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Gardening with swords
I was listening to a podcast where the panel was discussing the war in Ukraine when I heard someone repeat an old Chinese proverb: It is...
Mar 17, 2022


Planting Trees
I first met Coach Helm when my oldest son was beginning to play youth football. Coach had been part of starting the local youth football...
Mar 8, 2022


Team Chemistry
It was the first game of the season, we were playing a team which would end the season ranked # 8 in the state of Texas. We were a 45...
Mar 6, 2022


There are floods coming
In 2017, our fourteen player football team won the TAIAO sixman state title; however, it looked very unlikely because in week two, we...
Feb 6, 2022


Finest Hour
Success is not final, failure is not fatal. It is the courage to continue that counts. Winston Churchill I recently finished watching the...
Feb 4, 2022


You Should Be a Monster
As the father of six children, three of which are girls, two of whom have developed into amazing Christian women. God has called me to...
Feb 1, 2022


Legends aka GOAT
I recently heard someone say "Legends are not defined by their successes but how they bounce back from their failures." As a coach, I...
Jan 27, 2022


Coaches won't win you games
Doctors won’t make you healthy. Nutritionists won’t make you slim. Teachers won’t make you smart. Gurus won’t make you calm. Mentors...
Sep 27, 2021


Letter from Coach
I remember reading a letter from Ricardo Montelban to his son which my father had posted on the wall of our house. Ricardo was a famous...
Apr 21, 2021


Getting Punched In the Mouth
One of the most difficult habits to form is resilience. The ability to recover quickly from challenging situations is a trait which has...
Apr 19, 2021
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