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"As long as you know what you want and believe it will lead to something you have been aiming for, let them say what they want to say. Prove them wrong." - Marilyn Wo   Press and hold link to visit the page Listen to the episode, try it out yourself and share your comments with us on the Show Notes   Best Resource: Download your Cheat Sheet Everything you need to get started - StarPlayer Academy Resources Page Music: Wish You’d Come True   Thanks for listening!

Janis Joplin said: “Don’t compromise yourself. You are all you’ve got."   Press and hold link to visit the page Listen to the episode, try it out yourself and share your comments with us on the Show Notes   Best Resource: Download your Cheat Sheet Everything you need to get started - StarPlayer Academy Resources Page Music: Reach the Sky   Thanks for listening!

You are listening to Pep Talk One Minute Special. This is a two week long special chock-full of motivational speeches to load up in your podcast playlist.   Eleanor Roosevelt said: “Do one thing every day that scares you."   Press and hold link to visit the page Listen to the episode, try it out yourself and share your comments with us on the Show Notes   Best Resource: Download your Cheat Sheet Everything you need to get started - StarPlayer Academy Resources Page Music: Hero Theme   Thanks for listening!

The special thing about you is you trust yourself to show up to success every morning, to feel like going back to sleep but instead of shutting down, you drag yourself off the bed to do something even if you don’t feel like it.   Press and hold link to visit the page Listen to the episode, try it out yourself and share your comments with us on the Show Notes   Best Resource: Download your Cheat Sheet Everything you need to get started - StarPlayer Academy Resources Page Music: Adam Selzer - Elephant   Thanks for listening!

I know, sometimes you just feel like you’re never good enough, that you aren’t sure if you can pull it off when you have to.   I feel this way at times and the only way to this is to tell yourself to focus on what you are doing now to anticipate what comes next. If there’s anything you can or should do, is know what you want to create next and do something to make that happen.    Your game is like a mini life, a short story of cause and effect, and you don’t control the after effects but the cause at every moment.   There may be hundreds and hundreds of people out there who say you can’t do it, but I can give you a hundred good reasons why you can do it. Why agree to only one reason when one person can give you more?   Why trust what they say when you are the one going on to the playing field? Why are they not the ones working in the dirt instead? If they say you are not the best to be here, then get them to play, get them to show they are better.  

Every time you step foot onto the playing field, you get to be who you really are.   Every moment you step foot onto the playing field, you are presented with the greatest opportunity to live the greatest moment of your life.   I know you are afraid because of people who didn’t believe in you. They meant to show concern, but they don’t care as much as you do.   Don’t be trapped by how others look at what you can do. What is the worst that can happen if you do your best? What’s the worst that can happen if you put in all you’ve got today? What’s the worst that can happen if you make it harder for them?   If you want to play nice, they will make it harder for you.   Press and hold link to visit the page Listen to the episode, try it out yourself and share your comments with us on the Show Notes   Best Resource: Download your Cheat Sheet Everything you need to get started - StarPlayer Academy Resources Page Music: Sergey Cheremisinov - Fo

“If people aren’t laughing at your dreams…then they aren’t big enough!" - Grayson Marshall   This is how Korea Won 42 Olympic Gold Medals: Create Experiments to Test Game Plans  Repetitive Processes to Relief Tension Experiences Help You Deal with Nervousness and Tension Put Sustained Effort to Overcome Difficulties Goal Setting, Intention of Effort and Personal Tenacity Be Objective to Find the Optimal Solution with Collective Intelligence Press and hold link to visit the page Listen to the episode, try it out yourself and share your comments with us on the Show Notes     Show Links Elite Sport Performance: Psychological Perspective   Best Performance Books: Your FREE Audio Book   Best Resource: Download your Cheat Sheet Everything you need to get started - StarPlayer Academy Resources Page   Featured Videos: Sochi Olympics 2014 - Short Track Speedskating: Nascar on Ice - The New York Times   Short Track Speed Skatin

"The hero and the coward both feel exactly the same fear, only the hero confronts his fear and converts it into fire." - Cus D’Amato   Press and hold link to visit the page Listen to the episode, try it out yourself and share your comments with us on the Show Notes    Show Links Malcom Brogdon Knows His Impact Well Beyond the Hardwood   Best Performance Books: Your FREE Audio Book   Best Resource: Download your Cheat Sheet Everything you need to get started - StarPlayer Academy Resources Page   Thanks for listening!

"Keep working even when no one is watching." - Alex Morgan   Press and hold link to visit the page Listen to the episode, try it out yourself and share your comments with us on the Show Notes    Show Links: Curcumin effects on inflammation and performance recovery following eccentric exercise-induced muscle damage - Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2007 Jun;292(6):R2168-73. Epub 2007 Mar Athletic Benefits of Curcumin by Chris O’Brien of CrossFit Magnitude Can Curcumin Help You Recover and Relax? by Gene Kobilansky on FlowAthletics.com Best Performance Books: Your FREE Audio Book Best Resource: Download your Cheat Sheet Everything you need to get started - StarPlayer Academy Resources Page Thanks for listening!

“What doesn’t challenge you, doesn’t change you.   Press and hold link to visit the page Listen to the episode, try it out yourself and share your comments with us on the Show Notes    Best Performance Books: Your FREE Audio Book Best Resource: Download your Cheat Sheet Everything you need to get started - StarPlayer Academy Resources Page Thanks for listening!

