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The effects of the U.S. price control policies on OPEC: lessons from the past
In 1973-1974, the U.S. faced the so-called "Energy Crisis" due to the Arab oil embargo and a quadrupling of world crude oil prices by OPEC. This led the U.S. to use a" Price Control" policy in the domestic energy market. The effects of such policy are explored and well documented. However, the responses of OPEC producers to such a policy need further attention. This paper examines the effects of these price controls on OPEC"s extraction path. It also examines the relation between the harm function and the change in OPEC production. The results show some evidence that OPEC did respond differently to price controls applied by the U.S. For some periods it cut production, while in other periods production levels increased. The results also show some evidence regarding Wirl (2008) that OPEC includes political support as part of its objective function when it comes to oil extraction.
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- Agarwal, Vinod B. & Deacon, Robert T., 1985. "Price controls, price dispersion and the supply of refined petroleum products," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 7(4), pages 210-219, October.
- Smith, Rodney T & Phelps, Charles E, 1978. "The Subtle Impact of Price Controls on Domestic Oil Production," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 68(2), pages 428-433, May.
- Karp, Larry & Newbery, David M, 1991. "OPEC and the U.S. Oil Import Tariff," Economic Journal, Royal Economic Society, vol. 101(405), pages 303-313, March.
- Wirl, Franz, 2008. "Why do oil prices jump (or fall)?," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 36(3), pages 1029-1043, March.
- H. E. Frech III & William C. Lee, 1987. "The Welfare Cost of Rationing-By-Queuing Across Markets: Theory and Estimates from the U. S. Gasoline Crises," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Oxford University Press, vol. 102(1), pages 97-108.
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The Isle of Anglesey, known as Ynys Mon locally, is an Island off the coast of North Wales. It is connected to the mainland via two bridges called Menai Bridge and Britannia Bridge. Although Anglesey is an Island it still has a substantial area of land mass and would take days to circumnavigate on foot. During the summer many people flock to various parts of this popular tourist destination for their holidays. Why visit Anglesey? If you like a seaside vacation, hiking, exploring historical sites or even fishing then there is something there for you. Continue reading to find out more.
I will now breakdown some of the popular villages and towns into similar locations from around the world to give you a better idea of what you may like to do.
Before I do, please note I am basing these connections on peak season, (Late Spring to early Autumn).
Beaumaris is a very unusual town in Anglesey. It's quite far from the A5025 (which covers almost the whole circumference of the entire Island) Which makes it a little more difficult to find compared to the following four listed below. The architecture of the buildings here are so different that they separate Beaumaris from the rest of Anglesey and make it look more like a coast town in Southern England. Things to do in Beaumaris include Fishing, Mini Golf, Boat trips, Hiking and there is also a historical Castle open to the public. There are also many cafes and restaurants.
Benllech is easy to compare to somewhere popular. I class Benllech as the Tenerife of Anglesey because it has the best and biggest beach along with a bustling nightlife during the Summer. Nothing much more to say except it's a great seaside holiday.
Cemaes Bay cannot really be compared to anywhere I have been before. It is a very unusual little village with two beaches, and lower level woodland in the center of it and many coastal walk paths. It even has a Nuclear Power Station within walking distance! Cemaes Bay is my favourite place on the whole of Anglesey.
Holyhead – Is the shopping capital of the Island and is also a Port and major Railway station. I would class this place as the Dublin of Anglesey which Ironically is the destination when sailing out on a ferry. Lots of nightlife available here and a fairly decent recreation park with mini golf and bowling. There is also a leisure centre in Holyhead complete with pool.
Newborough is another unusual town that seems unlike anywhere else on the Island. The town centre itself is nothing major, quite dull in fact, but just a mile away is Newborough Forest and beach. This is a proper nature destination and can be compared to natural reserves. Definitely worth a day out there. Also, quite nearby is the Anglesey Sea Zoo – Don't expect anything like Sea World or Ocean Park but it keeps the kids entertained.
So there you have Anglesey Wales! That was just a small summary of a handful of towns but which I would personally class as the five best. You could also check out the longest named place in the UK I believe which reads as Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch. Or you could head over to the local reservoir called Llyn Alaw with a disposable BBQ. Also worth mentioning are the markets in Amlwch, LLangefni and Valley. There is also a large car boot sale in Mona once a week. Seasonal events include Carnivals, Fun Fairs, Circus' and the Anglesey Show.
Well known Anglesey Hotels are few with bed and breakfasts and smaller hotels thriving. You should book in advance to avoid disappointment.
If you want to get out of Anglesey for a day then Anglesey Airport in Valley RAF base do flights to Cardiff and back. Nearby places which are not on Anglesey, include Bangor, Caernarfon and Llandudno which are all a decent day out.
Of course there will be plenty more things worth seeing or experiencing but I listed only what I know. This concludes my post.
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I felt I had to write this today in lieu of all of the hoopla surrounding Facebook's IPO, the not so cool exclusion of information, blah blah blah. I was speaking with an acquaintance this morning and he said he told his family they should buy Facebook stock right now while the shares were low (not low enough for me by the way), so that they could reminisce years from now saying "Ahh, remember when Facebook was great?"
In spite of all that's going on, Facebook is still the best social media platform to communicate with customers (and friends). I think everyone needs a reminder of why Facebook is still such a powerful tool (as part of an overall marketing strategy). People forget that Facebook + Engagement doesn't always equal SALE. Do companies create Super Fans that purchase from them? They absolutely do. But for the majority of companies, Facebook is an extension of their overall strategy (as it should be). Facebook is a necessarily evil (and I use that term lightly). When a business has a website that speaks to who they are, they usually have business cards that present a similar message.
Businesses should use Facebook to establish credibility as a valuable resource to their clients. Whether you sell products or services, you want your clients to keep you TOP OF MIND, ALL THE TIME. How are you going to do that? It starts with a conversation. I've said this before, you can't just walk into a party and say "Hi, I'm Randi, I want to be your best friend." It doesn't work that way. Facebook gives you the perfect platform to get to know your clients, find out what they like, find out what makes them laugh. The idea is, as a business, you provide VALUABLE information through your posts, you engage with your fans, and when it comes time for your fans to purchase a particular product or service, it becomes much easier for them to make a decision.
We all want that immediate gratification but we forget that it takes time to build a relationship and trust someone. You need to provide consistent reminders as to why your product and service is the best BUT balance that with genuine interest and social interaction.
