Belichick, McVay, Jeter

Jun 08, 2025

"You just get caught up in this tidal wave of success that we've had. You lose perspective. You struggle with the ego at times because you've been on this incredible run..." - Dan Hurley

Hey Coaches,

Here you go!

✍️ Articles

How a phone call from a college football legend reset Sean McVay’s coaching career: Former college football coach Chris Petersen reached out to Rams Coach Sean McVay after seeing him in a press conference. This is about their relationship and Coach Peterson helping McVay grow as a person and a coach.

“You’re in the middle of a storm. It’s real gray; things are cloudy,” McVay said. “He saw that press conference. I was crying out for help, I just didn’t realize I was.”

🎙️ Podcast

The Knowledge Project with Shane Parrish - #230 Bill Belichick: 8x Super Bowl Champion on Winning, Leadership, and Discipline: A nice break from the usual news about Coach Belichick lately, covering his approach to everything that goes into winning. This is one of the better episodes I’ve heard this year. [5/27/25 - 76 minutes] Apple | Spotify | YouTube

“Discipline is doing the right thing over and over again—every time.”
“Confidence is being able to perform when the bull’s-eye is on your back every week.”
“In the NFL, everyone is talented. The difference between a good player and a great one is consistency—can you do your job perfectly, over and over, without letting up? That’s what separates careers that last three years from ones that last ten. Discipline is what allows skill to shine through under pressure.”

The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos - Can You Become a "Practical" Optimist?: There are many benefits to being an optimist – particularly when things go wrong in our lives. But we aren’t all naturally optimistic, so can we learn to adopt the best and most positive behaviors of born optimists? This explains how. [4/21/25 - 45 minutes] Apple | Spotify | YouTube

💭 Miscellaneous

Learning from Adversity (source)

Older adults who score highly on measures of wisdom reported that they applied valuable life lessons gained from previous experiences of coping with adversity when confronted with new crises and obstacles. By contrast, older adults low on wisdom did not appear to have learned any life lessons from past adversity.