To Imagine

"That summer, as a follow-up to the conversation, I called Shane and asked him, 'Shane, this morning while you were shaving, did you look in the mirror and imagine that you were looking at next year's conference player of the year?' He chuckled and began to respond, 'Coach, c'mon, I didn't...' Click, I hung up the phone. The next day, I called him again and this time asked, 'When you were on your way to your internship this morning, did you picture yourself going for 30 points against Virginia?' Again, Shane responded with a cautious laugh. I hung up on him again. A few seconds later, my phone rang and it was Shane. 'Coach, don't hang up on me!'...'I won't hang up on you if you won't hang up on you. We made a deal that you would imagine those things.' Shane needed to imagine because, by doing so, when the time came and he actually found himself in those situations, he would feel as if he had already been there."

Mike Krzyzeski

Beyond Basketball: Coach K's Keywords For Success

Are you not making the time to imagine

 and visualize how you want to perform

 and what you want to accomplish? 

Are you hanging up on yourself?

Find the moments in your day

when you can visualize in your mind

 the player you want to be

 and the places you want to go

 with your game.