In my final season of high school baseball, I spent a few months down at USC to work with a famous pitching coach named Tom House.
What made Tom so famous wasn't his own career in the MLB as a pitcher, but the fact that he was Nolan Ryan's (the most famous pitcher of all time) pitching coach.
On a hot sunny day and after about 60-70 pitches in a bullpen, Tom looked at me and said words that I would never forget.
He said to me, "Evan. 10% of the time you are going to be amazing, 10% of the time you are going to suck worse than imaginable, and 80% of the time you are going to be just average.
Champions are made in that 80%."
80% of the days you have you are going to feel average. That's right. Average. Nothing great about the day. Nothing crappy about the day. Just "meh."
Now that may seem like a nasty realization about life, but there's a secret to all of this.
You are 100% in control of how your day goes from that first moment you wake up. Yes, you may wake up feeling average, but you get to choose whether you go up or down in the day.
You get the choice of either rising to the challenge or sinking back down into the depths. You get to make the decision to do the hard work and grind through it all or give up completely. But that decision is completely up to you and on you to make.
They are made in those early mornings, those late evenings, and throughout the day as your are working hard when no one else is watching you.
Most days no one will ever see you put the time and effort in to become a champion.
But that's the nature of the beast.
You know how much effort you are giving.
You know how much time you put into something and how much effort you really devoted to becoming the best person you could be. Further, you know that you decided to take that 80% "meh" day and turn up the heat so you could make it a fantastic day.
To make it to the end of your life knowing that you gave it your all would lead to a lot of big smiles in your final moments. You knew that you really did it and gave your heart the best chance it had to see it's wishes through.
That's the only way to do it. Go big.
So decide that you're going to have the best year of your life and make the most of those 80% days.
What made Tom so famous wasn't his own career in the MLB as a pitcher, but the fact that he was Nolan Ryan's (the most famous pitcher of all time) pitching coach.
On a hot sunny day and after about 60-70 pitches in a bullpen, Tom looked at me and said words that I would never forget.
He said to me, "Evan. 10% of the time you are going to be amazing, 10% of the time you are going to suck worse than imaginable, and 80% of the time you are going to be just average.
Champions are made in that 80%."
80% of the days you have you are going to feel average. That's right. Average. Nothing great about the day. Nothing crappy about the day. Just "meh."
Now that may seem like a nasty realization about life, but there's a secret to all of this.
You are 100% in control of how your day goes from that first moment you wake up. Yes, you may wake up feeling average, but you get to choose whether you go up or down in the day.
You get the choice of either rising to the challenge or sinking back down into the depths. You get to make the decision to do the hard work and grind through it all or give up completely. But that decision is completely up to you and on you to make.
They are made in those early mornings, those late evenings, and throughout the day as your are working hard when no one else is watching you.
Most days no one will ever see you put the time and effort in to become a champion.
But that's the nature of the beast.
You know how much effort you are giving.
You know how much time you put into something and how much effort you really devoted to becoming the best person you could be. Further, you know that you decided to take that 80% "meh" day and turn up the heat so you could make it a fantastic day.
To make it to the end of your life knowing that you gave it your all would lead to a lot of big smiles in your final moments. You knew that you really did it and gave your heart the best chance it had to see it's wishes through.
That's the only way to do it. Go big.
So decide that you're going to have the best year of your life and make the most of those 80% days.
About the Author:
Evan Sanders is a professional life coach at AYKME coaching. Dive into these great Integrity Quotes http://thewordsofencouragement.com/integrity-meaning/ or these quotes on changing for life http://thewordsofencouragement.com/change-for-life/ to get some motivation to move forward!
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