Life is filled with ups and downs but if you can manage to stay up when you're down then things will surely turn around.

Don't count your time, make your time count. Marvin Lewis

There is always a way, but when there isn't a way create a way.

If you stumble and advance then that's ok, but if stumble and remain the same you have wasted an opportunity to grow.

Stay Ready So You Don't Have To Get Ready

I am a Carpenter, Basketball is my Project, The Court is my Workshop, and my Brain is my most important Tool.

Life is as simple as A, B, C
A- Accept Life's Challenges
B- Believe in Yourself
C- Complete the Job

-Two Things you can do when a problem occurs, give up or STEP P!

Are you a LEADER,
L-oves to go where others are afraid of going
E-xcels in all they do
A-lways finds a solution
D-ecides right over wrong
E-ndures to the end
R-ises above your competition

If I fail, I fail, but if I don't try, the rest of my life would have been a lie.
Ability and Talent will get you to the top, but Discipline will keep you on top.

New Year, No Fears, No Tears, The EXPLOSION we in Here-Say Something!

The most important things in life aren't things.

Don't make excuses make buckets.

Sometimes things don't always go your way, that's another opportunity for you to stop, drop, and pray.

Dreams are what you want, however, your actions determine what you get. Dr. Blackwell

Success always looks easy to those who weren't around when it was being earned.

Those who always talk about what they've done instead of what they're doing, still want the past to last.

Are you apart or are you COMMITTED!!!

If you want something you've never had, then you must be willing to do something you've never done!

You may be working hard, but not harder than the EXPLOSION!!!! COACH TONY

Everyone has problems, what seperates us as individuals ,are the ways we handle the problems.

“Don't let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.” John Wooden

IF you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over? John Wooden

Without water there would be no need for a life preserver, without challenges there would be no need for faith.
Some people call it luck, I call it, when Preparation has finally met Oppurtunity.

Will you compete even if you're looking at defeat, if not your definitely not one of the EXPLOSION!!!
Stay focused, for where the mind goes the body shall follow.

There are two types of people in life, the humble and those that are about to be humbled. C. Johnson

Some succeed because they are destined to, but most succeed because they are determined to Dr. Blackewell
Basketball doesn't build character it reveals character Dr. Blackwell
Everyone has God given talent the difference between me and you is I WORK HARDER. Remus James

Never confuse Knowledge with Wisdom, because Knowledge is what you know, and Wisdom is what you do, with what you know. Anonymous
Think you can, Think you can't; Either way you'll will be right. H. Ford
Nature has given us to ends-one to sit on, and the other to think with. Every since then man's success or failure has been dependent on the one he used most. G.Kirkpatrick
Week 32
Never allow your Problems to Paralyze your Purpose.
I can't give you the formula for success but I can give you the formula for failure: Try to please everyone. B. Cosby
The person who views the world the same at 50 as they did when they were 20, has wasted 30 years of their life. M. Ali

Your potential is GOD'S gift to you, how you choose to use your potential is your gift to GOD.

If you fail let it be because you tried, not because you sat and watched from the side. When adversity comes just make sure you come harder and wiser!
When the final horn has rung, make sure you have done everything to have won.

He who cannot forgive breaks the bridge over he himself must pass. Tom Eliff

Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.
Henry David Thoreau.

Want More than Do More, the day you become satisfied is the day you get left behind.

Every winner is not a champion. A champion experiences defeat and loss, yet is able to overcome hardship. I'd rather be a champion than a winner any day. Dr. Bowles

If you can cheer and your heart feels like tears, just know when others say you are not being true to yourself, know that life is bigger than yourself.

No Statement about God is simply, Literally true. God is far more than can be measured, described, defined, or pinned down to any particular happening. D. Jenkins HE'S ALL THAT AND THEN SOME!!!!

In order to be a Champion you must have skill and will, but your will must outweigh your skill. M. Ali

There are two types of Pain: the Pain of Discipline and the Pain of Defeat, Make sure your endure the Pain of Discipline so you don't have to experience the Pain of Defeat. Dr. Blackwell