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Mind Strength – What Comes Out When Life Squeezes You?

When life squeezes you through criticism, uncertainty, the job market, adversity, or a crisis, what comes out? Is it anger, anxiety, resentment, bitterness, or hatred?

Mind Strength – Can Your Team Thrive Without You?

Most coaches had a tight grip on the offseason when I was playing. They scripted practices and organized everything for their players. Coach Leach didn’t.

Mind Strength – Don't Forget to Brush Your Leadership Teeth

Leadership is like brushing your teeth. If you don’t brush your teeth consistently, eventually they’ll rot. If you don’t work on your leadership and consistently invest in your team, your leadership—and your influence—will rot.

Mind Strength – A Leadership Lesson for Complainers

Going into my senior year of high school, my friends and I were complaining that we didn't have black uniforms. Like a bunch of whiny high school kids with no perspective, we thought we would look so much cooler under the Friday night lights if we had black jerseys.

Mind Strength: Coach Leach's Definition of Leadership

Coach Leach defined leadership as "the ability to elevate the group," emphasizing the importance of being your authentic self and leading from there.

Mind Strength: The MVP Who Never Started

In 2015, Nick Begg kept making the travel squad despite limited playing time, thanks to Coach Leach noticing his contagious energy that lifted the team's spirit and culture.

Mind Strength: A Funny Mike Leach Leadership Lesson

Leach kept coming over to Halliday between series to coach him up on our play called 6 and Halliday finally had enough, prompting Leach to respond with a sharp correction.

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