playful great coach a great man named Johnny ball who impressed upon me that
my ability to learn would ultimately be the key to my success and I tell you
what else coach coach vault taught us is young 18 and 19 year olds who thought we
knew everything and tell me if this doesn't relate to your business too he
also taught us that sometimes our opponents could be bigger and smarter
faster have greater numbers in their books but if we would think as winners
than we'd win but he emphasized to us along the way we needed to be better
conditioned we need to be more disciplined needed more hustle we needed
more heart courage with any more desire and we absolutely had to work more as a
team so you don't have not had a man past first base in the ground ball to
short the morning he didn't know whether for Jim Abbott
Springs and I walk in and sure enough there's this beautiful 50 meter pool and
a 25-yard pool and a diving well and a kids pull him like wow this is great and
I walk into the office and there's an elderly woman in there and I said excuse
me I'd like to find out about your swim programs now my jaw was about six seven
weeks long so I wasn't showing it all and she said well what are you looking
for and I said I'm not really sure yet i said i don't know maybe something with
kids and I got this ridiculous looking like or masters I can swimmer masters
and I've never somewhat masters before and I definitely fit the age for it but
I'd never someone them before so I threw that in there also and she's like we'll
have you ever swum before and I'm like yes and she says she says we'll have you
ever been in a swim meet I'm like yes and she just tell you why won't you look
at these brochures over here and you can see maybe what you want to do and we can
take it from there so I start looking at the brochures I'm like you know I really
don't know what i want to do she and she said we'll tell you what here's a piece
of paper why don't you write down if you've been in some swim meets what
you've done I can give it to the coach and he can decide if you know what
program you're in I'm like okay so for olympic games nine olympic medals will
championship let me do one thing let me redefine for you what a team is if I may
where you see a team is a group of individuals coming together for a common
purpose and a common goal and along the way we have our own responsibilities my
responsibility he said in this coach except right here is to be able to give
you the best offense and defensive game plans and we think we've done that your
responsibilities be able to take those game plans whether you like them or not
and execute them to the best of your ability so that when you all have to do
with you developing and reaching your full potential because you living your
values have to do with the your core has to do with who you are on the inside and
if your values are unhealthy or your values are corrupt then eventually
whatever you achieve will eventually deteriorate because you're cool
or has cracks because your foundation is weak and it's not sound make sure that
you choosing to live by healthy values not just us team is depending a little
bit too much now on Jim Craig he's making too many good save
you