I have a client who runs a beautiful board and care for the elderly. These are gorgeous homes and they offer top notch care. Now, why would a board and care facility set up a Facebook Page? I'll tell you why. Maybe your Mom/Dad/Grandparent is too young to be considered for one of these homes but what if that changes in a year? What if, throughout the year, you receive really valuable information about senior living, health, wellness, etc. in your Facebook Newsfeed? You may even enjoy posting a comment once in awhile on their Facebook Page. Do you think maybe, just maybe, when you actually need to find a warm, caring environment for your senior loved one, you might think of them? Again, it's about keeping your business or service TOP OF MIND so when the timing is right, when someone has deemed you worthy and credible, they will take that next step and purchase from you .
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Two of the great minds in tennis, each enshrined in the International Tennis Hall of Fame, celebrate their birthdays today. Gigi Fernandez is 53. Michael Chang turns 45. That they conduct themselves in quite different ways is yet another case of how tennis is a showcase of unabated personality.
The first time I interviewed Fernandez I was warned: If Gigi doesn't think you know what you're talking about, look out. As we sat along the court watching a WTA doubles match, Fernandez predicted the shots each player would strike – each time spot on. Indeed, no one hands you 17 Grand Slam doubles titles and a pair of Olympic gold medals.
Years later, Fernandez sat for the longest single interview of my career – a five-hour end-to-end look at her life. Prompt to cite both her good moments and bad choices, passionate and demanding, Fernandez that day was 36 years old and been retired for three years. Still in the decompression mode after tennis, Fernandez then had little desire to hold a tennis racquet. But soon, her love for the game rekindled – in a major way. Fernandez coached college tennis for a time, but even more notably, has over the last 10 years coached thousands of recreational players, a full-blown business devoted to doubles titled "Masters Doubles with Gigi." There's a traveling Gigi roadshow that conducts clinics all over the country. There's instruction for teachers, Fernandez showing coaches how to teach doubles. And of course, there's a website – gigifernandeztennis.com – that includes tips, videos, apps and more.
While Fernandez is a forthright extrovert, quick to express herself in the way you'd expect from a net-rusher, her fellow Pisces is quite the opposite. Michael Chang is deliberate, keen to reflect – but also like Fernandez, unblinking in his candor.
Over the course of Chang's career, I wrote five lengthy feature articles about him. Often the pieces revolved around three subjects. First there was Chang's quest to earn a second Grand Slam singles title. "Michael won his first as a boy," his father, Joe, told me one morning at an indoor tennis club near Seattle. "He'd like to earn his second as a man." That this didn't happen – well, such is tennis.
The second topic was Chang's belief in God. We journalists tend to be a rather secular lot, often jaded from having witnessed ample hypocrisy. At the time I first began to write about Chang, I'd also just met a future Tennis Channel colleague, Mary Carillo. For reasons I couldn't fathom at the time, Carillo urged me to examine Chang's spirituality. So with a boost from Carillo and my own curiosity, I pursued this line of questioning: If God was in Chang's heart, and his heart was arguably his biggest weapon as a player, surely his spirituality needed to be explored. That his faith was tested amid the frustrations of not earning that second major added much texture to writing about Chang. Whether interviewing him at a tennis club, on a commercial shoot an hour west of Las Vegas, or while walking a golf course alongside his older brother Carl, Chang was always able to intelligently juxtapose his quest for one big result with his faith.
Third came Chang's deep loyalty to his family, from parents Joe and Betty to Carl. Often a player as he ages will leave his family behind. But for Chang, the communal life of family was a genuine, desired path for coping with the demands and distractions of pro tennis. And Chang's devotion was more than window dressing. Carl, an excellent player who'd lettered at UC Berkeley, became Michael's coach, front and center for his best years.
Following his retirement at the end of 2003, Chang needed some time to acclimate himself to life outside the pro tennis bubble. In 2008, he married Amber Liu, a former pro. They've since had three children. And by 2014, Chang returned to tennis in a major way, working with Kei Nishikori.
So if in manner, Fernandez and Chang are polar opposites, in a fundamental way, they occupy common ground: two teachers, deeply in love with tennis.


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Tunnel system at Scout activity centre; Head torches; tennis balls; cookies wrapped in tin foil (one per child); ticking 'bomb' (timer) in ziplock bag; pens & paper
First, let cubs explore the tunnels in their teams for 5 minutes, then have them come back out and draw a map of the layout.
Each team can then take turns for the following games/activities (give 2 torches per team, and don't reveal assignment until they are in the tunnels):
1. Rearrange themselves to exit in alphabetical order
2. Ditto - in age order
3. Ditto - in order of birth month
With one torch per team, send them frown to hut for:
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Alleged Photo of iOS 5 Notifications Leak Before WWDC
Posted on June 6, 2011 by vincent oliver
The above photo is being passed around the internet today. If real, this could be a sneak peek at the rumored notification system in iOS 5. We'll know for sure in a few hours when Steve Jobs takes the stage at WWDC 2011. Don't miss our live coverage of the event starting at 10AM Pacific Time.
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Chicken FajitasFebruary 6, 2013 2 Comments
Happy New Year to all my beautiful foodie peeps… it has been a while between meals hasn't it? I find the silly season always takes it out of me somewhat and even though I try to act like some sort of superwoman and do 101 things leading up to the Christmas and the New Year period I fall way short. Life has really changed and evolved during the Christmas season now that I have 2 kids. The priority is all about them naturally, it makes it so rich and rewarding. My oldest performed in her first kinder nativity play. VERY CUTE… she played a cat, yes that's right, a cat. Apparently cats where part of the nativity and so where dogs and mice :) made it all the more sweet I suppose. This year my family took a much deserved holiday to the Gold Coast and while we were in beautiful QLD we visited my husbands family.
During one of those visits we caught up with my husbands brother, his wife and kids. They also love spending time cooking some beautiful meals so it's always nice to see what they have planed for our visits. They never disappoint! What I love about cooking in their home is that it is a really team effort, and I love this in families, everyone helping! How lovely it is to be able to create together the food we share.
They are, as most of us are, going through a love affair with Ms Nigella Lawson. How can you not love this womans charisma, spontaneity and expressiveness when it comes to food. So on their menu that night was Nigella's Chicken Fajitas. My borther in law was at the stove, my sister in law preparing all the accompaniments and kids helping with that too. Busy setting the table, warming the tortillas, it was all happening. My appetite was building as I watched them and we talked about life, kids and Nigella's new book 'Nigellissima' (which I will bring you some recipes form this year). So once we got back from our holiday it was not long after that I made this meal, which I salivate at the thought of because I really LOVE IT and it has now become a regular meal option at our family table. This fajita recipe is from 'Nigella's Kitchen' cookbook. I have previously shared with you another great recipe from this book –>> Spanish chicken with chorizo and potatoes.
So without further salivation lets just get into it.
