"Step one: First you must define the situations where your attitude needs to be maximized. Step two: Decide what attitudes you need in these situations. Step three: Rehearse that you are in these situations and feeling the way you desire to feel."

Lanny Basham is a former Olympian and teacher of the Mental Management system.

"While in the army from 1976 to 1978, I was assigned a non-shooting position at Ft. Sam Houston, Texas. It was 250 miles from my home to an international shooting range. I was able to actually shoot on a range only 6 days during those 2 years, 3 days to win the Nationals in 1977 and 3 days to win again in 1978. Though I could not actually go to the range, I did continue training. Five times a week after my family had turned in for the night I simulated shooting for 2 to 4 hours in a spare bedroom, a technique called dry firing. I made the US International team in 1978 and won the World Championships that year in Seoul."

Lanny Basham is a former Olympian and teacher of the Mental Management system.

"Hardwork, Competitiveness, Accountability, and Focus When are these hardest?

1. Hardworking: Paying the price with effort

1. When I’m not getting the results I want

1. When others around me don’t care

1. When i don’t think I was in the wrong

1. When I don’t know how to prioritize things

This week’s book is What Drives Winning by Brett Ledbetter. Brett is a performance consultant.

"In The Revenant, the main character, played by Leonardo DiCaprio says this mantra helped get him through: When there is a storm, and you stand in front of a tree, if you look at its branches you swear it will fall. But if you watch the trunk, you will see its stability."

This week’s book is What Drives Winning by Brett Ledbetter. Brett is a performance consultant.

"Geno Auriemma says in this book: A lot of great players think that, “If I just come out here and I work hard and bust my butt, of course they’ll follow me. They may or may not. But if you make them feel like you will do anything for them, then they will follow you."

This week’s book is What Drives Winning by Brett Ledbetter. Brett is a performance consultant.

"Personal Growth Mondays: 1. Commit. 2. Plan. 3. Facilitate. 4. Reinforce."

This week’s book is What Drives Winning by Brett Ledbetter. Brett is a performance consultant.

"Bill Beswick tells a story in this book: There was a situation set up in a medical school where people training to be surgeons had to take their final examination - a three-hour examination. But the professor came into the room and to the surprise of all the students, offered them the opportunity for a B grade without taking the examination. And all the class, apart from two, stood up and left. They celebrated because all they needed was a B grade to pass their final. So they were clear, they were surgeons, they were professionals. But two people stayed. And the professor said, “I’ve offered you a B grade without taking the examination. Why are you still sitting there?” And the answer for one of them, I could never forget it. “I base my life on trying to be an A grade student, an A grade surgeon, an A grade person. I’m not in the mood to accept B grade now. I’ll take the examination."

This week’s book is What Drives Winning by Brett Ledbetter. Brett is a performance consultant.

"Do you love to win or hate to lose? [There’s a] BET interview that Jemele Hill did with Kobe Bryant. Jemele: There’s two type of players, players who love to win and players who hate to lose. Which one are you? Kobe: I’m neither. Meaning that I play to figure things out. I play to learn something. Because if you play with a fear of failure or you play with the will to win, it’s a weakness either way."

This week’s book is What Drives Winning by Brett Ledbetter. Brett is a performance consultant.

"Will you give up batting practice when you are hitting well? Will you stop throwing bullpens when you are pitching well? Of course they respond that they will not give up these physical-skill practices, so I suggest that they keep up the mental and emotional training practices, too."

Greg Warburton is a mental conditioning training coach and had a 39 year career in counseling. We also co-wrote the book Ask More Tell Less for Coaches: The practical guide to mastering coach-athlete communication.

"Step 3: Make the mental shift from Don’t to Do."

Greg Warburton is a mental conditioning training coach and had a 39 year career in counseling. We also co-wrote the book Ask More Tell Less for Coaches: The practical guide to mastering coach-athlete communication.