"I’m not in this world to live up to your expectations and you’re not in this world to live up to mine." - Bruce Lee   Press and hold link to visit the page Listen to the episode, try it out yourself and share your comments with us on the Show Notes    Best Performance Books: Your FREE Audio Book Best Resource: Download your Cheat Sheet Everything you need to get started - StarPlayer Academy Resources Page Thanks for listening!

Paul Maurer said: "Running isn't a sport for pretty boys...It's about the sweat in your hair and the blisters on your feet. Its the frozen spit on your chin and the nausea in your gut. It's about throbbing calves and cramps at midnight that are strong enough to wake the dead. It's about getting out the door and running when the rest of the world is only dreaming about having the passion that you need to live each and every day with. It's about being on a lonely road and running like a champion even when there's not a single soul in sight to cheer you on. Running is all about having the desire to train and persevere until every fiber in your legs, mind, and heart is turned to steel. And when you've finally forged hard enough, you will have become the best runner you can be. And that's all that you can ask for."   Press and hold link to visit the page Listen to the episode, try it out yourself and share your comments with us on the Show Notes   Best Resource: Download your Cheat Sheet

Hi, good day to you guys, I’m Marilyn Wo and this StarPlayer Academy. You are listening to PepTalk weekend, episode 93.   As Nelson Mendela said, "it always seems impossible until it's done”.   If you want to know if it can be done you need only to see it done in your mind, so that you can have the drive and motivation to keep you going on through the tough times.   Vision doesn't come to you like magic, you need to intentionally find your dream and make it look real in your mind.   If you can't see it, feel it, use any part of your natural senses to get in contact with it, even to taste it.   Grit doesn't just come out of the blue, it's a by product of our dreams, vision, desires, passion and belief.   So start with your desire.    Press and hold link to visit the page Listen to the episode, try it out yourself and share your comments with us on the Show Notes   Best Resource: Download your Cheat Sheet Everything you need to get started

“Remember this your lifetime through – tomorrow, there will be more to do and failure waits for all who stay with some success made yesterday – tomorrow, you must try once more and even harder than before.” - Brian Cain   Press and hold link to visit the page Listen to the episode, try it out yourself and share your comments with us on the Show Notes    Show Links Johnson overcame obstacles to get to NHL All-Star Game Tampa Bay Lightning forward Tyler Johnson’s big-game heroics should come as no surprise Lightning’s Tyler Johnson Proving Critics Wrong with Remarkable Playoff Run Best Performance Books: Your FREE Audio Book Best Resource: Download your Cheat Sheet Everything you need to get started - StarPlayer Academy Resources Page Brian Cain’s Mental Training Products Thanks for listening!

"Rest. Recoup. Refocus. Race." - Josh Cassidy Press and hold link to visit the page Listen to the episode, try it out yourself and share your comments with us on the Show Notes    Show Links Franchise Player - Wikipedia Allen Iverson - Wikipedia Josh Cassidy - About Josh Cassidy - After London Thoughts  Best Performance Books: Your FREE Audio Book Best Resource: Download your Cheat Sheet Everything you need to get started - StarPlayer Academy Resources Page Thanks for listening!

"The best way to know yourself is to forget yourself. We need to cultivate a clear mind–and then we need to step away from our mind so that right effort can feel like no effort. We let go of self while maintaining control or mastery of self. This is what the Zone is all about." - George Mumford   Press and hold link to visit the page Listen to the episode, try it out yourself and share your comments with us on the Show Notes    Best Performance Books: The Rise: Creativity, the Gift of Failure, and the Search for Mastery by Sarah Lewis Your FREE Audio Book   Best Resource: Download your Cheat Sheet Everything you need to get started - StarPlayer Academy Resources Page   Thanks for listening!

“By my efforts, I will keep my body strong, my mind focused, and my determination unstoppable. I resolve to compete in the present with power, purpose, and passion. I know that every sore muscle and drop of sweat is an investment in excellence. I strive to be my best, nothing less, and joy will come from my striving. True, pain always comes, but I can endure it. My body wins when my mind refuses to give in. In defeat, I will reflect and learn. In victory, I will saver the glorious moment. Tomorrow, my efforts always begin anew." - Jim Afremow   Press and hold link to visit the page Listen to the episode, try it out yourself and share your comments with us on the Show Notes   Best Performance Books: The Champion's Mind: How Great Athletes Think, Train, and Thrive by Jim Afremow Your FREE Audio Book   Best Resource: Download your Cheat Sheet   Thanks for listening!  

"Teachers open the door. You enter by yourself." - Chinese Proverb   Press and hold link to visit the page Listen to the episode, try it out yourself and share your comments with us on the Show Notes   Best Performance Books: Your FREE Audio Book Best Resource: Download your Cheat Sheet Thanks for listening!

You know the saying goes: "Every successful person is a 10-year overnight success."   You are not a champion with a medal.   You are not a champion by standing on the podium.   You are not a champion by winning first in every game.   You are a champion no matter what, because you have put out your sweat, blood and tears on the field regardless of any result.   Press and hold link to visit the page Listen to the episode, try it out yourself and share your comments with us on the Show Notes   Best Resource: Download your Cheat Sheet   Music: Dexter Britain - Forced Through Time   Thanks for listening!

Lao Tzu said: “Watch your thoughts, for they become words; watch your words, for they become actions; watch your actions, for they become habits; watch your habits, for they become character; watch your character, for it becomes your destiny."   Press and hold link to visit the page Listen to the episode, try it out yourself and share your comments with us on the Show Notes   Best Resource: Download your Cheat Sheet Music: Dexter Britain - The Time to Run   Thanks for listening!