- 2 skinless chicken breast fillets, preferably organic
- 1 teaspoon dried Mexican oregano, or regular oregano
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt or 1/2 teaspoon table salt
- 1/2 teaspoon sugar
- 1 tablespoon garlic flavored oil, plus 2 teaspoons
- 2 tablespoons lime juice
- 2 tablespoons peanut oil or regular olive oil
- 2 onions, peeled, halved and cut into thin half-moons
- 8 soft flour tortillas
- 1 red bell pepper, cored and seeded, cut into strips
- 1 orange bell pepper, cored and seeded, cut into strips (I couldn't get orange so I substituted for a green pepper)
- 1 yellow bell pepper, cored and seeded, cut into strips
Optional accompaniments:
- 1 cup grated Cheddar or Monterey Jack cheese
- 1/2 cup sour cream or creme fraiche
- 1 x can corn niblets, drained (or 2/3 cup drained canned corn)
- 1 large avocado (or 2 small), finely diced and dressed with 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt and 2 teaspoons lime juice
- 1/4 to 1/2 head iceberg lettuce, shredded
- 1/3 cup chopped fresh cilantro leaves
- Hot chili sauce, to serve, optional
My accompaniments of choice are grated cheddar cheese, lettuce and AVOCADO which is A MUST!!!!!!
How to
1. Over a shallow bowl, cut the chicken with a pair of scissors into thin, lengthways, 1/4 to 1/2-inch strips. Halve the long strips across to give 2 shorter strips (to echo the size of the bell pepper strips). Don't get too hung up on precision, though; you're just trying to cut the chicken into uniform shapes.
2. Add the oregano, cumin, salt, sugar, 1 tablespoon garlic flavored oil, and the lime juice to the chicken. Stir to combine and let marinate while you get on with the onions and bell peppers. Preheat the oven to 225 degrees F if you wish to warm your tortillas.
3. Warm the peanut or olive oil in a large frying pan or wok and fry the onion slices over medium heat, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes.
4. Spread the tortillas out on a cookie sheet and put it in the oven to warm. Note: You can also microwave most tortillas.
5. Add the bell pepper strips to the pan with the onion and cook for 10 minutes. When both the onions and peppers are tender, remove them to a bowl.
6. Warm the remaining 2 teaspoons garlic flavored oil in the pan over medium heat and add the chicken with its marinade. Cook, stirring frequently, for 5 minutes. Check that the chicken is piping hot and cooked through, then add the onions and bell peppers. Stir together, then transfer them to a serving dish.
7. Take the warmed tortillas out of the oven and put them on the table alongside the chicken mixture and all the other accoutrements. Wrap what you fancy in the tortillas and eat straightaway.
Tips from Nigella:
Make Ahead Note – The onion and bell peppers can be cut 1 day in advance. Cover tightly with plastic wrap and refrigerate. The chicken can be cut 1 day in advance and tossed with the oregano, cumin and garlic flavored oil. Cover tightly with plastic wrap and refrigerate. Add the lime juice and salt just before cooking.
Buon Appetito a tutti!
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BMW E60 models are equipped with a mechanical parking brake. This parking brake is used to hold the vehicle stationary when not in use. The parking brake is operated via a handle in the vehicle cabin, which pulls the parking brake cables that engage the parking brake shoes. It is a brake shoe and brake drum style parking brake system.
The system is compact and integrated into the rear brake rotor system. The rear rotor hub flange acts as the drum and the brake shoes are mounted to the backing plate. You can adjust your parking brake with the wheels raised off the ground. You do not have to remove the wheels. A quick check of the parking brake is to pull up the parking brake lever and listen to the number of clicks it makes until stopping. If your parking brake lever makes 10 clicks or more, it needs to be adjusted. Keep in mind that the parking brake is not strong enough to brake the vehicle when driven or when being moved by the engine.
Remember that your car may have been serviced before and had parts replaced with different size fasteners used in the replacement. The sizes of the nuts and bolts we give may be different from what you have so be prepared with different size sockets and wrenches.
Protect your eyes, hands and body from fluids, dust and debris while working on your vehicle. If you're working with the electrical system, disconnect the battery before beginning. Always catch fluids in appropriate containers and properly dispose of any fluid waste. Recycle parts, packaging and fluids when possible. Never work on your vehicle if you feel the task is beyond your ability.
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Working in the vehicle interior, lever the top of the parking brake lever boot out using a plastic prying tool. Then pull out the parking brake lever boot to detach it from the center console. Pull it up and over the handle.
Check that the parking brake lever is in the released position. Release the cable tension by engaging the service lock. Press the spring (green arrow) with a flathead screwdriver until the hook locks (yellow arrow) the spring in a compressed position. If the parking brake lever is not fully released, you will not be able to engage the service lock.
Remove one wheel stud per rear wheel while the vehicle is on the ground. Lift and support the rear of the vehicle. See our tech article on jacking your vehicle. Rotate the rear wheel until the removed stud bore is on the bottom (green arrow). You should be able to see the parking brake adjuster (yellow arrow) when looking through the hole of the removed wheel stud.
Using a long, thin flathead screwdriver, rotate the adjuster to expand the parking brake shoes until the wheel cannot be turned and then back the adjustment off 8 notches. For the driver side wheel, lever the adjuster down to expand the brake shoes. For the passenger side wheel, lever the adjuster up to expand the brake shoes.
Once you adjust both rear parking brake shoe adjusters, release the service lock by pressing it using your flathead screwdriver (green arrow) and unhooking it from the hook (yellow arrow). Working in the vehicle interior, pull the parking brake lever multiple times. Release the lever and confirm that the wheels rotate freely. Release the lever and then pull up 3 notches. Check that the rear wheels do not rotate and the parking brake warning light is ON. When done, install the parking brake lever boot and rear wheels' studs.
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Although "un-teaching" prejudice through hypnotic messages played while a person sleeps may seem like science fiction, it is actually at the center of a recent study from Northwestern University. The researchers claim that both conscious and unconscious biases can be "unlearned" using nothing but subtle audio cues played while individuals take a quick 90-minute nap. The…


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Forgiveness is letting go of the mind. Or said another way, it is letting go of believing the chatter in one's mind.
With that said, there are some helpful pointers in today's lesson.
1. "Because you think your sins are real, you look on pardon as deception." – I would word that this way: Because you think your thoughts are true, you think letting go of them is foolish.
It doesn't matter if the chatter that plagues you now is fear about the future, a grievance against another person, a judgment against yourself or something else. The reason it is not let go and forgotten is because you think it is true. You think your mind is right.
Why do you think your mind is right? When there are so many people on the planet who would have a different perspective than you, what makes you so sure that your mind is right?
