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What has made UConn so good for so long? How has Geno maintained this level of success year after year? He seems to take his teams to a new level every year, making it harder for the competition to keep up with him.
It all comes down to.......Belief. Geno has built a trust in all his girls, coaches and staff that come to play and work for him. He has built a foundation and that foundation has a nucleus of players that is there every season for the freshman and underclassmen to learn from and become part of. UConn is run like an engine with interconnected pieces that work in harmony with each other like a well-oiled machine. Geno is the engine of that machine and Geno is what makes it go. This is why attitude is so important. This is why controlling your emotions is so important. Everybody must be on the same page.
By making a total commitment to Genos system you're changing your life. What is a total commitment. A total commitment is when you're willing to give up the way you've been doing things and learning how to do them the correct way. In other words, you're electing to change. That takes time and practice. How much time? As long as it takes. Its different for everybody. By making a total commitment you are admitting you want to become better, and you are willing will learn to do it the right way. Mentally, emotionally and physically you will learn the right way to play and with the right mental attitude. Ive said many times there are two types of people in the world. Those who think they can and those who think they can't...and their both right. This is a direct correlation to being successful. By making a total commitment you will become a better person for it.
Attitude: When you win your humble and when you lose you show gratitude. When you're the best, thats what you do. There is only One Number One. Winning is a habit unfortunately so is losing. Just because you lose doesn't mean you're not the best, it just means you had an off day. People still respect you for being the best. By being humble and grateful you will earn respect.
Work ethic: It is nothing more than practicing the right way to do something and continue to practice it every day. Only Perfect practice makes Perfect. This is why repetition is so important Repetition is the mother of skill.
In 1971 I won the lottery.... military lottery and joined the army for 3 years. In 1975 when I got out, I went to work at an exclusive private country club working for former golf touring pros while I attended college. This helped prepare me for life. I met a very successful man upon completing college who taught me personal growth. He changed my life. He was a big part of teaching me what it took to be successful. Much like what happened to me in life is what Geno has built at UConn. The girls who go through his program are the best and they come out being better for being part of his team. Geno has become better because he continues to search for people who can make him better.
Team building is not easy. It takes a leader and that leader has a responsibility to continue to become better because his girls are depending on him. If you're not getting better, you become stagnant and at some point, somebody will pass you by. Nobody has passed Geno by because he out works them. Im sure Geno learned alot growing up from working with the coaches at the various schools he coached for, but it didnt stop there. Once he got his job at UConn, Geno talked to other successful professional coaches to learn more. He kept wanting to get better and kept wanting to learn more. You see even Geno made a total commitment to get better, and he still does.
Geno continues to win because he does what most other coaches dont do. He continues to work hard and learn. For Geno its not about the money. They money comes based on what he has done and what he has built. He has his goals and he has goals for the team. He also has requirements to be part of his team and what he expects from each player on the team. You have to earn your role at UConn. Nothing is handed to you,
Those requirements are what makes dreams come true. He sets the bar high every season and his team is taught to strive to reach for those goals. Sometimes they look unreachable and thats what makes it so rewarding. While other teams' dream, about a final four and wish and hope to make the final four. Geno is there. You can't wish your way to the top. Other teams will never achieve what Geno has achieved because they dont have the right attitude. They are not willing to do what it takes. They try to take short cuts to reach their goals. They talk about making the NCAA Tournament. At UConn the goal is a final four and they prepare to make the final four. They are on a mission. It isn't talk or hype its reality because they've done it so many times before. Its expected. Once again winning is a habit. You can't wish your way to the top.
In life there are no guarantees. You work very hard for as long as it takes and you might make it. When you think your there continue to work at it every day, and don't let up, because there is always somebody out there ready to take your place.
Not everybody is fit for UConn, but for those who are dreamers, for those who are willing to pay the price in advance with no guarantees and to do whatever it takes it's there.
It all comes down to.......Belief. Geno has built a trust in all his girls, coaches and staff that come to play and work for him. He has built a foundation and that foundation has a nucleus of players that is there every season for the freshman and underclassmen to learn from and become part of. UConn is run like an engine with interconnected pieces that work in harmony with each other like a well-oiled machine. Geno is the engine of that machine and Geno is what makes it go. This is why attitude is so important. This is why controlling your emotions is so important. Everybody must be on the same page.
By making a total commitment to Genos system you're changing your life. What is a total commitment. A total commitment is when you're willing to give up the way you've been doing things and learning how to do them the correct way. In other words, you're electing to change. That takes time and practice. How much time? As long as it takes. Its different for everybody. By making a total commitment you are admitting you want to become better, and you are willing will learn to do it the right way. Mentally, emotionally and physically you will learn the right way to play and with the right mental attitude. Ive said many times there are two types of people in the world. Those who think they can and those who think they can't...and their both right. This is a direct correlation to being successful. By making a total commitment you will become a better person for it.
Attitude: When you win your humble and when you lose you show gratitude. When you're the best, thats what you do. There is only One Number One. Winning is a habit unfortunately so is losing. Just because you lose doesn't mean you're not the best, it just means you had an off day. People still respect you for being the best. By being humble and grateful you will earn respect.
Work ethic: It is nothing more than practicing the right way to do something and continue to practice it every day. Only Perfect practice makes Perfect. This is why repetition is so important Repetition is the mother of skill.
In 1971 I won the lottery.... military lottery and joined the army for 3 years. In 1975 when I got out, I went to work at an exclusive private country club working for former golf touring pros while I attended college. This helped prepare me for life. I met a very successful man upon completing college who taught me personal growth. He changed my life. He was a big part of teaching me what it took to be successful. Much like what happened to me in life is what Geno has built at UConn. The girls who go through his program are the best and they come out being better for being part of his team. Geno has become better because he continues to search for people who can make him better.
Team building is not easy. It takes a leader and that leader has a responsibility to continue to become better because his girls are depending on him. If you're not getting better, you become stagnant and at some point, somebody will pass you by. Nobody has passed Geno by because he out works them. Im sure Geno learned alot growing up from working with the coaches at the various schools he coached for, but it didnt stop there. Once he got his job at UConn, Geno talked to other successful professional coaches to learn more. He kept wanting to get better and kept wanting to learn more. You see even Geno made a total commitment to get better, and he still does.
Geno continues to win because he does what most other coaches dont do. He continues to work hard and learn. For Geno its not about the money. They money comes based on what he has done and what he has built. He has his goals and he has goals for the team. He also has requirements to be part of his team and what he expects from each player on the team. You have to earn your role at UConn. Nothing is handed to you,
Those requirements are what makes dreams come true. He sets the bar high every season and his team is taught to strive to reach for those goals. Sometimes they look unreachable and thats what makes it so rewarding. While other teams' dream, about a final four and wish and hope to make the final four. Geno is there. You can't wish your way to the top. Other teams will never achieve what Geno has achieved because they dont have the right attitude. They are not willing to do what it takes. They try to take short cuts to reach their goals. They talk about making the NCAA Tournament. At UConn the goal is a final four and they prepare to make the final four. They are on a mission. It isn't talk or hype its reality because they've done it so many times before. Its expected. Once again winning is a habit. You can't wish your way to the top.
In life there are no guarantees. You work very hard for as long as it takes and you might make it. When you think your there continue to work at it every day, and don't let up, because there is always somebody out there ready to take your place.
Not everybody is fit for UConn, but for those who are dreamers, for those who are willing to pay the price in advance with no guarantees and to do whatever it takes it's there.
