Fit for Life: Triple D’s Make Champions

Fit for Life: Triple D’s Make Champions

I love watching football.

I generally don’t care who wins or loses, I love it for the competition, the speed, the violence, and how it displays athleticism at the highest level.

Every person that steps on a professional football field is an athlete. From 300 pound plus lineman to placekickers, every player exudes the high degree of athleticism, and that impresses me.

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But what baffles me is, why are some teams so dominant, and why do some teams suck every year.

 

In my opinion, it all boils down to the desire to win.

The desire to win equates to how much work ethic you put into any giving proposition that you are trying to achieve.

Why do some people make millions of dollars, and some people can’t make $50,000 per year?

Why do some people get fit and healthy, yet others are overweight, obese, sick, and heavily medicated?

It’s the desire to win and what you are willing to do to accomplish this.

 

Let’s break this down a little further:

Yes, Talent plays a role and in order to reach the pro level, talent is a must. However, look at how many superstars they are, or Hall of Fame players, compared to how many people played the game and are lost and forgotten long after their career ends. A small percentage become legends.

You get guys like Tom Brady, Drew Brees, and Joe Montana that produce results year after year and stay at the top of their game.

Then you get guys like Doug Williams, Joe Flacco, Nick Foles and Trent Dilfer that all won Super Bowls, yet never had the staying power to become hall of fame players.

Lastly, you get guys that never made it off the bench or played back up their whole lives.

 

Why is that?

20% of the people in this world are high achievers. They don’t need motivation or extensive coaching. They get it and operate at a high level all the time. Regardless of the task - sports, fitness, making money, etc. there will be a few that rise to the top in their field and deserve the label “elite”.

60% of people are motivated, work hard, do everything they are supposed to, yet never reach that upper level. It isn’t for lack of effort, but effort on the wrong things. Small things that create that glass ceiling that prevents exponential growth.

They need and accept help and coaching to stay focused on the tasks at hand.

In football, these are the players that have talent, yet can’t make it happen when game time rolls around.

In business, it’s the mid-level businesses that are a couple steps away from blowing up and reaching the next level, it’s the fitness person that works out regularly and eats well “most of the time”, and listens to their coach when advice is given.

In the NFL. every player is talented, and to play in the pros, you have impressed someone somewhere along the way. The worst pro would still crush the best amateur on the field, but what makes someone a superstar?

 

Let’s go into the 3 D’s of success.

These 3 apply to everything in life, and not just sports.

 

Desire - You may think that everyone has the desire to have great health and make a lot of money, yet there is a low percentage of people that are wealthy and fit. Someone once told me that they have “no desire to workout” and get in shape “as long as they keep making beach cover up’s”.

The reason it doesn’t look desirable to some, is because it’s hard work.

Many want the easy way out. If a magic pill would make you fit and you knew how to win the lottery, many would change their tune. However, that isn’t likely to happen, so many lose or never develop the desire to change.

Even at the pro level, you need to have the desire to be great, as opposed to just making it there.

 

Drive - After desire gets your attention, it takes drive to make moves. Desiring something to happen won’t make it a reality, you need to have drive and a mission, or you will never get past the 20-yard line. You must have a plan and begin executing immediately. Thoughts and desires won’t help you reach your destination, drive will.

 

Discipline - This is the component that makes you keep driving day after day, even when you don’t feel like it.

Do you think Tom Brady feels like working out and eating clean every day? I am willing to bet he has days that he “doesn’t feel like it”, but due to his high level of discipline, he does it anyway.

Do you think that rich executive feels like staying late and arriving early every day? Nope.

But discipline keeps them coming back day after day.

Does the person with 6 pack abs feel like eating broccoli and grilled chicken every day? Not really, but if you want to look a certain way, you need the discipline to say no to all the junk food available to us.

 

So, there’s my analogy on the NFL, however, it actually applies to all of us.

Some of us will be superstars in life and some will not.

Some will win all the time, and some will lose regularly.

Some will do well for a short amount of time, and others will stay consistent.

It all boils down to work ethic, and the level of desire, drive, and discipline you possess.

 

Coach Matt