|
Results for tag: nba
Posted by:
kevo2
on Nov 5, 2009 at 03:53:27 AM
By: Kevin Cottrell Jr. Just A Thought…NYY State of Mind: Wednesday night the New York Yankees captured their 27th World Series pennant. Fans marveled at their collection of talent this season and in their franchise history. Many say this is the best franchise ever while others may argue it’s the best franchise “money can buy”. Either way the Yankees have managed to do one thing consistently over the years WIN. In the 20s they won 3 titles, 5 in the 30s, 4 in the 40s, 6 in the 50s, 2 each in the 60s and 70s, 3 more in the 90s and finally capping off the first decade in the 2000s with their second pennant. So while its true the Yankees brass shell out a lot of money in order to outbid other teams for the best players around the fans of New York can only ...
Posted by:
kevo2
on Sep 24, 2009 at 11:43:42 AM
By: Kevin Cottrell Jr. Just A Thought… CRITIQUE or COMPLIMENT…which would you prefer? Everyone loves to be told nice things about themselves, even if they already know/heard these things. But what about something you never knew about yourself (or something you’ve ignored). The thing is no one in life is perfect so WE can all use being critiqued from time to time. In fact a person who seeks critiquing is the one that will ultimately be complimented on their hard work and results. No ball player perfected a jump shot, learned the perfect form tackle and caught up to hitting the toughest curve balls because they were complimented there whole life. In fact, none of those things would have ever been accomplished without a critique. Whether you’re on the job or ...
Posted by:
kevo2
on Sep 10, 2009 at 02:01:43 AM
By: Kevin Cottrell Jr. Just A Thought… GREAT…How does one define it? The average person may measure greatness by obtaining their highest goal, becoming a millionaire and some women may say giving birth without pain is great…The dictionary defines it as “having unusual merit, extraordinary powers, expert, the best.” All these adjectives sums up the word “great”, but if you ask Michael Jordan to define great he may hand you his resume. For MJ23, great was being cut from his High School basketball team then bouncing back by earning a scholarship to play for the University of North Carolina. Great was hitting a game-winner as a freshman to win the 1982 National Title…After that he only got better and was named 1984 College ...
Posted by:
kevo2
on Sep 3, 2009 at 03:30:14 AM
By: Kevin Cottrell Jr. Just A Thought… BEWARE OF THE KILLER BEE…For the past three years I’ve submitted my weekly installments of “Thoughtful Thursday”, to shed my light on the world of sports and to also use sports as a metaphor to life. The inspiration behind my weekly blog stems from the words of wisdom provided by Rev Run. So of course it was a pleasure to have an opportunity to thank him yesterday during a book signing. With that said one of my favorite Rev Run quotes came to mind for this week’s edition of TT. Since we were young we’ve been taught to never hold a grudge. Yet the older we are it seems as if we hold our grudges longer! Take the Denver Broncos, new head coach Josh McDaniels got off on a bad note with his franchise ...
Posted by:
kevo2
on Aug 27, 2009 at 01:31:15 PM
By: Kevin Cottrell Jr. Just A Thought… Character vs. Reputation…To be clear, Character is who you are and how you approach life and react in the face of adversity. Reputation is simply what others think of you. For some reason many of us tend to think we have “a reputation to uphold” but few of us realize the true importance of building our character. Let’s take a couple of athletes for example. In baseball, Rangers outfielder Josh Hamilton returned a last season from a 2-year ban for drug & alcohol abuse. After returning to the Majors Josh became the poster boy for recovering addicts. He was as clean as can be and even became an All-Star. However, this past January Hamilton had a relapse and pictures recently surfaced of Hamilton drunk (and or ...
Posted by:
kevo2
on Aug 6, 2009 at 01:34:15 PM
THOUGHTFUL THURSDAY By: Kevin Cottrell Jr. Just A Thought… DOG DAYS OF SUMMER…As temperatures begin to heat up across NFL Training Camps, the talk of Michael Vick showing up at one are cooling by the day. Many “experts” believe that it will take an injury or some form of desperation for an Owner, GM and Coach to agree to bring in Mike while fans simply feel he’s being black balled. No matter what one may think, it’s important for the QB to remain focused and continue working out for the all important phone call for an NFL tryout. You see whether you’re looking to be reinstated to the NFL or simply trying to get above the poverty line in the midst of the recession one can only take life’s challenges head on in hopes of obtaining ... |
Send Message
Add Friend
Block User
Invite to Group
Report User 
Prospect
