALL BUSINESSES ARE ALL PARENTS
AND TO SHARE WITH THEM WHAT I
DID WITH THESE TEAMS IN TERMS OF
LEADERSHIP.
I WROTE A BOOK ABOUT LEADERSHIP
CALLED "THE ON THE LINES."
IT IS ABOUT LEADERSHIP AND
IT IS ABOUT IMPROVING YOUR LIFE
AND THE LIVES OF OTHERS.
ANY
LEADER IN SPORTS OR BUSINESS
OR ANY ORGANIZATION WOULD
GREATLY BENEFIT FROM IT.
ALL PARENTS AND STUDENTS WOULD
ARE READING THE BOOK, THAT ARE
INSPIRED AND MOTIVATED.
OWNERS OF BUSINESSES AND CEOS
THAT ARE READING THE BOOK CAP
TOLD ME THEY LOVE THE NEW FRESH
ANGLE AND LEADERSHIP.
THE REASON I WROTE THE BOOK WAS
TO HELP IMPROVE THE LIVES OF
OTHERS AND I WANT TO HELP THEM
LEAD IN THE PROPER WAY SO THAT
EVERYONE CAN HAVE PRICELESS
EXPERIENCES.
I
ONE OF THE GREATEST MOMENTS WAS
BEING INDUCTED INTO CREIGHTON
UNIVERSITY'S HALL OF FAME IN
2014 AND GOING UP THERE AND
RECEIVING THIS BIG HONOR,
SPEAKING IN FRONT OF 1000
PEOPLE.
THEY ALL TOLD ME I WON 130
MATCHES WHILE I WAS AT
WAS GOING TO BE INDUCTED INTO
EVERY PERSON IN THE WORLD GETS
TO HAVE THIS BOOK, READ THIS
BOOK, AND FEEL INSPIRED,
MOTIVATED, AND TO DO POSITIVE
THINGS FOR THEMSELVES AND
OTHERS.
PEOPLE HAVE TOLD ME THAT MY
WINNING STREAK IS AN INCREDIBLE
LEGACY.
IN MY MIND, THAT IS NOT IT.
IN MY MIND, MY LEGACY IS
AROUND THE WORLD.
JOHN:
I LIKE THAT.
TRINI: I ENJOYED INTERVIEWING
HIM AND I GOT MY BOOK RIGHT HERE
.
NOT QUITE DONE BUT ALMOST DONE
AND I HAVE TO SAY IT HAS REALLY
HELPED ME AS A PARENT.
I THINK THE SKILL YOU CAN PICK
UP BY READING THIS BOOK CARRIES
OVER TO SO MANY OTHER THINGS IN
YOUR LIFE.
MY DAUGHTER DANCES
AND SHE
SOMETIMES FEELS DISCOURAGED,
JUST LIKE WITH EVERYBODY ELSE,
THERE ARE DAYS WHERE YOU ARE
TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT I SHOULD
SAY TO HER.
WHAT WOULD RUSTY DO?
IT IS HARD, NOT KNOWING WHEN TO
THROW IN THE TOWEL.
JOHN: I LIKE THAT HE WROTE THE
BOOK.
I HAVE ALWAYS LOVED THAT
ATHLETICS CAN TEACH YOU SOME
MUCH ABOUT LIFE AND IT IS NOT
JUST ABOUT WINNING.
HE HAD A LOT OF WINNING OVER THE
COURSE OF HIS CAREER COACHING,
BOTH PLAYING AND COACHING, BUT
THERE ARE A LOT OF LIFE LESSONS
WHEN I WAS
INTERVIEWING HIM THAT SOMETIMES
IF THE BOYS LOST BUT WERE
RESPECTABLE PLAYERS, DID THEIR
BEST, TREATED OTHERS WELL.
HE WOULD PRAISE THEM.
THAT, HE WOULD LET THEM HAVE IT.