At 40+, he’s still at the top of his game. He must be doing something right.
This book is a great way to learn more about the habits that have allowed him to operate at such a high level for so long.
Flow: 5/5
Actionability: 5/5
Mindset: 4/5
Some of My Highlights:
“Discipline needs to be reinforced daily as well.”
“John Wooden, the famous UCLA basketball coach, once defined success as “the peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best of which you are capable.”
“If you’re going to achieve and sustain peak performance, you need that same focus, discipline, and openness.”
“If I don’t treat practice like a game, there’s no way the coaches will let me play in an actual game. So I’m always going to treat practice like a game.”
“In 2000, the New England Patriots and heir then quarterback coach, Dick Rehbein, chose me as the NFL’s 199th draft pick, which, if you do the math, means that I was passed over by every team in the NFL somewhere between four and six times.”
“Poor build. Very skinny and narrow. Can get pushed down more easily than you’d like. Lacks mobility and ability to avoid the rush. lacks a really strong arm. Can’t drive the ball down the field and does not throw a really tight spiral.”
“I had never achieved anything without the intensity and discipline I brought to practice…”
“Alex, on the other hand, had spent his life and career studying and combining Eastern and Western perspectives and creating a holistic, mind-body approach to sports performance and well-being.”
“The doctors who read the MRI joked afterward that my knee looked so healthy, they seriously doubted I played professional football.”
“At the same time – contrary to what the media thinks – I won’t always turn down a cheeseburger or an ice cream cone. I just won’t have one every night, and I won’t have then of them, either.”
“Consider that the average career in the NFL is 3.3 years, the average in pro baseball is 5.6 years, in the NHL it’s 5.5 years, and in the NBA it’s 4.8 years.”
“Bottom line: you can’t sustain peak performance solely through strength and conditioning.”
“I believe that at a minimum, most younger people should dedicate 20 percent of their workouts to pliability.”
“At TB12, about 90 percent of the time clients work out with resistance bands.”
“At TB12, we encourage clients to focus on the right mind-set, and also to make the time to reflect and recenter.”
“One of the things anyone can do is create a regular routine for sleep.
“Coaches, trainers, and athletes all want big wins now. Most of them don’t have the patience to develop the mind-set it takes to achieve consistent, continuous results.”