Jim Loria / Sports Career Mentor

Greetings! Here are some terrific quotes to keep you focused on your game! All the Best! Jim --------------------------------------- "Every worthwhile accomplishment has a price tag attached to it. The question is always whether you are willing to pay the price to attain it - in hard work, sacrifice, patience, faith, and endurance" – stated by John C. Maxwell , Michigan-based Author, Speaker & Pastor --------------------------------- "Successful people can't relax in chairs. They relax in work; they sleep with a dream, awake with commitment and work towards their goal" – stated by unknown author ----------------------------------- “All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own” – stated by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , 17th Century German Poet -------------------------------------- WISE WORDS OF THE DAY – - Be careful of your thoughts, for they become your words. - Be careful of your words, for they become your actions. - ...

Greetings! I've been a big fan of the Star Trek–The Next Generation TV Show and catching them again in syndication. There was this one particular scene that I want to make my FOCUS for You this week!  It was about two of the show's main characters - “Lieutenant Commander Data” and “Chief Engineer Geordi LaForge” when they ventured into the ship’s holodeck to reenact the fictional character Sherlock Holmes from the late 19th & early 20th centuries. Data, an android on the show, frustrated LaForge because his positronic brain allowed him to compute things ahead so that he kept figuring out the story’s outcome within seconds. The characters got into a big discussion in which Laforge complained to Data that the fun is in the attempt to solve the mystery, not skipping to the end. Here came Dr. Pulaski , the ship's Chief Medical Officer, who overheard their discussion and tries to counsel Data by saying: “TO FEEL THE REAL THRILL OF VICTORY, THERE HAS TO BE THE POSSIBILITY ...

Greetings! For this week, I want to leave you with two important thoughts below: One is to re-emphasize the importance that each step along your journey will always be about the "Process!"  Every Hall of Famer that walked your path before you had to Start at the Very Beginning to make their Dreams come True.  The second is choosing your network of contacts wisely and do not allow anyone to play games with your Mindset!  THOUGHT #1 - Everyone wants to live at the top of the mountain, but all the Happiness and Growth you need to experience occurs while you’re climbing it! THOUGHT #2 - One of the keys to Happiness is to surround yourself with people that reflect who you want to be and how you want to feel. Energy is truly contagious whereas there are relationships that c an be toxic and suck the energy right out of you! Jim Loria

Greetings! For this piece, I want to let music serve as your source for inspiration. I also strongly encourage you to take a few minutes to watch a specific YouTube video clip for me. It is of  Bruce Springsteen  taken from a 2009 concert show in London, England, where Bruce drew an outdoor audience of around 100,000 people all by himself!  What you will see is a performance by a (then) 60-year old musician who played for nearly FOUR HOURS!  There were no intermission breaks. Every song seems like a marathon performance where he pours out every ounce of his HEART, SOUL, EMOTION and ENERGY!  A Springsteen concert is equal to that of an entire football or baseball game but in this man’s line of work, Bruce takes every single snap or at bat, is on the field for the entire offense & defensive plays and is the stadium announcer too! There are no substitutions for this man when he plays! Know that back in the 1980’s, I was working with the Washington Capitals of ...