True success is not defined by wins and losses, but by whether or not you’re living up to your full potential. That is why history’s greatest achievers, coaches, and athletes will tell you that success is a choice. No matter what your chosen profession is, what kind of competition you’re up against, who you are, [...]
Darrin Donnelly
Whatever your dreams are in life, the most surefire way to prevent them from coming true is to be afraid of what might happen if you fail while going after them. Sadly, this fear of failure is probably the most common dream-killer there is. Gary Mack, the late sports psychology consultant who influenced thousands of [...]
North Carolina basketball coach Roy Williams has now won three national championships. This ranks him as one of the greatest coaches of all time, joining Jim Calhoun, John Wooden, Adolph Rupp, Bob Knight, and Mike Krzyzewski as the only basketball coaches to win three or more national titles. How did Roy Williams reach the top [...]
I started Sports for the Soul because I saw way too many false promises being promoted throughout the self-improvement industry. Look around and you’ll find no shortage of quick fixes and magic formulas being marketed to anyone who wants to be successful. The truth is, if a “shortcut to success” sounds too good to be [...]
Vince Lombardi famously said, “Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence.” Well-intentioned people will often remind us that “nobody’s perfect.” They tell us this after a disappointment, encouraging us to bounce back quickly and to not beat ourselves up for failing to be perfect. However, we have to be [...]
Villanova basketball coach Jay Wright chronicled his team’s 2016 national championship season in the book Attitude. In this book, Coach Wright gives an inside look at everything the team went through during its national-title run while also sharing the most important lessons he’s learned—lessons that lead to success both on and off the basketball court. [...]
