Getting to Neutral Quotes

“STARVE YOUR DISTRACTIONS/FEED YOUR FOCUS.”
― Trevor Moawad, Getting to Neutral

“Accepting false hope as a coping strategy only sets us up for a longer fall.”
― Trevor Moawad, Getting to Neutral

“Stop saying stupid shit out loud.”
― Trevor Moawad, Getting to Neutral

“first you form your habits, then they form you.”
― Trevor Moawad, Getting to Neutral

“Stepping back after losses—either in sports or in life—is critical. A football team watches the tape. So can you.”
― Trevor Moawad, Getting to Neutral

“And that is a critical factor to consider if you manage others. Just because something matters to you doesn’t necessarily mean it will matter as much to the people you manage. Lay out what matters most to the organization, and then help the employees build a value system within that architecture that allows them to feel invested as well.”
― Trevor Moawad, Getting to Neutral

“In our house, we always say, “Pressure is a privilege.”
― Trevor Moawad, Getting to Neutral

“Attempting to focus with a phone on is much harder than focusing with a phone off. Pressing that off button is the ultimate neutral statement. Before we can focus on the right things, we must take our attention away from the wrong things. It’s also the easier part of the equation. Why? It can still be difficult to keep our minds trained on what matters, but not doing something is a discipline available to all of us. We can always turn off the phone or close that app, or ignore the calls from the person who sucks us into their drama. What we let in, we compete against.”
― Ciara, Getting to Neutral

“Mel and his defensive line coach are going to examine all those plays when the player didn’t keep containment and try to figure out why.”
― Trevor Moawad, Getting to Neutral

“Remember, neutral thinking is all about going to the facts and removing your feelings.”
― Trevor Moawad, Getting to Neutral

“Chaby, who has since retired from the navy and began training business leaders and athletes, has always been a big believer in process over outcome.”
― Trevor Moawad, Getting to Neutral

“That last phrase is absolutely critical. If you’re leading people now, you might have to lead Baby Boomers, Gen X-ers, millennials, and Gen Z-ers at the same time. These are very different groups that require very different coaching styles.”
― Trevor Moawad, Getting to Neutral

“Some of those former assistants tried to re-create Nick’s program from a bygone era (usually whenever it was they worked with him) rather than understanding that adaptability is the most important piece of the puzzle.”
― Trevor Moawad, Getting to Neutral

“A willingness to evolve is what allows an organization to keep winning.”
― Trevor Moawad, Getting to Neutral

“They aren’t focused as much on winning as they are drawing the best performance out of their players—which, in turn, leads to wins.”
― Trevor Moawad, Getting to Neutral

“They aren’t afraid to challenge widely held assumptions.”
― Trevor Moawad, Getting to Neutral

“Every coach I’ve worked with has their own style, but the best ones share a lot of the same characteristics. They’re adaptable.”
― Trevor Moawad, Getting to Neutral

“coach is someone who accepts the responsibility to develop, challenge, and support people (individually or collectively) who have asked for guidance.”
― Trevor Moawad, Getting to Neutral

“This is how Maria put it, and it’s perfect. “Find what people do well, and then encourage them to do more. That’s the great thing about a coach, right? It’s knowing what the person does well, and then helping them visualize what you see in them that they can do better.” I was raised by a coach in more ways than”
― Trevor Moawad, Getting to Neutral

“We all have to lead at some point in our lives, whether we’re someone’s boss at work or whether we’re a parent responsible for the upbringing of small humans. And the best way to lead is to lead like a coach.”
― Trevor Moawad, Getting to Neutral

“In the best of times, a team can make life more fun. In the worst of times, a team can keep you afloat.”
― Trevor Moawad, Getting to Neutral

“Another great piece of advice Mark gave me was to pray. Mark was relatively early in his education as a Christian when he got diagnosed, but he had been reading in the Bible and listening to sermons about people asking God to help them carry the weight in their lives. So he tried it. As Mark prayed, he said, “They said, ‘Cast your burdens on me. Cast your anxieties on me, so I’m doing that, and I need you right now.” That brought Mark peace. I took Mark’s advice.”
― Trevor Moawad, Getting to Neutral

“At least that’s what I thought at first. I had resolved to keep the circle extraordinarily tight because I didn’t want to put that burden on anyone else if I could avoid it. But one of the people I did want in the circle convinced me I needed to broaden it a bit. And I listened because he had already lived through what I was going through.”
― Trevor Moawad, Getting to Neutral

“Our conversation turned to which people you can talk to or solicit advice from in those situations. Without revealing that I was dealing with that very issue in my own life, I offered some advice of my own. “You need to understand people in your life who are not good with that type of information,” I said. “You need to not put them in a position to disappoint you.”
― Trevor Moawad, Getting to Neutral

“Part of this decision came from working with teams. I had seen how much the addition of a key role player could help, and I also had seen how one high-maintenance player could siphon off the energy of everyone else in the locker room. I couldn’t afford to have any energy siphoned off. Another factor in this decision stemmed from—like so many other things in my life—my dad. I’ll”
― Trevor Moawad, Getting to Neutral

“I needed people who could help me deal with fear and pain and sudden changes. I didn’t need to involve people who couldn’t handle the information or who had their own major struggles to conquer.”
― Trevor Moawad, Getting to Neutral

“What teammates are we choosing to help us navigate the challenges life throws at us? Do we have a lead-off hitter who gives us a spark? Do we have an offensive tackle who can protect us? Do we have a rebounding power forward who can help us bounce back when we miss?”
― Trevor Moawad, Getting to Neutral

“What I learned is that we don’t think nearly enough about how we should be acting as the general manager or team president in our own lives.”
― Trevor Moawad, Getting to Neutral

“James told the Journal that playing with Caruso “gives our team a sense of calmness.”
― Trevor Moawad, Getting to Neutral

“In sports, general managers and team presidents become rock stars when they can assemble the best rosters.”
― Trevor Moawad, Getting to Neutral