COLLECTED & CONSIDERED
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Life Is Magic

by Larry Platt

Personal Growth & WellbeingBiography & MemoirSports & Coaching

Added to the collectionNovember 9, 2025

Selected Passages

Selected passages

Right beneath the anger there is a well of hurt. We stay at the anger because it gives us control, because we are afraid to go into the hurt ~ Iyanla Vanzant

Trying to rally the guys to tell themselves a different story, to go from surrender - I can’t - to defiance: Bring it on

It’s not just about being in the moment; it’s also about processing the moment, getting over the moment, moving on from the moment, and then appreciating the new moment that becomes the moment.

“Tigers don’t lose sleep over the opinions of sheep.”

Coaches like to say, “There’s no ‘I’ in team,” but Chip would point out: “There’s an ‘I’ in win.” He wanted our self-talk to be personally accountable, but for the good of the team: I will dominate this play, I will not let my teammates down.

Expecting everyone to treat you the way you treat them is more about you than them