As one's mind rises up to comprehend truth, one is happy. When one's thinking is in harmony with truth, one is happy. If one is not happy, the current thinking IS NOT TRUE. You really do not need any other measure. If you are happy and at peace, fine; let your thoughts be. But if you are not, trust that your thoughts are wrong, and let them go. That is forgiveness.
2. "Forgiveness is the only thing that stands for truth in the illusions of the world. It sees their nothingness … and merely says to them, '… what you think is not truth.'" – Whenever you are not happy, this is what you need to say to yourself: What you think is not truth.
When a situation is upsetting you, don't try to figure it out. When peace comes, you will know what to do. Instead, realize your thinking is not true. (You know that, because you are upset.) And let your thinking go. The sooner you let it go, the better. You do not have to go deeper into suffering before you decide to let go of thinking that is causing fear or unhappiness.
3. "The strength of pardon is honesty, … it sees illusions as illusions, not truth." – In this context we need to see 'pardon' as 'letting go.' Letting go is ceasing to put attention on it.
It was helpful for me to see that I was being honest when I chose to let go of mental chatter. It was also helpful for me to realize I was willingly deceiving myself whenever I kept my attention with mental chatter. I knew I did not want to deceive myself, so this helped me to let it go.
4. "[Forgiveness] opens up the way to truth." – It was also helpful to realize that if I chose to believe my mind's chatter, I was blocking truth. If I want truth realization, I must free up space within the mind by letting go of the mental chatter that crowds it.
5. "do not allow your mind to dwell" – Today's lesson is speaking in specifics when it says this, but I feel this is good to remember as a generalization. Do not allow your mind to dwell on any thought. If dwelling is happening, distortion and deception are happening. Dwelling, distortion and deception go hand-in-hand.
6. "Forgiveness must be practiced." – In the movie, "Peaceful Warrior," Socrates said there is a difference between knowledge and wisdom. "Wisdom," he said, "is doing it." In other words, to know about forgiveness, but not to practice it, is not wisdom. Wisdom is practicing it. In fact, wisdom is practicing it, not occasionally, but with every opportunity that is given. Each time you notice your mind dwells with a line of thinking that is not creating joy in you, be honest with yourself. The current thinking is not truth. And for that reason, let it go


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The One-Day Contract
How to Add Value to Every Minute of Your Life
Rick Pitino with Eric Crawford
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It Begins with Humility
More than any play I drew up on the board in our locker room, more than any strategy or concept we used during our national championship season, one word paved the way for everything that would follow: humility.
This probably is not the way most books following a national championship begin. There are victories to talk about, stories to tell, and lessons to learn. Humility is not even a basketball word. You might ask, where does this guy, or any basketball coach, get off talking about humility? I agree that humility is scarce in the athletic world. Egos run rampant, as much on the sidelines as on the court. The egotistical coach, the arrogant athlete, they are stereotypes that too often ring true.
Here at the outset of this book, you should understand that there are two ways to handle subjects as a coach or teacher. You can teach people or try to help them from showing them how you succeeded, or you can allow them to see and learn from your failures. The former is much more fun. But the latter often is more instructive. In this book, I not only will talk about successes and how they came about, but failures, too, in the hope that both sides will be helpful for some; because we all come up short at some point.
I was not a picture of humility for much of my career. That is one reason I want to talk about it first. The other reason is this: Without humility, no other principle or lesson I talk about in this book will hit home. It is the key to everything that follows.
When our players came back to campus before school started for the 2012–13 season, I knew there was a great danger of becoming complacent or resting on the success of having made the Final Four the previous April. When we got the team together, the theme of my first discussion in our first meeting was humility. It was the theme of my first speech to our fan base during our annual Tipoff Luncheon in October. And it was the last word I wrote on the board after every victory through our entire season, right through the NCAA championship game. For our team, humility was the key to staying focused and to keeping a winning mind-set, as well as the key to accepting setbacks and turning them to positives. Most of our players embraced the lesson of humility, which is a remarkable thing for a group of young people.
It was more than the key for our players. It was the key for me. The longer I live and the more I experience, the more I believe that humility is the quality essential to sustained success, and a lack of it is the major stumbling block for those who find success for a time, then lose it. I'm not claiming to have perfected the trait, but I have learned its importance, and am learning to let it take root in my life and work. The lesson of humility comes to everyone eventually. Either you learn its value, or life drills it into you—and life can be a painful teacher. It is a lesson best learned before life makes you another case study. Let me give you an example: myself.
We all have our share of personal regrets. My greatest professional regret might surprise you. It wasn't leaving the University of Kentucky and walking into my first professional failure with the Boston Celtics. Failure is not final, and I always have said it is fertilizer for future success. No, my great regret from a professional standpoint is that I was not humbler at an earlier age. Here is how it worked for me. My early coaching career was a succession of surprising rebuilding jobs, each more celebrated than the one before. My first head coaching job was at Boston University. The team had won seventeen games combined in the two years before I arrived and hadn't had a winning season in fifteen years. Within five years we had made the NCAA Tournament. After working as an assistant coach to Hubie Brown for the New York Knicks, I took over as head coach at Providence College, which had just finished a 12–20 season. In my second season, we went to a Final Four. The next season I had a dream job, head coach of the New York Knicks. For a kid who grew up just eight blocks from Madison Square Garden, at 26th Street, it was as much as I could ask for. They'd won just twenty-four games the year before. In my second season, we won the franchise's first Eastern Division championship in nearly two decades.
From there it was on to the Roman Empire of college basketball, the University of Kentucky. We took a program famously crippled by NCAA probation and were back in the Final Four in four years, and won a national title in six. Professionally, everything I touched seemed to be turning into gold.
Over the course of that time, I developed a feeling that much of that success was about me and what I was doing. It was difficult not to feel that way. There's no question when you coach at Kentucky, you fall into a trap of thinking you're much better than you really are, because of the adulation and attention. It is constant and seems to come in a never-ending supply. I did not know it in the midst of it, but that arrogance, that thinking of yourself as the best, is one of the biggest reasons successful people stumble and fail. It helped lead me into an error, but it was a fortunate one.
I was very lucky to have left that atmosphere when I did. I look back at my time at Kentucky and realize I didn't carry myself with the humility necessary to foster more lasting relationships. Thankfully, I was able to build some with several remarkable people, anyway, that remain to this day. Because I left when I did, after being on top for some great years, I had a good ending. Most Kentucky coaches have not. Adolph Rupp didn't; he was in a fierce battle to keep coaching. Joe B. Hall retired under fire despite winning a national title and reaching three Final Fours. Eddie Sutton left in turmoil. Tubby Smith never got his just credit for the outstanding job he did. His major problem was winning the championship too soon. So for me, leaving Kentucky personally wasn't a bad thing. I recognized that I was falling into a trap with all that adulation; but I really didn't understand completely the consequences until I failed with the Celtics. If I hadn't left, I might not have learned that important lesson of humility. Instead, the experience taught me a great deal and I emerged from my time in Boston with the knowledge that I needed to live my life more humbly. I retained that knowledge, but from time to time I would forget it, or not put it into practice, much to my dismay and detriment, which I will discuss during this book.
