by Joshua Waldroup | Nov 30, 2013 | Uncategorized
On February 23, 2009, another superb high school athlete was inducted to the Florida High School Hall of Fame. It wasn’t surprising that the inductee excelled in basketball, football and track. It wasn’t surprising that this 6’1” athlete repeatedly dunked in...
by Joshua Waldroup | Nov 23, 2013 | Uncategorized
Thanksdriven Thank you for the doubters. They make me work twice as hard and twice as long. Thank you for the failures. They have created opportunities for improvement. They have humbled me and corrected my incorrect path. Thank you for the naysayers. They force...
by Joshua Waldroup | Nov 19, 2013 | Uncategorized
He was standing, if you can call it that, under a sign that made him smile. “Congratulations! You are now at Uhuru Peak. Africa’s highest point.” He trained for 12 months and it took him a grueling 7 days to get there. The first documented ascent to the top of...
by Joshua Waldroup | Nov 18, 2013 | Uncategorized
In the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, Ethiopian Mamo Wolde won the marathon gold medal with a time of 2 hours, 20 minutes and 26 seconds. This was only Ethiopia’s second gold medal at that time. As he crossed the finish line, he was mauled by his Ethiopian brethren. ...
by Joshua Waldroup | Nov 12, 2013 | Uncategorized
At the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics, Omar Dallal swam his hardest! He had trained and trained and trained. He was the fastest 400 hundred meter freestyle swimmer in his country. At fifteen years old, he carried the weight of his home country on his back. Jordan...
by Joshua Waldroup | Nov 10, 2013 | Uncategorized
Winning is everything. After all, it is the reason we compete. No matter what motivates you to succeed, winning feels good. Winning strokes our ego. It is what we anticipate, when we perform at our peak. Each incremental moment of deliberate practice is fueled by...
