Extreme Winning
Pat Williams
Language: English
Pages: 264
ISBN: 0757317804
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
Drawing on more than a half century in professional sports, as well as decades as a motivational speaker, Pat Williams has spent a lifetime researching what it takes to be a winner. What he has observed and recorded in this magnum opus on the topic is that all winners--whether in sports, business or everyday life--share 12 characteristics, and they do them to an extreme. Through exhaustive research, Williams discovered that winning has a broader meaning than a mark on a ledger after a competition. In fact, it doesn't even mean someone has to lose. Winning is the way you approach what you do. It's a mindset; a way of life. It can be your life, a life of Extreme Winning.
Linkletter—still harbored doubts. Shortly after excavation began in Anaheim, California, Disney gave a quietly appalled Linkletter a tour. “We drove around this remote spot in Orange County,” Linkletter said. “I looked around and I couldn’t believe it! We were miles away from any major population center. I wondered if Walt had lost his mind! I thought, ‘My gosh, he wants to put a bunch of roller coasters out in the middle of these orange groves? Ridiculous!’ ”11 It was so ridiculous that when
black-and-white. You either win or you lose. I know there is a movement afoot to downplay competition, and to say that everyone is a winner just by entering the race. Unlike what happened with Steve Spurrier’s father, I know there are youth sports leagues that don’t keep score, and that there are schools that want to give every kid a medal or a ribbon just for being there. On a micro level, I get it. I also get that on a macro level it isn’t just unrealistic, it’s unrealistic at Pollyannaish
Raising My Son to Be an Athlete.’ ”4 In that speech, Lombardi’s father implored fathers to push their sons to play a game, any game, if only because it would help those boys to grow into leaders. And no doubt, given the evolving roles of gender in society, Lombardi’s father would have the same things to say about daughters today. Having raised 19 children, I would agree. Even worse than downplaying competition is that some have sought to demonize it, which raised the ire of Harvey Mackay, the
presented to them. They are so afraid of failure that they are almost paralyzed when it comes to taking any chances at all. There are many other fears that interfere with our happiness. People fear the loss of love or the loss of their jobs and their financial security. People fear embarrassment or ridicule. People fear rejection and criticism of any kind. People fear the loss of respect or esteem of others. These and many other fears hold us back throughout life.20 The dreamers, people like
In the drill, players start at the baseline and run to the foul line, touching it, before returning back to the baseline, where they quickly touch that before running to half-court, touching it and back, before finally running the full length of the court and back at full sprint. Most players endure the suicides with a goal of just getting done with them. But not John Stockton, who thrived on what he clearly saw as another avenue of competition. “In 19 years, John Stockton never once lost a