The consequences of not learning humility can be tragic. If we don't always see these consequences in our own lives, we should be able to recognize them all around us. Not learning humility is, for one thing, an expensive lesson. In 2009, Sports Illustrated estimated that 60 percent of NBA players are broke within five years after their playing careers are over, and 78 percent of NFL players are facing serious financial distress just two years after their retirement. Others might tell you it's a lack of discipline or poor financial advice that brings this about. I'm convinced that more than anything else, in most of these cases, it's a deficit of humility.
Look at the headlines to see examples of people with great talent who fail in many ways. What usually isn't in the headlines or the stories is the root cause of their failure. People could see it coming for Terrell Owens, the onetime dominant receiver of the National Football League, the player who at the top of his game once said, "I love me some me!" Here was a guy who once caught a touchdown pass over two defenders, grabbed a marker from someone behind the end zone, autographed a ball, and then tossed it to one of his financial advisors. The flamboyant celebrations, the constant need to be in the spotlight even off the field, the brash pronouncements, these are typical of the kind of arrogance displayed in all areas of life today, even if Owens is an extreme example. As high as he was riding—and he made $80 million from 2000 to 2010—Owens took wild financial risks. He made questionable real estate deals. He lost $2 million in an electronic bingo venture in Alabama, an investment that not only was made on an illegal enterprise, but in violation of NFL gambling rules. In 2011, with his football performance sliding, he went to a judge in Georgia asking the court to reduce his support payments to the four mothers of his four children. His Georgia home was in foreclosure. In January of 2012, he told GQ magazine that to anyone who texts him asking him where he is, he responds with a three-word message, "I'm in hell." Yet he still was not heeding life's call to humility.
This is a story that is repeated with painful regularity. The mistakes Owens made, while on a much larger scale, perhaps, are mistakes that many make. NFL player Adam "Pacman" Jones recently told a gathering of incoming league rookies that he once blew a million dollars in a single weekend. Beside him on the stage, Owens remarked, "Man, you crazy." And if Terrell Owens calls you crazy, you can take it to the bank. Self-aggrandizement, alienation of friends, family, or teammates, a tragic tendency to overestimate one's talent that leads to overreaching, they all are traits of people who lack humility.
This also is a story that is not new. The ancient Greeks had a word for this very situation: hubris. It means extreme confidence or arrogance to the point that one loses touch with reality and overestimates one's abilities. Often in Greek mythology and drama, their heroes would have great success, only to demonstrate hubris, bite off more than they could chew, and be laid low. The Greeks took this concept so seriously that hubris was a crime in ancient Athens. To humiliate a defeated foe was a crime.
Today, it is commonplace. NFL receivers aren't the only ones who fall into the trap. Some of the most insecure people are movie stars. To see the Mel Gibsons of the world achieve such stunning success, believe they cannot fail, and then be brought low out of arrogance and lack of humility is becoming a frequent narrative. Nowhere is it more personified than in Charlie Sheen. His reckless behavior, combined with a complete refusal to honestly assess himself, led him to assert that he was "winning" even as he was losing stature and face in the entertainment world, not to mention the leading role on a top-rated television show he had helped build. That he capitalized on his runaway arrogance with a so-called comedy tour shouldn't obscure the truth. What he achieved was not true success, but mere notoriety, and not even the best kind. By failing to embrace humility and clinging in desperation to his own arrogance and misplaced belief in himself, Sheen continued the cycle of self-destruction that was leading to his problems. The same cycle can be seen in many fields, from business leaders who saw no limits to their income or luxuries, to politicians who thought they were on a roll that could not be stopped, only to be run out of office. The list of those for whom humility not only might have saved a fortune, but their future, is long and star-studded.
I can see how it worked in my life. Whether it was Boston University, the Knicks, Providence, or Kentucky, every downtrodden program I took over turned around dramatically. So when I looked at the situation with the Boston Celtics, who were to get two of the top six picks in the upcoming NBA Draft Lottery, why would it be any different? Because I lacked humility, I just couldn't accept the possibility that I had only a 28 percent chance of getting the best-case scenario, the No. 1 and No. 2 picks. Of course I would get those picks, I reasoned. If I had been humbler, if I had been more aware of where my success came from, I would have looked at that situation and understood that the team was over the salary cap, that the odds were against getting Tim Duncan, the best player in that year's draft, and that it was not the great opportunity I was making it out to be. I might still have gone to the NBA, but it would have been a different job, had I understood better why you win. A lack of humility clouded my judgment.
Lacking humility makes you overextend. It makes you feel immune not only from common consequences, but sometimes the law. Mike Tyson spent time in jail, and then lost his considerable fortune because of a ridiculous lifestyle of consumption and surrounding himself with bad advisors. People who lack humility often do this. Rather than surround themselves with more talented people with whom they would have to share credit and success, they pick the wrong people, and rarely share the credit. Show me a chief executive officer who keeps all of a $20 million bonus instead of passing some of it along to his fellow executives, and I'll show you someone who lacks humility, and is heading for a fall. Humility forces you to treat people around you better, to share with people, to carry them with you in any success you have. Humble people do that. That's why you see people like John Wooden, maybe the greatest coach of all time in any sport, or Mike Krzyzewski, who is the modern-day John Wooden, sustain success for so long. You can readily see their humility. That doesn't mean they don't have flaws, don't get angry or make mistakes. Everybody does. But the key that opens up all the greatness is humility.
Read this list of athletes who have filed for bankruptcy, and consider the cost of not learning this valuable lesson: Warren Sapp, Dennis Rodman, Allen Iverson, Mike Tyson, Marion Jones, Lawrence Taylor, Antoine Walker, Latrell Sprewell, Evander Holyfield, Michael Vick, Travis Henry, Lenny Dykstra, Kenny Anderson, and Leon Spinks. And that list is far from complete.
