Greetings Nick!
With the MLB Draft coming up, many of you that are eligible in 2012 will have some tough decisions ahead to consider and make. I wanted to focus some of my helpful quotes this week on “decisions”. Hope some of these may serve as a stimulant for you! TO OTHERS, THAT HAVE MOVED PAST THE DRAFT OR ARE NON-ELIGIBLE THIS YEAR, YOU WILL STILL ENJOY THE QUOTES BELOW VERY MUCH!!
For those that have been receiving my weekly stories and took time to reshape and package yourself throughout 2011-12, this is where your body of work away from the field can definitely help elevate your final draft grade. I’ve been in the business side of marketing players for a number of years and have been in big league club war rooms many times on draft days. I can tell you wholeheartedly that MLB clubs pay heavy attention towards the evaluation of a player’s character, his maturity and the overall humanizing efforts of your work in the community. They can all serve as the "tie-breaker" when team's decide on which players to choose and how much they are willing to invest in a prospect!
One of my past jobs in the National Hockey League (that I brought to my 17-20-year-old Major Junior players of today) was to teach our players how to SMILE, to speak and interview in a professional manner with our local media and how to effectively energize and communicate to our fan base! These are skills that can pay immediate and long-term dividends for you! It's very important to show the sports world that you CARE!
All the best once more Nick! Much success on the field this weekend my friend!
Jim Loria
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“Unfortunately many athletes are so focused on getting into professional sports that they never think beyond that. The goal isn’t to get to the pros, it’s to stay in the pros. Do you want to be a first-round pick, sign a rookie contract, and then be out of the League after a couple of seasons? Or is your goal to have a 10-year career and not care where you’re drafted” – stated by an unknown author
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“It’s not what’s happening to you now or what has happened in your past that determines who you become. Rather, it’s your decisions about what to focus on, what things mean to you, and what you’re going to do about them that will determine your ultimate destiny” – spoken by Anthony Robbins, American self-help author and success coach
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“High achievers spot opportunities swiftly, make big decisions quickly and move into action immediately. Follow these principles and you can make your dreams come true” – stated by Robert H. Schuller, Entrepreneur and Author, 1926
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“When your values are clear to you, making decisions becomes easier” – stated by Roy Disney, brother of Walt Disney
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“Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks for everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation” – stated by Brian Tracy
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“A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way” – stated by John Maxwell
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“I don't believe you have to be better than everybody else. I believe you have to be better than you ever thought you could be” – stated by Ken Venturi, former Pro Golfer, Broadcaster and Sports Illustrated’s 1964 Sportsman-of-the-Year
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“There is no such thing as ‘great talent’ without ‘great will power’” – stated by Honore de Balzac, French novelist and playwright
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Jim Loria
E-Mail: loria@sfstampede.com
Saturday, May 26, 2012
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