http://2theadvocate.com/stories/082604/spo_lsucount001.shtml An outstanding mental approach is paramount to success in College Football ... and life ... the ordinary man does not "choose" to create this reality for himself ... the ordinary plod along and take an easy path laden with shortcuts ... unwilling to risk what lies beyond ... unwilling to change their narrow belief systems laden with fears and limitations ... result ... they create little opportunity outside of the "constraints" (the box) they have set for themselves and have viciously and mostly unintentionally limited themselves to ... THIS IS PURE TRUTH What triggers a group of players to believe in themselves and become champions? What limits the players from truly giving 100% during the games? What causes breakdowns and mistakes during the games resulting in losses? HOW CAN LSU POSSIBLY REPEAT AS NATIONAL CHAMPS WHEN OTHERS SAY IT IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO DO SO ... my favorite example of a mental limitation Saban was asked ... "THE NC TARGET QUESTION, HOW WILL LSU HANDLE IT" ... his answer ... We don't worry about what the other team does ... or thinks. We focus on creating our own results by what we do and control (our reality) This is an amazing answer ... because of the pure truth it embraces. Once mental dedication to the exceptional becomes ordinary ... results become exceptional and can even be controlled, predicted and expected. LSU players believe they will deliver 100% of what they are capable of doing on gameday for 60 minutes and have bought into this coach's vision and Belief System. There are no options. Result ... the true strength of the LSU FB team will not be that it has the fastest and strongest players ... we know it does have the best talent after monster recruiting classes ... but the true strength will be that LSU is the mentally toughest out there and will perform 100% as expected from their coach and deliver that victory ... because they have the Love & Faith of their fan base, coach and team behind them ... they know of no other way to think ... there are no options in this Belief System ... total focus and dedication to the goal ... for everyone Lesser opponents ... everyone on the schedule ... clearly lack the mental toughness of the LSU Football team ... they are certainly less motivated as we see by the common place off-field shenanigans (rare at LSU) ... and that is why they will fall before LSU this year in every game. If a team cannot defeat LSU mentally ... and we are truly the most talented team in America ... LSU will take another NC A NC IN MIAMI IS A SIMPLE CREATION, ONE MAN'S VISION, SHARED WEEK BY WEEK AND ACCEPTED WITH FAITH INTO THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF ALL They will worry about nothing others do and say ... but they need your help. We as fans must accept this "FAITH" ... and CREATE this reality for LSU and avoid the trap and limitations of the fat, dumb and happy ... We've gotta back the team up no less than 100% at the games. The first thing coach did when given the NC crystal FB was stretch his arms out to ALL OF YOU in thanks and sharing. How do you plan to repay this man for his vision and more importantly, how will you help this man achieve his goal this year? It's time to ~B~E~L~I~E~V~E~ and ~C ~R~E~A~T~E~ an atmosphere of ~I~N~D~O~M~I~T~A~B~L~E~ support and winning at LSU. Will you believe!
Saban has made some very good self motivating quotes. I wish I would have been able to document them in the past.
use that handy ole tool called the internet. just think if you didn't have it..... nice post ramah....i guess the caps are yours and the rest can be the actual article? since i skimmed over it I presume thats the case as in some of your others.
http://www.2theadvocate.com/stories/082904/lsu_samcol001.shtml Sam King's Timing on this article is eerie ... I wonder if he is a peep here :hihi: Anyway, he's almost got it ... but he just doesn't show that last willingness to walk "over the edge" and really go for it.