Even for those whom it doesn't ruin financially, a lack of humility can bring other difficulties. In every player I have coached who has not reached his potential on and off the court, the common missing element in his life and attitude is humility. The overspending, buying ten watches, the decadent lifestyle, the entourages, the unrealistic expectation of their own stature and longevity—all this leads to poor choices and reckless decision making. There are many athletes who believe that because they are invincible at times on the court, it will spill over into other areas. This is a crucial misjudgment, and it all stems from a lack of humility. So many athletes I've coached are struggling right now. Every day, I hope they will find humility and become more like Jamal Mashburn, who was the opposite. He never thought he was good enough, and worked every day to get better. He wasn't a so-called McDonald's All-American, and he felt hard work and a willingness to listen to every suggestion for improvement were his road map to success. Jamal seemed to have a blueprint for how humility works in athletics. He was one of the most popular and respected players in University of Kentucky history. People sensed his humble spirit and were drawn to him. Jamal knew how to save and develop a lifestyle that was healthy and humble for his family. He also invested wisely for his future. Today he is the CEO of a Lexus/Toyota dealership and currently owns pieces of franchises with Papa John's, Outback Steakhouse, and Dunkin' Donuts, and no one outside his inner circle would even know it. I only wish Jamal would serve as an example for all my players, not only in how to act, but how to develop a successful life down the road.
A lack of humility can damage your influence on others. As I watched New York Jets coach Rex Ryan go about his brash predictions, including guaranteeing a victory in the 2012 AFC Championship game, it just blew me away—and I'm from New York! I was confused about why he was doing this. Confidence is instilled in private meetings as well as in the locker room, with just you and your team, your own family hearing what you think of their skills and abilities to win—that sacred locker room, which has been pried open to the public more and more with each year of advancing technology. He had everything to lose and very little to gain. Everyone in the business tells me he's an outstanding football coach. I'm hoping the lesson he learned in 2012 brings about true success for him and his organization.
I'm also confused as to why Tim Tebow is such a lightning rod, why his spiritual belief rubs so many the wrong way. Is it because it is so out in the open? Or is it because people's own spiritual inadequacies or insecurity about faith move them to anger when someone else displays it openly? Tebow deflects all accomplishment toward others and God. Who does that hurt? It can't hurt anyone. Perhaps people don't think his faith is real, that it's an act. But if it's an act, he's one of the greatest actors since Spencer Tracy. He may not be the best quarterback, but he's a humble, hardworking young man who has accomplished so much in his life because he truly understands humility and typifies the proverb, "A man's pride will bring him low, but a humble spirit will obtain honor."
Maybe his coach for a while in New York, Rex Ryan, learned some of those lessons. After the 2012–13 season, he told reporters that he thinks his bravado might have hurt his team, and that he plans to tone it down.
"I've got to look at the entire dynamic of what I say, and how it doesn't just affect me," he said.
That recognition is the beginning of a humble mind-set. On an even grander scale, LeBron James suffered the consequences of arrogance in the realm of personal popularity. James is not a bad person, and should be genuinely well liked around the league. But he staged a terribly conceived production when he decided to leave the Cleveland Cavaliers for the Miami Heat. "The Decision," a one-hour television show to extol his greatness while announcing his new NBA home, with a hastily tacked-on charity element after the initial negative reaction, brought him nothing but derision from basketball fans around the country. When the Heat lost in the NBA Finals in his first season, they did so to the delight of most basketball fans. James did not respond well even then, intimating that fans who criticized him would go back to their dreary lives while he would keep living in wealth. His jersey sales slipped from No. 1 in the league to No. 4. A year later in the NBA Finals, however, James performed brilliantly, like the most talented player in the league that he is. When asked after winning the title what enabled him to rise to the occasion, he said, "Losing in the Finals last year. It humbled me." James found his way back when he found humility. He then said the right things, began playing for the right reasons, was able to let go of the bitterness he felt over the criticism he'd taken and look at himself in an accurate light. A year later, LeBron James cemented his place as the game's best player by leading the Heat to a second straight championship.
By contrast, Kevin Durant of the Oklahoma City Thunder is beloved in the basketball world, even though his team lost to James and the Heat in the Finals. Why? Durant plays the game humbly and does not seek to draw all the attention to himself. His style of play is refreshing. Durant is old-school. He's one of only a handful of players who will speak with the media before games as well as in postgame sessions. Before last season, he ranked LeBron James and Kobe Bryant as No. 1A and 1B in the NBA. When asked where he ranked, he said, "Nowhere near those guys," although he had been the NBA scoring leader for two straight years. One day during the offseason, Durant sent out a post on Twitter that he missed playing flag football. When a fan told him where a game was going on, Durant drove there and jumped right in, with a bunch of kids in Stillwater, Oklahoma. Rather than put on a show like James, when Durant became a restricted free agent he recognized that Oklahoma City matched his laid-back style, and decided he would try to win a title there. Durant is the product of someone taking him at an early age and instilling the importance of humility. This is rare.
Few high school players come to college with humility. There are many qualities I like in young people today better than I did twenty-five years ago. But one of the big changes I don't like is the lack of humility. Much of that stems from a change within the parents. Rather than instill incredible discipline from an early age, they instead keep telling their children how great they are with what I call undeserved praise, building them up constantly. What then happens is a train wreck when they fail. Too much praise also sets up within children an unrealistic view of themselves and unrealistic expectations for their future. In the award-winning education documentary Waiting for "Superman," this statistic is reported: American students ranked No. 1 in the world in confidence, but No. 45 in the world in science. When our players arrive at the University of Louisville, what I tell them is this: "High school is over. People telling you how great you are, undeserved praise, is not going to happen here. You are going to get praise for your work ethic; you're going to get praise for a job well done; but you're going to understand, you're going to deserve that praise, and you're going to have to earn it. You're going to carry yourself in such a way that when somebody gives you that praise, you'll pass it along to your teammates." We spend a lot of time on humility.
Junior Bridgeman is a former All-American at Louisville and a former star with the Milwaukee Bucks. Though he was a sixth man, he was so respected around the league that he became president of the NBA Players Association and his No. 2 was retired by the Bucks. He came in and talked to our Louisville players about his beginnings in business, and it really opened their eyes. Junior was an established NBA player with a role in union leadership, but during his time away from the court, he already was getting involved in his next business move: the restaurant industry. Junior not only bought a handful of restaurants during his playing days, but he went to work inside them. He worked at the cash register. He worked the drive-through window. He worked the grills and learned the business from the ground up, inside out. Can you imagine an NBA player today jumping into work in a fast-food restaurant, outside of a publicity stunt? But the humility that enabled him to do that has paved the way for his success since. He has become one of the most successful executives not only in the state of Kentucky, but the nation. If you look at the Forbes list of the nation's richest African Americans, he ranks in the top twenty, right along with Oprah Winfrey, Magic Johnson, Jay-Z, and Bill Cosby. And he is one of the humblest people I know, a prime example of someone humbly working to learn his profession and reach his potential, and you know he is going to sustain that success.
Bridgeman said he was impressed at meeting Walmart founder Sam Walton for the first time. He wasn't sure what to expect of such a successful person. He was surprised when Walton drove up in an older pickup truck and emerged wearing jeans and a flannel shirt. Bridgeman immediately liked him because of his lack of arrogance and pretense.
