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[00:03:50] Innovation unbound by tradition.

[00:03:59] The more you're bound by tradition, the less movement and growth you're going to have.

[00:04:21] Most people coach the same season, 10 years in a row.

[00:05:25] We don't have an information problem. We've got a transformation problem in today's society.

[00:05:35] to improve is to change by definition.

[00:05:45] To improve is to change and to perfect is to change constantly.

[00:07:19] There's few other vocations where you can innovate daily.

[00:10:02] If you want to get to the next level, find someone that's been at that level and just copy everything that they do.

[00:12:09] When the daily process of improving yourself becomes more addicting than the outcome of winning a tournament or winning a championship, that's when you can be great.

[00:15:09] Running towards fear, running towards embarrassment, as opposed to away from it is what I've learned…it's better to bet on yourself and do something that's really hard and scary because at the very least, even if you fail, you have gotten better out of it.

[00:16:48] It takes unbelievable courage and humility for a coach to bring in a consultant or an outside expert.

[00:19:10] Simplicity wins. You can go far and fast. If you simplify your message and simplify how many things you're working on.

[00:19:55] Most people stop pounding the stone long before they see the breakthrough.

[00:20:33] Adversity strengthens. When practice gets messy, when there's hard conversations, when there's frustrations and push back, that's the moment, you're onto something good.

[00:21:38] You don't win by finding the easier path ever.

[00:22:55] The only way to do something special is to find your victories in your processes, in your daily habits.

[00:23:05] The Mamba mentality that Kobe taught us was just be better than you were yesterday.

[00:24:41] The greatest distance in the world is the distance between knowing and doing.

[00:24:51] you know that you're going all in, when you can act in opposition to your feelings.

[00:29:04] If I were to line up your 12 players outside of your office. And bring them in and say, define your offensive transition number one, principle in seven seconds or less, and I wrote it down and brought those players in one at a time. Would all 12 players have the same definition? Yes, or no? If the answer is no, you haven't yet defined it.

[00:30:10] So, what were three things that every coach should define here? It is simple, offensive philosophy, defensive philosophy, role.

[00:31:08] Not every player can be the star of the team, but every player can start in the role, but they will never star in the role unless it's defined.

[00:34:42] High clarity leads to high performance and creativity comes from constraint.

[00:35:18] When you constrain and focus all of your energy on getting good at one skill, you get good at that skill a lot faster.

[00:35:51] 75% is get good at what your current role is. Twenty-five. Sandbox time, try to get better at the skill you need for your next role.

[00:36:40] No matter how great the strategy, one should occasionally look at the results.

[00:42:19] Weekly wins, determine playing time.

[00:42:37] When you have weekly wins and playing time moves according to the weekly wins your team gets better.