Then Michael Jordan took it to a place that I’VE ONLY DREAMED ABOUT! “mevsMJ.com, huh?” an engaged Jordan shot my way, as he got back in his cart. Now smiling, I replied, “What do you think?” “You Won’t Win! You Won’t Win!,” he quipped with a smile. Living the dream, I eagerly asked, “When can we play!?” “Anytime!” a playful Jordan fired back!
So last week, as you may have seen in Saturday’s post, I began individual performance training at the B Meyer training facility in Altamonte Springs, Florida. If you didn’t see Saturday’s post, Coach B Meyer has been featured in Men’s Health, USA Today, and ESPN to name a few and is the performance coach for … Read more
I stood stationary but ready underneath the goal, next to a young woman, one of only two at the particular workout this past May. The coach standing behind us at the free throw line instructed, “Backboard, baseline, backboard, backboard, get the ball!”
He faked right, crossed over left, lowered his shoulder and exploded to the rim. It was game point, in game number three this past Sunday and Robert Brown, one of the top basketball players in the country (#80 by ESPN/#54 by Bob Gibbons), was about to freeze the gym. Just one long stride past me … Read more
Later this evening I will jump in the car and accompany my wife to Miami, Florida, where she will audition for “The X Factor”, the new Simon Cowell television creation that is set to debut this fall. My wife sings, for fun. The first time I heard her sing, I had just finished throwing down … Read more
Friday night found me sitting on one of many long pine benches that make up a set of bleachers, shoulder to shoulder, about as close as you’d ever want to sit with anyone. To my left, a client and former Duke grad, his two sons and nephew. On the other side me was a … Read more
2010 began like most years for me. Dick Clark did the countdown, the ball dropped, fireworks went off, and the calendar changed. Truthfully, I’ve never been much into new year’s resolutions because they don’t typically work.
It was a little after 5am on Friday morning of last week. The sun had yet to welcome in the new day, but I felt like a small child on Christmas and I had done all the sleeping I could do.
ESPN has Robert ranked #84 overall in its top 100 players in the country going into this season. They have him ranked as the 25th best player at his position, shooting guard.
This morning I could have been on my way to Miami. I could have been on my way to meet and have lunch with one of the biggest stars in today’s NBA. This morning I could have been on my way to meet LeBron James. The Opportunity Last Wednesday evening, almost as soon as I … Read more