Bob Russell, Bridgeman's close friend and pastor at Southeast Christian Church in Louisville, one of the nation's largest congregations, calls Bridgeman one of the humblest people he knows, particularly for a person at such a high level of leadership. Russell fits the same description. He helped to build one of the nation's ten largest churches, but shies away from the limelight whenever he can. When asked to write the story of the success at Southeast, which began small and now has more than 22,000 members attending every weekend at four campuses, the title was, "When God Builds a Church." It certainly wasn't titled, "When Bob Russell Built a Church," though ministers around the world seek his counsel on leadership and ministry. Bob said one of the most impressive examples of humility he ever encountered was the popular preacher Billy Graham. During a series of sermons at Papa John's Cardinal Stadium at the University of Louisville in 2001, Russell was among a group of local ministers asked to pray with Graham before Graham would go out to speak. One night, a local seminary professor was invited in to pray with the group. Russell overheard Graham talking to the professor, and before the group left heard him say, "I wish I had more time. I'd like to ask you some more questions." Russell was amazed that the most famous evangelist in the world would humbly ask questions of a professor. "One of the marks of humility is openness to teaching," Russell told his congregation in a sermon about the subject.
Russell said he often uses the example of Jim Collins, business consultant, when talking about the importance of humility in leadership. In his best-selling book Good to Great, Collins distinguishes between Level 5 leaders (the highest level) with one level below, by noting that Level 5 leaders are more likely to put the interests of the company ahead of themselves and stay behind the scenes, while Level 4 leaders, who are just as gifted, have more interest in recognition. Level 4 leaders included bigger names, such as Lee Iacocca. In his Level 5 list were people you probably hadn't heard of, like Darwin Smith of Kimberly-Clark. Yet these executives, whose names were more obscure, were leading companies that outperformed others and, just as important, doing it over an extended time.
Here's what Collins writes of Level 5 leaders:
"They are somewhat self-effacing individuals who deflect adulation, yet who have an almost stoic resolve to do absolutely whatever it takes to make the company great, channeling their ego needs away from themselves and into the larger goal of building a great company. It's not that Level 5 leaders have no ego or self-interest. Indeed, they are incredibly ambitious—but their ambition is foremost for the institution and its greatness, not for themselves."
We see the same principles in sports, with players who are more humble and less concerned with celebrity becoming the ones who are able to sustain success—true success, contentment, and happiness—over a longer time.
Contrast the stories of Terrell Owens, Mike Tyson, and others with Nazr Mohammed. Here's a young man who was very humble from the start, who knew that whatever he was going to get he was going to have to work hard to achieve. He lived very conservatively, like any union employee might live, and now for the next twenty or thirty years of his life he'll live very happily because of his playing career, despite never making a huge salary by NBA standards. Humble people understand that no matter how much success they are having, it won't last forever, and they need to plan for their future.
There are so many examples of humility being a catalyst to greater success and happiness. For some, like LeBron James, it is like breaking through a barrier. We had a cross-country All-American from the University of Louisville named Wesley Korir. Wesley grew up in very humble circumstances in Kenya. He ran five miles to school, one way, every day, and he ran home and back at lunchtime. When he showed up to run his first marathon after college, the Chicago Marathon, they asked him if he was an elite runner, and he said yes. But because he had never run a marathon before, they made him start in the back with all the recreational runners. He did as he was told, and still finished fifth. The organizers were falling all over themselves to take care of him after the race. He won the Los Angeles Marathon twice, but one day he decided he was taking too much pride in the races he'd already won. He called a local reporter to say he wanted to give away his medals because they were becoming an obstacle to him, and he felt his pride in them was somehow a danger to him. With the help of a local minister, he distributed those medals to young runners to serve as inspiration. Having made that symbolic act, Wesley returned to his roots, got back to the basics of his success, and won an even greater prize—the Boston Marathon—in 2012. His story illustrates the value of examining yourself honestly, recognizing when pride is crowding out humility, and having the discipline to remain humble amid success. We may not all give away our trophies and championship rings, but we need to mentally take them off before moving forward, and focus more on what it took to attain them.
Another Louisville athlete, Tony Stallings, was a football running back for the Cardinals who found some notoriety after his playing career by winning the King of the Jungle reality show on Animal Planet. But Tony could not give up his football dream, to the detriment of his family and his future. He even tells about camping out at the Cleveland Browns' training complex to try to get them a copy of his game tape when his electricity and heat were being shut off at home, leaving his wife and child stranded back in Louisville. He finally accepted an end to his football career, and came back to Louisville and began a job going door-to-door for the local cable company. It pained him every time he was recognized. One Sunday, the sermon at his church was on the subject of humility, and he realized how much his pride was hurting him. Having learned that lesson, he relaunched his acting and modeling career. He opened a gym to train others. In 2010 he landed a role in a movie titled Courageous, an independent church-produced film that eventually grossed $34 million and became for a time in early 2012 the nation's top-selling DVD. Tony has since moved to Los Angeles where he is a minister, acting instructor, and actor. "It wasn't until I let go of that pride that something changed for me," he said. "It wasn't just that I needed to be humbled. I needed to accept that humility."
What does true humility look like? Dakota Meyer is a Marine sergeant from Columbia, Kentucky. On September 8, 2009, in Afghanistan, he heard over the radio that some of his team was under fire. He climbed on a gun truck, got another Marine to drive, and rode in to meet about fifty Taliban fighters. During a six-hour firefight, he turned the tide of that battle by himself, according to military accounts. His citation later would read that Meyer "saved 36 Marines and soldiers and recovered the bodies of his fallen brothers. Four separate times he fought the kilometer up into the heart of a deadly U-shaped ambush. During the fight he killed at least eight Taliban, personally evacuated twelve friendly wounded, and provided cover for another twenty-four Marines and soldiers to escape likely death at the hands of a numerically superior and determined foe."
When he got the call that he had been awarded the military's highest honor, the Medal of Honor, which no living Marine then held, his immediate response was, "I don't want it," because although he had saved many Americans, he could not save members of his own team. He explained, "I thought of myself as a failure. I couldn't even get one member of my own team out alive. I lost them. They were the closest people to me in life." It took the president of the United States and some other military leaders to convince him that the award was about more than him, and that he should see the responsibility that receiving it would entail. On the day the president was scheduled to call and tell him of the award, Meyer had to work at his construction job in Kentucky. White House aides told him that he might have to wait for several hours for the call, and he told them that he had to go to work, that he was part of a construction crew that needed him. When the president finally caught up with him on the phone, Meyer was at his construction site.
