“Discipline is choosing between what you want now and what you want most." - Abraham Lincoln
— Phil Beckner (@PhilBeckner) May 20, 2025
It's natural and easy to tell ourselves, "it can wait." Excellence won't wait.
Leaders say it different ways.
"Habits are a vote for the person that we want to be." - James Clear That applies to study, rest, recovery, diet, hydration, practice, everything.
"Discipline defines destiny."
"We're not going to talk about what we're going to accomplish, we're going to talk about how we're going to do it." - Nick Saban
"It takes what it takes." - Nick Saban
"Here's something I know I'm supposed to do that I really don't want to do...can you make yourself do it...here's something you know you're not supposed to do...can you keep yourself from it?" - Nick Saban
Lagniappe. "It's what you're willing to accept."
The ONLY press breaker I’ve used in my coaching career
— Matt Hackenberg (@CoachHackGO) May 19, 2025
Never struggle against press defense again pic.twitter.com/kqbDy9DRD8