The person with true humility does not see himself as a lone fighter. People with humility see themselves as part of something bigger. At Louisville, we talk to our players a lot about "team ego." Sergeant Meyer saw himself only as part of a team. He rejected the title of hero when first offered to him, because he felt he had let down his team.
Players with humility lift up the teammates around them. Derek Fisher, talking about Kevin Durant, said, "His attitude affects everything in this organization." A star player without humility can hurt a team. I am hoping that Terrence Williams, a player who is like a son to me, will find humility in a big way. Terrence came from a difficult childhood and often likes to be the center of attention. I've always felt that when the lesson of humility kicks in for him, he will explode onto the scene. He has tremendous talent and did many great things for us, and that's my wish for him. On the other extreme, Francisco Garcia was as humble a person as you will meet, and he spent a great deal of time trying to lift up others. When we went to the Final Four in 2005 and a reporter asked Francisco what he was most proud of regarding the team, he said, "I'm proud of how humble we are." I guess that's possible! If you're going to have pride, pride in your humility is probably not a bad thing.
For me, this subject is woven through every other discussion, whether it is about success, leadership, dealing with adversity, sustaining prosperity, or happiness. Whether it comes through painful life experience or even through reading about the experiences of others, it is a lesson that is better learned sooner than later. With humility, you are better able to enjoy and understand success, and you are better able to examine and handle failure.
I couldn't enjoy the Final Four with Providence College in 1987 because of the death of my infant son and I was watching my family suffer. In 1996 at Kentucky, we were in such a cocoon that it was nearly impossible to enjoy. The one thing I wanted to make sure of when Louisville went to the Final Four in 2012 was that everybody around us would enjoy the experience. We started the whole thing in New York with the Big East Tournament, where everybody had a great time and celebrated that victory. So we went into the NCAA Tournament with the right mind-set and we were determined to keep it. In 2013, there was pressure. We were expected to win the tournament. The journey, as you'll read in these pages, was filled with obstacles. But when we won the title, and stood there with "One Shining Moment" playing, all of us were able to look around and know that the title wouldn't have happened without so many others contributing. I saw my players, and so many families, and my own family on the court with me, and it was truly a time to celebrate. This time, winning the championship was a profoundly humbling experience, thinking about what these young men had accomplished, where they had come from, and how hard they'd worked. I marveled at what they were able to do.
Humility stops you from overestimating your own significance and it enables you to accept, understand, and live with failures and learn from them constructively. Humility teaches us that our successes, like our failures, are not earthshaking, and are more to be viewed as accomplishments shared with others or shortfalls to be improved upon, nothing more, nothing less. Humble people always handle adversity so much better because they understand who they are. It's not the clothes they wear, the cars they drive, the home they live in, the jewelry they put on, or the way people recognize them. So many athletes come to disappointing ends and wonder why it happened. Most often, it was a lack of humility, leading to arrogance, leading to the mistakes they made. They think they are more significant than they are and it makes them gamble with their lives and their professions. Then, when things go wrong, they lash out and blame others. Arrogant people spread around their failure with blame. Humble people share the credit of their success, and accept their failures with courage and character.
As a young coach, I made an exhaustive study of Vince Lombardi's coaching philosophies and techniques. When Lombardi was breaking into coaching, as an assistant to the legendary Red Blaik at Army, one of his jobs was to take the film of that week's game to General Douglas MacArthur at his home in the Waldorf Towers in New York City. Can you imagine the insight in that room? During his farewell speech, Lombardi remembered one thing that MacArthur told him about football, but I think it is true of all sports. Lombardi said MacArthur told him, "It teaches the strong to know when they are weak, and the brave to face themselves when they are afraid, to be proud, and to be unbending in defeat, yet humble and gentle in victory, and to master ourselves before we attempt to master others, to learn to laugh yet never forget how to weep, and it gives a predominance of courage over timidity."
There's one other important lesson humility teaches. It instills a sense of gratitude, even in the midst of difficult times. Gratitude is humility's shadow. It is never far from the humble person's heart. Earlier in this chapter, I told you about Wesley Korir winning the Boston Marathon. I didn't tell you what happened after he won in Boston. Though he beat several of his countrymen in that race, Wesley was not selected by his native Kenya to run in the Olympic marathon. It was a bitter disappointment to him. It would have been to anyone. As a runner, what greater honor could there be? A prideful, arrogant person would've become angry and bitter. Wesley, however, proclaimed himself content. "I won the Boston Marathon," he said. "I told myself, Olympics or not, I would be grateful."
After being rejected for the Olympics, Wesley did what humble people do amid disappointment. He went back to work, training at home and working on projects for his Kenyan Kids Foundation, which included the completion of a hospital in his home village that he had been working to fund. At the very moment the Opening Ceremonies were taking place in London, Wesley was back in Kenya, presiding over the opening of that hospital, and watching a team of medical professionals from the University of Louisville and elsewhere treat several thousand people for various ailments. The effort even resulted in lifesaving surgeries for three children. "Seeing those children smile and knowing that their lives had been saved and they were going to live," Wesley said, "was better than any gold medal." And none of it would have happened if he had been chosen for the Olympic team, at least, not at that very important moment. Because Wesley did not react with arrogance and retreat into himself out of pride, lives were saved and changed forever. Humility and gratitude leave your heart and mind open to receive unexpected blessings, even on the heels of disappointment.
Learning the lesson of humility not only can change your life, it can change the lives of others around you. It has changed my life. As we move on in this book, I will share things I've learned and mistakes I've made. Even after learning many of these lessons, there still have been difficult times, mistakes and failures. But I have handled them better and persevered despite them because of humility. It is the most important difference between those who sustain their success, and those who falter and lose it. From looking back at thirty-five years of coaching, from observing the best and competing against the most talented, as well as experiencing the cruel turns of events that change one's life, I can tell you that not only is humility the key to finding lasting success, but it is the key to lasting happiness. You can wake up in the morning and understand what contentment is all about. Learning humility clearly is a lifelong process.
Bob Russell calls humility "the slippery virtue," because just when you feel like you have it, pride can come back and it can slip away from you. John Wooden said, "Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful."
Go back through history, literature, spiritual books, and this cycle is repeated throughout generations and cultures: arrogance, fall, acceptance, humility, healing. We're no different from people who came before us. I can't state enough how important a lesson this is to learn, and the importance of learning it before life forces you to, a truth that will continue to reveal itself in the coming pages.
By the end of the basketball season, I didn't have to keep writing "Humility" on the board, but I did. It set a tone for our players, who repeatedly exemplified being humble and hungry, in the midst of wins, losses, and, in the end, great praise and expectations. As I remember my players smiling in their championship moment, I know that if they can hold tight to the lessons of humility they learned in that championship season, for me it surely will be better than any title.
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